by Sharelle B. McNair
January 12, 2026
Adam Johnson hopes to “convey MAGA rules to county authorities and root out the corruption that’s been costing you cash and destroying our high quality of life.”
In contrast to others convicted of crimes, members of the Jan. 6 pro-Donald Trump, anti-Joe Biden mob, like Adam Johnson, is getting a second likelihood—by working for political workplace in Florida.
Johnson, who was photographed taking former Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s podium, filed to run as a Republican for an at-large seat on the Manatee County Fee on the fifth anniversary of the assault.
Within the now iconic shot, Johnson smiled and waved with the rostrum in hand whereas somebody snapped a shot. His marketing campaign emblem, in accordance with the Related Press, is an overview of the viral {photograph} of him carrying the rostrum.
On Jan. 6, 2021, he positioned the rostrum within the heart of the Capitol Rotunda and pretended to make a speech whereas posing for images.
Johnson claimed he “exercised” his “First Modification proper to talk and protest,” which resulted in him pleading responsible to a misdemeanor of getting into and remaining in a restricted constructing or floor. He stated he used the Jan. 6 submitting date to his benefit, saying “it’s positively good for getting the excitement on the market.”
Dubbed “the rostrum man,” Johnson as soon as bragged about being “lastly well-known” and claiming he “broke the web.” His ideas have gone backwards and forwards, as soon as telling U.S. District Decide Reggie Walton throughout sentencing that he felt posing with Pelosi’s podium was a “very silly concept” and regretted the transfer because it resulted in jail time.
Johnson has since downplayed the incident, saying, “I walked right into a constructing, I took an image with a chunk of furnishings, and I left.”
Positioned close to Tampa Bay, Johnson has had a rift with Manatee County since March 2025. That’s when he filed a lawsuit towards the county and 6 of its commissioners, objecting to the county’s resolution to not get hold of attorneys’ charges from somebody who sued the county and dropped the lawsuit.
In response, Manatee known as Johnson’s claims “fully meritless and unsupported by legislation.”
As well as, he labeled county leaders as wasteful by opposing the county’s excessive property taxes and overdevelopment. “I will likely be extra closely scrutinized than every other candidate who’s working on this race,” Johnson stated. “This can be a optimistic and a superb takeaway for each single citizen, as a result of for as soon as in our lives, we are going to know our native politicians who’re doing issues.”
Johnson is anticipated to run towards 4 different Republican candidates, in accordance with The Hill.
In accordance with his marketing campaign web site, he hopes to “convey MAGA rules to county authorities and root out the corruption that’s been costing you cash and destroying our high quality of life.”
He’s one among a number of indicted insurrectionists who’ve run for workplace for the reason that Jan. 6 rebellion.
Jake Lang, pardoned after being charged with assaulting an officer, civil dysfunction, and extra, introduced his marketing campaign to run for the vacant U.S. Senate seat in Florida after former Sen. Marco Rubio was named Secretary of State for the Trump Administration.
The administration seemingly stands by those that served time and had been pardoned for taking part within the assaults. A web site launched by the White Home blamed Democrats for “masterfully reversing actuality” and claimed the pardons “corrected a historic improper” towards people who had been “unjustly punished.”
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