Batesville Mayoral Candidate Was In D.C. On Jan. 6, Marched With Proud Boys Earlier [View all]

Batesville mayoral candidate Eddie Nabors traveled to Washington, D.C., as Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6. Social-media posts also show that, in November, he marched in a group that included The Proud Boys, a far-right extremist organization. Some members of The Proud Boys, federal investigators say, later helped orchestrate and carry out the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

It is unclear whether Nabors, who won the Republican primary to run for mayor in April, was near the Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection; he did not respond to repeated requests for comment since Thursday. But he was in town at the time along with his adult daughter, Laura Nabors, a post on his personal Facebook page says.

“Just arrived in D.C. Went to the room and came back to the lobby for refreshments and senator Mastriano stopped and talked to Laura and me for 15 minutes,” reads a Facebook post from Nabors, referring to Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano, on his personal Facebook page. “I’m sure it was my charm that made him stay.”

Mastriano had been in contact with then-President Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, since November about strategies for overturning Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania, a key swing state. Ahead of Jan. 6, the Pennsylvania senator’s campaign spent thousands chartering bus rides for Trump supporters to travel to Washington, D.C., to demand that Congress refuse to certify Biden’s electoral victory—and grant Trump another term instead.

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Republican Batesville, Miss., Mayoral candidate Eddie Nabors, seen here with daughter Laura Nabors at the Million MAGA March in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2020, joined a march that included the Proud Boys that day. Social media posts show that the two traveled to Washington, D.C., amid planned rallies for Trump's effort to overturn the election for Jan. 6, 2021—the day of the Capitol insurrection. Photo credit: Laura Nabors/Facebook