Virjilio Burciaga came all the way from California to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration in front of the Capitol — the first time the 48-year-old electrician had returned to the house of American democracy since he protested with a mob that stormed the building on January 6, 2021.
“At one point they were seeing us as insurrectionists,” he told The Independent, “now it’s changed to we’re all going to get pardoned, you know, that label has been lifted.”
