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The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
National
Jeremy Roebuck

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she’s headed to prison

The former owner of a Bucks County CrossFit gym who recorded herself during the storming of the Capitol saying she was looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” was sentenced to 60 days incarceration on Thursday.

But Dawn Bancroft, 60, of Doylestown hasn’t let her conviction for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection dull her interest in politics.

The onetime owner of Bucks County Elite Fitness ran for and won a spot as a committeeperson in the county’s Republican Party in May’s primary election.

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