Comeuppance has come to yet another MAGAt:
A Florida woman was sentenced Friday to six years in federal prison for attacking police officers during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Audrey Ann Southard-Rumsey, 54, of Spring Hill, Florida, was sentenced in District of Columbia federal court, according to court records. She was found guilty in January of seven felony charges, including three counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, three counts of civil disorder and one count of obstruction of an official proceeding.
Southard-Rumsey was arrested in June 2021.
According to court documents, Southard-Rumsey joined with others in objecting to Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory over then-President Donald Trump. A mob stormed the Capitol to try to stop Congress from certifying election results for Biden over Trump, a Republican, authorities have said. Five people died in the violence.
According to the criminal complaint, Southard-Rumsey amplified calls for revolution on social media and worked with others on a declaration calling for the abolition of the Democratic Party and the institution of a new government. On the day of the Capitol attack, Southard-Rumsey uploaded a photograph of herself at the east plaza to Facebook and then broadcasted a live video of herself, the complaint states.
Southard-Rumsey was part of a large group that broke through police barricades, prosecutors said. At one point, she grabbed an officer’s riot shield and then later pushed an officer with a flagpole, causing him to fall and hit his head, officials said. She also joined a group that pushed officers down some stairs, authorities said.
Back in 2021, Southard-Rumsey was seen hurriedly leaving her first appearance in court:
LATEST CAPITOL RIOT ARREST IN TAMPA BAY (thread)
— Justin Schecker (@WFLAJustin) June 3, 2021
52-yr-old Audrey Southard-Rumsey from Spring Hill rushed away from federal court in Tampa after her first appearance Wednesday afternoon. Most serious charge is assault of a federal police officer. https://t.co/RrjKtcUHt5 @WFLA pic.twitter.com/0iHyaCWgey
Maybe she can be on the prison track team?! Or sing in the prison choir (she sings opera, you know).
Arrests are continuing. In Rhode Island. In Houston. Let's keep it up, because the FBI is still looking for more insurrectionist morons. Check out the FBI's web site to see if anyone looks familiar.
BONUS: Apparently, she threw a tantrum at the sentencing, and the judge wasn't having it.
(Photo: Southard-Rumsey mugshot / U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia)
