A devout supporter of President Donald Trump hired as a speechwriter for the Department of Homeland Security has a long record of praising the Jan. 6 attack and espousing extremist and racist rhetoric online.

Eric Lendrum, who writes speeches for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem—dubbed “ICE Barbie” for her love of highly stylized cosplaying in a variety of uniformed roles—has repeatedly defended Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol, according to posts reviewed by NOTUS and the Daily Beast. According to his LinkedIn profile, Lendrum was hired as a speechwriter by DHS.

“The J6’ers did nothing wrong. Absolutely no violence was committed by Trump supporters on that day. Fact. Period,” Lendrum wrote in August 2023.

In a December 2021 blog post, he falsely described the Capitol riot as “peacefu

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