Maine man charged for role in Capitol riots had previous run-ins with state lawmakers Share Updated: 6:41 PM EST Feb 8, 2021 Share Updated: 6:41 PM EST Feb 8, 2021
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Show Transcript AND HIS PAST RUN- INS WITH STATE LAWMAKERS. WMTW NEWS-8 S PHIL HIRSCHKORN REPORTS. (PHIL ON CAM) DETAINED CAPITOL RIOT SUSPECT KYLE FITZSIMONS MADE A MEMORABLE IMPRESSION TESTIFYING BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE S EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE IN 2017 áAGAINSTá A BILL TO HELP IMMIGRANTS. (NATSOT CLANGS LICENSE PLATES, :15) I M FROM NEW YORK, I M FROM RHODE ISLAND. (VO 1: HEARING WITH DATE PREFONT) CALLING THOSE STATES MULTI- CULTURAL HELLHOLES, FITZSIMONS ACCUSED MAINE LAWMAKERS OF SIDELINING PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE HIM. (SOT KYLE FITZSIMONS, MAY 10, 2017 @ 1:55) (SCREAMING) KILLING OFF YANKEE NEW ENGLAND CULTURE! YOU RE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. NO, YOU RE BRINGING IN THE NEW THIRD WORLD. YOU RE BRINGING IN THE REPLACEMENTS. (SOT TORI KORNFIELD
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A Maine man facing federal charges for his role in the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol railed against a proposed education center for new immigrants in a 2017 State House hearing. In a video obtained by WMTW News, Kyle Fitzsimons said he had grown up in New York and Rhode Island and thought those states were "multicultural hell holes." Sign up for our Newsletters During Fitzsimons’ three-minute testimony before the Education and Cultural.