Rick Saccone
Richard Saccone (born February 14, 1958) is an American educator and politician who represented Pennsylvania's 39th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he was his party's nominee for the March 2018 special election to fill in the vacant U.S. House seat for the 18th congressional district. Saccone lost to Democratic candidate Conor Lamb by a margin of 0.3%.
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| “ | We are storming the capitol. Our vanguard has broken thru the barricades. We will save this nation. Are you with me? | „ |
| ~ Rick Saccone |
On January 6, 2021, he posted a video of himself on Facebook while standing in view of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. He posted on Facebook that, "We are storming the capitol. Our vanguard has broken thru the barricades. We will save this nation. Are you with me?" He later added that he and the other rioters would "run out all the evil people in there, and all the RINOs that have betrayed our president." Dr. Saccone never entered the building or violated any laws so no charges were brought against him. Following an investigation into Saccone's role in the attack on the Capitol, Saccone resigned his position as an adjunct professor at Saint Vincent College before he could be dismissed.
On August 31, 2021, Saccone declared his intention to run for Lieutenant Governor in the 2022 gubernatorial election.