A crank caller ordered an 바카라insurrection pizza바카라 from Pauline Bauer바카라s restaurant. A profane piece of hate mail addressed her as a domestic terrorist. She even became a punchline for Stephen Colbert바카라s late-night talk show on CBS.
In May, William Blauser, a Vietnam War veteran, and retired letter carrier, and his friend, Bob's Trading Post owner Pauline Bauer, were arrested on federal charges related to the violence at the United States Capitol on January 6.
A crank caller ordered an 바카라insurrection pizza바카라 from Pauline Bauer바카라s restaurant. A profane piece of hate mail addressed her as a domestic terrorist. She even became a punchline for Stephen Colbert바카라s late-night talk show on CBS.
A swift backlash greeted Capitol riot suspects like Bauer when they returned to their homes across the U.S. after joining the mob that stormed past police barricades, smashed windows, and disrupted the certification of President Joe Biden바카라s victory on Jan. 6. Relatives, friends, or co-workers reported scores of them to the FBI. Some lost jobs. Others lost their freedom, jailed awaiting trials.
In Bauer바카라s hometown in rural Pennsylvania, her arrest and that of a longtime friend have rekindled partisan bickering, more often on social media than on street corners, some residents say. As Bauer and William Blauser Jr. fight the charges in court, many in the town of Kane have struggled to comprehend how two of their neighbors could be among the hundreds of Trump loyalists bent on overturning the election that day.
바카라I think it was totally outrageous, it was illegal and I think it was treasonous,바카라 said Joe Lanich, who operates a letterpress print shop with his wife called The Laughing Owl Press Co. in Kane바카라s uptown business district. He said the town is populated by proud residents who work hard to improve Kane and 바카라don바카라t want to see one person paint us in a bad light.바카라
Bauer tries to shrug off the scorn from strangers but acknowledges her actions have angered some in her community.
바카라Some people didn바카라t like the fact that I became political,바카라 she said during a break in dinner service at her restaurant, Bob바카라s Trading Post.
In the months since Jan. 6, former President Donald Trump and his supporters have sought to portray the rioters as peaceful patriots even as videos from that day show members of the mob beating police officers and hunting for lawmakers in an unthinkable attack on the seat of American democracy. On Tuesday, officers who defended the Capitol that day described to a congressional committee investigating the insurrection how they feared for their lives and continue to suffer physical and emotional pain.
Bauer was heard shouting at police to 바카라bring Nancy Pelosi out바카라 to be hanged during the riot, the FBI says. Five people died in the attack or its aftermath, and dozens of law enforcement officers were injured. More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes.
Even so, some in Kane have stood by Bauer, who insists her actions haven바카라t cost her any friendships or harmed her business. On a recent Wednesday evening, tables at her restaurant were filled by her regular customers.
바카라She바카라s a human being who stood up for her rights. She should have a right to stand up for what she believes in,바카라 said Glenn Robinson, 68.
Such political division over how Jan. 6 unfolded has occurred in communities across the country. Forty-seven percent of Republicans say it can be described as a 바카라legitimate protest,바카라 while only 13% of Democrats say the same, according to a June poll from Monmouth University.
A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 81% of Democrats say it바카라s 바카라extremely바카라 or 바카라very바카라 important that investigations continue into what happened during the Capitol breach, but just 38% of Republicans say the same.
Bauer was arrested in May along with Blauser, a Vietnam War veteran and retired mail carrier. Surveillance video shows the two of them entering the Capitol through an east Rotunda door where at least three police officers were trying to block entry. Video from a police officer바카라s body camera captured Bauer saying to bring out Pelosi, the Democratic speaker of the House.
바카라Bring them out now. They바카라re criminals. They need to hang,바카라 she said.
Trump received nearly three-quarters of the votes in the 2020 election in the county that incudes Kane, a borough in northwest Pennsylvania with roughly 3,500 residents, over 97% of whom are white. Many homes and businesses in town are still decorated with Trump signs and flags. A warehouse adorned with pro-Trump posters also has one that reads 바카라Burn Loot Murder,바카라 a derisive reference to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Road signs bill Kane as 바카라A Star in the Forest바카라 and as the hometown of the late NBA basketball coach Chuck Daly. The town also is known as the 바카라Icebox of Pennsylvania바카라 for its frigid, snowy winters.
