We know the answer for the most part thanks to a great article by Al Kahen in the Washington Post, Miami 'Riot' Squad: Where Are They Now?1. Tom Pyle, worked for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and then went to Koch Industries.
2. Garry Malphrus became deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
3. Rory Cooper went to the White House Homeland Security Council.
4. Kevin Smith worked as a GOP House aide and at Voter.com (isn't that special?)
5. Steven Brophy was a GOP Senate aide and then went to KPMG.
6. Matt Schlapp worked for the Bush campaign and went on to become White House political director.
7. Roger Morse was a House aide who moved on to the law firm Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds. (Must be a great law firm.)
8. Duane Gibson was an aide on the House Resources Committee and is now with the Livingston Group.
9. Chuck Royal was and still is assistant to South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint.
10. Layna McConkey Peltier was a Senate and House aide is now at Capital Health Group.
John Lantigua did a nice piece in Salon Magazine a week after the riot. He noted that Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y. helped lead the protest along with Elizabeth Ross, aide to Senator Trent Lott.
Many have mislabeled this as the "preppy riot" or the "angry white man" riot. Besides it being a deliberate and calculated attempt to subvert the American electoral system, and not a riot, it should be known as the Scottish-American siege as almost all the participants have Scottish surnames.
Since this will probably be the greatest achievement of these people's opportunistic lives, it is imperative that we recognize their accomplishments. They might never again get the chance to subvert the rule of law and the principles of democracy so let's give these Young Republicans for Fascism their due; who else were involved and what are they doing now?
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