Ryan Zink on What It’s Like to Disappear Into the American Gulag for Political Crimes
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What happened to Ryan Zink on January 6th?
Ryan Zinke. Not Ryan Zinke. No. No. Not Ryan Zinke. Very different. Ryan Zinke. Thank you very much. So you're running for Congress. I am. From Texas. Yes. Lots of people running for Congress from Texas. The reason I thought we would all benefit from hearing your story is that you were a January 6th defendant and you went through many years of... both literally and figuratively in the aftermath of that.
Did ANTIFA play a role in the events of January 6th?
And you've emerged as a real candidate. And so I'd just like to begin by hearing your J6 story. Why did you go to Washington on January 6th and what happened?
So I guess to summarize, make things a little bit shorter, is I was out on a break from school. I was studying media strategy, public relations, but I got hit by a drunk driver. And so my dad worked in sports medicine for years, and I had a lapse in my insurance coverage. So I went to Arizona to work on his congressional campaign. So he was at the time running against Ruben Gallego. Your dad? Yes. Oh, wow. Where were you?
You said you were in college when this happened.
Yes. Yeah. So I came in late in college.
What was the FBI's raid on Zink's house like?
I stopped and built wind turbines for a while. I kind of bounced. I didn't really find anything that I really loved until I found safety. And then, of course, now politics, apparently. But yeah. So I was helping him with his, you know, congressional campaign because I was in media, like I had a camera, you know, and I was like, we started off slow like everybody else does, you know, with his campaign where money was super tight. And so I went up there to one, get free treatment for my neck and shoulder. And then from your dad.
What did Ryan Zink experience while in jail?
Yeah. And then two, you know, just to help him on his campaign.
So you're working for your dad in exchange for free neck and back treatment. Yeah.
Pretty much. Nothing free out of the old man. Okay. But, no, I mean, you know, it was really my first glance in politics. Like, the first time that I had ever voted was Donald Trump's first term. Yeah. Again, the only reason that I thought that was because I was like, you know, well, I've seen what— I met Bill Clinton in college at WT when I used to go there, and I was really weirded out by him when I met him that day. What about him? Um, creepy, soft hands, uh, his demeanor towards, uh, the girls that were in the room in the, like in the back area. And then, um, the way, just, just the way he carries himself. Uh, I think I was, I think it was discernment is what I think it was. Interesting.
So bad vibes would be one way to put it.
Yeah. And this is, and this is like before I was like really a Christian too, like, you know, living, practicing, you know, my life in accordance.
Well, those are animal instincts and we should never ignore them because they're accurate.
Well, definitely, you know, like looking back now and, you know, everything I've been through. Yeah, it was definitely, it was a stark warning. Really? To like be vigilant, be aware of what's happening around you. Interesting. Huh. So, but yeah, so campaign trail, you know, going out, well, dad, we started looking at, you know, the votes about everything that's going on. And he tells me, he's like, you know, hey, I think this is it. He's like, I think we're going to witness history if we go to the Capitol. I don't even want to go. I want to go home. Uh, you know, cause I've got my, my lovely, beautiful wife now, uh, was, you know, waiting for me back in, back in Texas. And I, you know, left before Thanksgiving and, um, I didn't even want to go to the Capitol.
How does Zink describe the lies of corporate media?
And I was like, well, okay. I was like, I guess like we can do this. So I started thinking, I was like, you know, your dad's encouraging you to, yes. Yeah. He, he wanted me to go. Cause he wants, you know, he wants B roll footage. He wants, you know, uh, you know, him, uh, at the Capitol, you know, in front of all the fountains. And, you know, we wanted to present, you know, like a strong, unified presence in media, just like, you know, every candidate wanted to. Yeah.
So your dad believed that footage of him at the Capitol on January 6th would be good for his campaign.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Ryan Zink on January 6th?
0:04–0:32
2
Did ANTIFA play a role in the events of January 6th?
0:32–1:11
3
What was the FBI's raid on Zink's house like?
1:11–1:42
4
What did Ryan Zink experience while in jail?
1:42–3:33
5
How does Zink describe the lies of corporate media?
3:33–4:57
6
What challenges did Ryan Zink face during his arrest?
4:57–16:38
7
How did Ryan Zink's faith influence his experience?
16:38–28:28
8
What are Zink's plans and motivations for running for Congress?
28:28–1:35:00
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