Before the riot, most Kane residents knew Bauer for the deep-dish pizza and ice cream she has been serving since she bought the restaurant 15 years ago. That began to change as the coronavirus pandemic temporarily closed her business along with many others in the small town on the edge of the 517,000-acre Allegheny National Forest.
She became an outspoken critic of COVID-19 lockdown measures that cost her business and drove a wedge between neighbors who clashed on social media. She complained about a mask mandate during a school board meeting two weeks before her arrest, The Kane Republican newspaper reported.
Last year, as her business suffered, Bauer also began to embrace an ideology that appears to comport with the 바카라sovereign citizens바카라 extremist movement바카라s belief that the U.S. government is illegitimate. Bauer says she is a 바카라sovereign people,바카라 not a sovereign citizen, and refers to herself as 바카라Pauline from the House of Bauer.바카라
Bauer has been combative with the judge presiding over her case and claimed the court has no authority over her. She was jailed for one night in June after she refused to answer a magistrate judge바카라s routine questions. During a recent hearing, she told U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden that she doesn바카라t want an attorney to represent her 바카라or any lawyering from the bench.바카라
바카라I do not recognize your bar card, sir,바카라 she told McFadden, who appointed a lawyer to act as her standby counsel.
She also told the judge that she wouldn바카라t allow a pretrial services officer to inspect her home, in person or virtually. The judge warned her that she could be jailed again if she refused to comply. He also denied her request to dismiss her charges, which include obstruction of an official proceeding and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.
바카라On what terms?바카라 she asked.
바카라You know what? You don바카라t get to demand terms from me,바카라 the judge replied.
After the hearing, Blauser and Bauer hugged each other outside the Washington courthouse. Two days later, Blauser and his wife stopped by Bauer바카라s restaurant for dinner. He sometimes eats three meals in a day at Bob바카라s Trading Post and hasn바카라t broken his routine since their arrest. One of Blauser바카라s lawyers advised him to stay away from Bauer.
바카라I can바카라t do that because she바카라s my best friend, and I바카라m trying to help her. And if you can바카라t help your best friend, God help you,바카라 he said.
On a recent episode of 바카라The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,바카라 the host mocked Bauer for claiming to be a 바카라divinely empowered entity immune from laws.바카라
바카라Divinely empowered? So she바카라s going to get away scot-free, just like Jesus,바카라 Colbert joked. 바카라But it does raise the question: If you바카라re chosen by God to be above the laws of government, why do you care who바카라s in charge of it?바카라
Bauer posted on Facebook that she was inside the Capitol. Several witnesses who saw her posts contacted the FBI. One of them was a customer who said Bauer 바카라became more and more political over the past year, and began losing business because people were uncomfortable about her constant political rhetoric,바카라 according to an FBI agent.
Investigators believe Bauer used her restaurant바카라s Facebook page to promote a bus trip to Washington on Jan. 6 for the 바카라mega million rally.바카라
바카라Need 51 people to fill a bus,바카라 she wrote, according to the FBI.
Bauer denies that she organized a bus trip. Blauser said he, Bauer and seven others traveled to Washington in a passenger van, not a bus. She and Blauser left the Capitol about 38 minutes after they entered.
바카라A lot of people say that they바카라re proud of me for standing up for my rights,바카라 Bauer said.
Blauser claims they 바카라got caught up in the moment.바카라
바카라Everyone else was going up and going in, so we just followed along with them,바카라 he added.
Bauser and Blauser both were freed on $10,000 bond after their arrests. They don바카라t have a trial date yet. More than 20 other Capitol riot defendants have pleaded guilty as of Monday. Only three have been sentenced, with one getting eight months in prison for breaching the U.S Senate chamber.
Kane Mayor Brandy Schimp, a first-term Republican, takes a long pause when asked about how she reacted to the Jan. 6 riot.
바카라I felt like it was time to shut the TV off and to get back to work because there바카라s too much division and there바카라s too much anger and there바카라s too much sadness and too much frustration,바카라 she said.