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Trump Supporter in Custody After Threatening to Bomb US Capitol

Congressional office buildings and nearby homes had to be evacuated for the third time this year, as authorities negotiated with 49-year-old North Carolina Trump supporter Floyd Ray Roseberry, who claimed to have an explosive device in his truck.   Roseberry delivered an angry tirade over a Facebook live video, in which he threatened President Biden and other Democrats, called for a revolt against the federal government, said he’s willing to “die for the cause,” and expressed confidence Donald Trump would pardon him should he be arrested. Of course, I’m sure there are plenty of you who’ll consider Mr. Roseberry an extremely dangerous “domestic terrorist,” but to our Republican friends in Congress such as Mo Brooks and Marjorie Taylor Greene, he’s just another patriotic American, simply “touring” the US Capitol.  Perhaps, but it sure seemed like Roseberry was pretty serious about things, otherwise, why would he have worn his very best white t-shirt? Anyway, if I were Mr. R...