A man who attempted to intimidate Black Lives Matter protesters with a rifle is now running for Senate.
Per CBS, 63-year-old St. Louis personal injury lawyer Mark McCloskey announced his campaign to run for senator in Missouri in a statement made on Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News on Tuesday.
McCloskey told Carlson: "God came knocking on my door last summer disguised as an angry mob. And it really did wake me up."
Take a look at this news report on McCloskey's campaign in the video below:Taking to Twitter to confirm the news, McCloskey wrote to his 21,000 followers: "An angry mob marched to destroy my home and kill my family, I took a stand to defend them.
"I am a proven fighter against the mob. When the mob comes to destroy our home, our state, our nation— I’ll defend it. I will NEVER BACK DOWN. Help me FIGHT BACK".
The Senate hopeful then attached a link to his website.
McCloskey and his wife, 61-year-old Patricia, were infamously filmed threatening activists marching past their property on their way to the home of St Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.
The activists were marching to protest police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of ex-cop Derek Chauvin.
The couple brandished a semiautomatic handgun and automatic AR-15 assault rifle at the demonstrators, demanding that they stay off their property.
Per Fox News, the McCloskeys later contended that the protesters had vandalized their yard, ignored a "No Trespassing" sign, and screamed threats at them.
Speaking to KMOV after the incident, the gun-wielding McCloskey said that he and Patricia "feared for their lives", stating:
"A mob of at least 100 smashed through the historic wrought iron gates of Portland Place, destroying them, rushed towards my home where my family was having dinner outside and put us in fear of our lives.
"This is all private property. There are no public sidewalks or public streets. I was terrified that we'd be murdered within seconds, our house would be burned down, our pets would be killed. We were all alone facing an angry mob."
St. Louis Circuit chief prosecutor Kim Gardner later charged the couple with unlawful use of a weapon as a result, while a grand jury in October indicted them on the same charges.
McCloskey broke the news of his indictment in a tweet made to his Twitter account, writing to his 7,200 followers: "So we got indicted today on two charges, displaying and tampering.
"We have no info on the tampering, no idea with what we are supposed to have tampered. Upside down world! [sic]"
