Keene NH resident Jason Riddle, who recently finished serving a 3-month Prison sentence in Devens MA, for his role in the January 6th (2021) Insurrection, publicly posted on his Facebook page last Friday (9/9/22), a 180 degree endorsement flip regarding a political seat he once hoped to serve in Washington D.C.
Riddle had gone in the Capitol building on the day of that fateful event, walked into a Senator’s office, chugged a bottle of wine from a nearby rack, took a Selfie with his iPhone drinking it, and then helped himself to a Senator’s “Procedures” book which he proceeded to sell on eBay for about $50.
Soon afterwards, the FBI — who probably noticed the Selfies posted on his Social Media pages — charged Riddle for Trespassing and Theft, Riddle proceeded to pull nomination papers to run for U.S. Representative in New Hampshire’s 2nd Congressional District. Planning to have his prison time amply completed by the September 13th Primary Election, Riddle had hoped to campaign and debate enough to win that initial contest to get the opportunity to challenge and defeat incumbent Democrat Ann Kuster, thus becoming our next Congressman.
After about a month in Prison, Riddle managed to post on his Facebook page that he had a change of heart on remaining a Congressional candidate and chose at that point to just suspend his campaign. Since Riddle was familiar with George Hansel as the mayor of Keene, he threw the full endorsement of his candidacy, and encouraged all his supporters back then to vote for Hansel.
Now, move the timeline ahead to within a week prior to the Primary election, and Riddle has yet another change of heart. Instead of his own mayor, Riddle is now pushing Lily Tang Williams for the same U.S. Rep seat. “I jumped the gun when I backed Hansel, I’m jumping ship and backing Lily all the way!” That was the statement Riddle posted on his Facebook page just above a photo of Lily on Friday, 9/9.
What exactly prompted Riddle to change his mind again to now endorse Williams over Hansel in the Congressional race? Who knows. Given Riddle’s track record and reputation in NH over the past couple years, I’m not quite sure if Ms. Williams should be happy or worried about that type of endorsement.
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