New York GOP district leader Philip Grillo, self-proclaimed 'Republican Messiah,' arrested...

[DonViejo]

New York GOP district leader Philip Grillo, self-proclaimed ‘Republican Messiah,’ arrested in Capitol riot case

PUBLISHED TUE, FEB 23 202112:31 PM EST
Dan Mangan
@_DANMANGAN

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A New York City man who has a leadership role in the Queens County Republican Party was arrested and charged with participation in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Philip Grillo, 46, was identified by two tipsters as one of the members of the mob that invaded the Capitol that day by a Knights of Columbus jacket he was wearing, among other things, according to a statement of facts signed by an FBI agent.

Grillo, whom the FBI confirmed was a member of a Queens Knights of Columbus council, is listed as being the GOP leader of the 24th Assembly District in Queens by that county’s Republican Party group.

He was among a throng of supporters of then-President Donald Trump protesting the election of Joe Biden to the White House.

A New York City man who has a leadership role in the Queens County Republican Party was arrested Tuesday and charged with participation in the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Philip Grillo, 46, was identified by two tipsters as one of the members of the mob that invaded the Capitol that day by a Knights of Columbus jacket he was wearing, among other things, according to a statement of facts signed by an FBI agent.

“I saw him twice in CNN in two separate incidents,” one witness told the FBI, noting that they knew Grillo from growing up with him in the Glen Oaks section of Queens

Grillo, whom the FBI confirmed was a member of a Queens Knights of Columbus council, is listed as being the GOP leader of the 24th Assembly District in Queens by that county’s Republican Party group.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/new-york-republican-philip-grillo-charged-in-capitol-riot-case.html

[Nevilledog]

1. Obviously this is one of those Antifa provacateurs Johnson was talking about.

[gratuitous]

7. Yup

I expect he'll confess any minute now.

[central scrutinizer]

8. They're amazing

Being prescient enough to plant sleeper agents everywhere decades ago ready to be activated when necessary.

[erronis]

17. I think you've mistaken the (r)epuglicons for the (r)ussrians. Prescient or intelligent does not

apply to the QRoP.

[central scrutinizer]

28. My reference was to antifa (satire)

Should have used the emoji

[aggiesal]

15. I'm Q, or whatever I'm calling myself now! ...

So sure this guy could be Antifa ratf#%ker.

Do I need the sarcasm thingee?

[NCjack]

2. Good catch and don't release!

[Leghorn21]

3. COOL

Bye bye LOSER

[BlueStater]

14. Is he trying to look like some sort of tough guy in that photo?

I’m now convinced he has a toothpick penis.

[lagomorph777]

21. He looks like there's a toothpick up his penis.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Lock him up

[CurtEastPoint]

6. He seems bright...

Link to tweet

[dhill926]

11. hmmm...how does one wake off....

[Corgigal]

20. Hope they grab his computers.

Clue phone might be ringing. Projection, it’s a thing.

[lagomorph777]

22. Yup!!!

[Grokenstein]

27. His profile sports this gibberish:

"American,Catholic born&raised;Enlightened @25 Only fear God&Goddess,Omnipotent saved by Christ more than 1 time;back breaking;father of 5 beautiful humans TRUMP"

I hope someone can explain how a "Catholic born and raised," fears "Goddess." Or what he means by "back breaking" if not Internet Tough Guy posery. OR THIS INSANE TRASH

Link to tweet

[bullimiami]

9. I said this before. Anyone who entered the Capital should, along with any other charges,

be on probation a long time, 20 years at least.

any contact with militias, insurrectionists, anti-government anything means they are still a threat to this country.

go directly to jail.

[calimary]

13. THIS. And the Knights of Columbus connection only makes it worse.

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Either it reflects badly on them indirectly, or reveals them to be a haven for pieces-of-shit like this guy.

[lagomorph777]

23. The latter. Knights of Columbus is a right-wing den of jerks.

[erronis]

18. Probation? At least 5 years in the pen, and then for good behavior, re-education, maybe.

[bullimiami]

29. 20yrs probation on top of everything else. for even setting foot inside the capital.

[underpants]

10. Aha! Knights of Columbus now we are getting somewhere

Good I’m glad they busted this guy.

[ProfessorGAC]

30. My Dad Was A Big Wheel In KofC

He voted for Stevenson twice, JFK, LBJ, Humphrey, Carter.
Were there some radical anti choice nutjob in that council? Yes, indeed. They had over a thousand members at that council. And, they were all Catholic.
But, not sure the KCs had much to do with this idiot who was "saved by Christ" more than once. Apparently, it didn't take the first time.
I guess his god isn't infallible.

[Wild blueberry]

12. Another one bites the dust

[brooklynite]

16. For those unfamiliar with NY politics, a District Leader is...

...a member of the State Party Committee who represents (and turn out votes in) a State Assembly District (roughly 130,000 people)

[niyad]

19. INSURRECTION. NOT "riot". Get it correct, cnbc.

[lagomorph777]

24. +1

[nuxvomica]

25. These insurrection people all have one thing in common: they're jerks

And no one thinks twice about dropping a dime on them.

[Jon King]

26. On his mommy's cell phone account...

And of course, a 46 year old man on a cell phone account registered to his mother. Another guy who never accomplished anything in life but it must be someone else's fault he is unhappy.