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LiberalArkie

(17,563 posts)
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:06 PM Jan 10

'Unfair': MAGA rioter who fled country cries foul after Canada arrests him

January 9, 2025 9:57AM ET



A man who fled the country after being convicted for his actions during the January 6th Capitol riots is crying foul after authorities in Canada placed him under arrest.

CBC reports that convicted MAGA rioter Anthony Vo was arrested this week in British Columbia four years after he and his fellow Trump supporters illegally stormed the Capitol in a failed attempt to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

"On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said Vo was arrested in Whistler on Jan. 6 on a warrant under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA)," reports CBC. "The agency assesses whether people coming to Canada are legally admissible and investigates those already here who may not be. It can arrest and detain inadmissible individuals under the act."

Vo had originally fled to Canada after being slapped with a nine-month prison sentence and he had tried to claim asylum in the country.

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https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-rioter-arrest-2670785976/

Damn illegal immigrants

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rurallib

(63,498 posts)
2. Why ever would he think Canada should take care of garbage like himself?
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jan 10

a criminal is a criminal where ever he goes

SWBTATTReg

(24,961 posts)
3. You poor MAGA/maggot. What ever made you think that Canada wants you of all people? You are truly sick and
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jan 10

not thinking very well.

sinkingfeeling

(54,460 posts)
9. One usually don't get asylum when you've been convicted. Hope
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 08:32 PM
Jan 10

the US charges him with fleeing the country. Don't think that will be covered under TSF's pardon.

wnylib

(25,190 posts)
11. Apparently he literally believes that his actions
Fri Jan 10, 2025, 09:19 PM
Jan 10

at the Capitol were not illegal and he is being politically persecuted, making him eligible for asylum in Canada.

A felon-inspired delusion.

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