Ladera Ranch Insurrectionist Russ Taylor invited to Trump Inaugural – Will Probation Let Him Go?

Patriot Russ and the weapons he brought to DC on Jan. 6

Well this was a bit of national news this week, but I think it’s Orange County news too – Ladera Ranch’s finest, most hapless, Jan. 6 traitor, Russ Taylor, has been invited to Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, apparently by a quartet of Utah Congressmen most of whom won’t go on record. Except first Russ will have to get permission from his probation officer – he did already complete his six months of home confinement.

Russ was found guilty of organizing a group of “Patriots that are ready to function as operators of disruption against Tyranny” ahead of the attack, writing, “I personally want to be on the front steps and be one of the first ones to breach the doors!” His sentencing memorandum listed “hatchets, a taser, stun batons, bear spray, tactical gloves, a helmet, and a plate carrier vest with bullet proof plates”  as items he brought to the grand event at the Capitol.

This would have been Russ’ jolly, treasonous South-OC trio, consisting of himself, the unstable Irvine-family black sheep Morton Irvine Smith and the psychotic Alan Hostetter, the La Habra police chief – turned San Clemente yoga instructor – turned Jan. 6-er now serving 11 years for four felonies including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and entering a restricted area with a deadly or dangerous weapon. (Along with a handful of violent “3-percenters” who tagged along.)

Well, how did our hero Russ get away with just home confinement and probation? By being really really sorry, and by testifying against his old friend Hostetter, who did seem to be the Alpha Dog of the group. Alan went off the deep end at his closing arguments, claiming the insurrection was just a big “false flag” conspiracy he’d been tricked into by Russ (and also claiming, in front of the late Ashli Babbitt’s outraged mom, that Ashli’s killing was faked.)

Russ was also helped by his wife Deborah’s eloquent, heartfelt, “My husband is a well-meaning but easily manipulated doofus” letter to the Court, which “Fake News Ladera Ranch” had fun with (copied way below) but I feel like looking at closer:

Noble effort, Mrs. Taylor – and successful too! It’s becoming an art form – Deborah reminds us of Lev Parnas’ beautiful wife.

But still, why, really DO these unnamed Utah “lawmakers” want Russ to come to the inauguration? Most likely, to own the libs, to show their allegiance to Trump, and to emphasize that they celebrate the violent sedition of January 6.

On the other hand, using Mrs. Taylor’s words, the case could be made that Russ is just an archetypical Trump voter – archetypical of nearly half our fellow Americans! “Not a deep thinker.” “Not a leader, but a follower.” Inappropriately and unnecessarily “protective.” Armed with a knife in case “Antifa” comes ’round the corner.

And the burning question for Orange Juice readers is: SHOULD PROBATION ALLOW CHASTENED RUSS TO ATTEND, AND GLORY IN, THE SECOND CORONATION OF THE OCHRE ABOMINATION? We really want to know!

ALSO URGENT is this:

“Maybe there’s astronauts, maybe there’s aliens!”

The annotated Deborah Taylor:

from “Fake News Ladera Ranch

[ALSO, if you wanna hear a pre-insurrection Russell Taylor speech, go to 1:13:00]

About Vern Nelson

Greatest pianist/composer in Orange County, and official political troubadour of Anaheim and most other OC towns. Regularly makes solo performances, sometimes with his savage-jazz band The Vern Nelson Problem. Reach at vernpnelson@gmail.com, or 714-235-VERN.