Travis Fain, WRAL — The Republican Party’s new appointee to the North Carolina House was at the U.S. Capitol for the Jan. 6 protest-turned-riot and said he was close enough to the Capitol breach to get hit repeatedly with tear gas. Incoming Rep. Donnie Loftis was the Gaston County Republican Party’s choice this week to replace late Rep.Dana Bumgardner, who died earlier this month.

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