There was a booth at the CPAC that displayed a conservative activist in a jail cell.
The eyes and prayers of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene were drawn to the performance.
Pre-trial inmates in the DC jail were placed in restrictive housing, according to a report.
The Capitol rioter spent the day in a prop cell at the Conservative Political Action Conference to highlight the "mistreatment" of those jailed after storming the Capitol.
His performance drew the attention of the congresswoman.
The conservative activist, dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit and a hat, spent the day in character, weeping and calculating days on a chalkboard in the performance space.
The founder of the #WalkAway Foundation encouraged liberals to abandon the Democratic party and vote for Donald Trump. He was sentenced to 90 days of home confinement and three years of supervised release for his role in the attack on the Capitol.
He hoped that by encouraging all Americans to let go of hatred and animosity, and begin to see the humanity in one another again, they would be able to have compassion for one another.
—Laura Jedeed (@LauraJedeed) August 5, 2022
The reporter who posted the video explained that viewers could wear a silent disco headset and listen to the testimony of January 6 defendants.
Alex Pfeiffer, a spokesman for the CPAC, told Insider that it was sad how many defendants were treated in jail.
The congressman entered the eight-foot cage and knelt beside the man in prayer. The crowd cheered when the representative joined the performance.
According to the Daily Mail, Straka said that she prayed with him. I thought it was a special moment for all of them.
The performance was not seen as moving by Joe Walsh, a former Republican and Illinois Representative. The performance meant that everyone at CPAC didn't think January 6 was a big deal or a bad thing.
Walsh's former party is anti-democracy.
Representatives for Greene did not reply immediately.
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