Mark McCloskey, gun-toting St. Louis lawyer, reportedly mulls Senate run
Mark McCloskey, who made national headlines with h🌳is wife when they pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their St. Louis mansion, is reportedly mulling a Senate run in Missouri.
“I can confirm that it’s a consideration, yes,” McCloskey, a wealthy personal injury lawyer💯, on🐻 Tuesday evening.
He told the news outlet he had no timetable for making a decision about whether to enter the race for the seat from which GOP Sen. Roy Blunt is ওretiring.
McCloskey spoke this weekend at a Ja🍷ckson County Republican dinner, which also drew former Gov. Eric Greitens and state A💧ttorney General Eric Schmitt, both of whom have announced their candidacies, Politico reported.
McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, shot to viral fame in June 2020, when they were caught on camera brandishing firearms — he an assault rifle, she a handgun — at BLM demonstrators near their home amid unrest spar🙈ked by the Minneapolis death of George Floyd.
Mark has accused the protesters of trespassing onto private property, said he feared a “storming of the Bastille” and insisted that he was a victim “of terrorism.”
He and his wife argued that they were exercising their Second Amendment right to bear arms — and were protected by Missouri law allowing the use of deadly force against intruders.
The viral encounter made the McCloskeys champions of pro-gun groups and drew the attention of President Donald Trump, earning them a spot at the Republican National Convention.
They were later indicted on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and evidence 🔜taꦬmpering.
