The Capitol Complex was placed in lockdown for several hours after an armed man demanded to speak with President Biden.
The standoff took place outside the Library of Congress, which is located just opposite the Capitol, where 49-year-old Ray Roseberry from North Carolina arrived with his pickup truck and what he claimed to be a tannerite bomb at 9.15 am on Thursday.
Demanding to speak with Joe Biden, the North Carolina man went on to claim that the bomb will go off automatically should he be shot by the authorities who evacuated the area.
In his live-streamed rant, which he started after calling 911 and admitting he had a bomb in DC, the man who dubbed himself as a patriot demanded that the President launches airstrikes on the Taliban in Afghanistan. He also repeatedly insisted that the revolution is on and that people are ready to fight back.
“We’re living in a free country Joe, the choice is yours. If you wanna shoot me, and take the chance of blowing up two and a half city blocks, cause that tool box is full. Ammonium nitrate, it’s full,” Roseberry said.
“I don’t wanna die Joe, I wanna go home. Just like the people in Afghanistan wanna go home. Them people’s lives are on your hands. All them dead peoples are on your hands. Afghanistan I’m standing for you strong too.
“The motherf***ers should have bombed our asses and made sure you was alright before we left. So if they blow me up Afghanistan, I hope somebody takes revenge on that because I’m a patriot. I love this land, and I’ll die for this land.”
He added: “And I don’t stand here alone Joe. If you take me out, you won’t know where the other four are until they go off. It’s going to be a chain reaction. Don’t break my windows, send somebody out here to talk to me, because I didn’t even carry a gun, I didn’t even carry a gun, I ain’t carrying nothing.
“All I done was carry my change and brought what the American people give me. They said ‘Ray we’re tired,’ and I told them I was tired too.
“Joe I love you man, I love Nancy, I love all y’all. I love the man who’s getting ready to put a bullet in my head. The only thing I say to that, Joe Biden, is that you better hope he’s a Democrat and not a Republican because this revolution ain’t gonna stop, it’s on.
“You better get your NATO out from November Jean and bring em on down here because you’re gonna need eem. You’re gonna need em Joe because this revolution’s on, brother there ain’t no more talk about it.”
The 49-year-old went on to accuse Biden of having blood on his hands before blasting Democrats by saying they’re “killing America” and making Americans want to leave the country.
“If America needs a voice I’ll give it to them, but I tell you Joe if you pop those windows out it’s over and it’s gonna be a chain reaction. You didn’t believe nobody ever come out here in the first place. Why would you believe there’s four more sitting around town? This was just the start,” Roseberry concluded.
“I don’t wanna sit here when it blows up. I don’t wanna sit here and die in this truck. I’ll die in federal prison. You step down out of office, I’ll step down out of this truck. You go home. I’ll go to federal prison.”
As for his demands, Roseberry wanted to speak to Biden before saying that people are asking for the Taliban to be bombed.
“First thing they want is airstrikes in Afghanistan. Kick the Taliban’s a** and stop them from killing people,” he said.
Following a five-hour standoff, Roseberry surrendered and was taken into custody. The police have yet to confirm if the bomb threat was real as of this writing.
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