St. Louis couple who pointed pistols at protesters appear as guest star during Trump campaign virtual event

The Trump campaign was hot on the heels of the ongoing culture wars on Friday, and the infamous St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters appeared at one of their virtual campaign events on Friday night.

Mark and Patricia McCloskey of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared on a show with campaign staff member Kimberley Guilfoyle, as they both face an avalanche of criticism for threatening Black Lives Matter protesters at gunpoint.

“I thought we were going to die,” Mark McCloskey said of the incident earlier this month. “We have nothing to apologize for. We did nothing wrong, and we are not going to back down. “

The McCloskeys were instantly transformed into liberal sackmen and conservative folk heroes earlier this month when they brandished an assault rifle and pistol as protesters marched through the streets of their neighborhood.

At the campaign event on Friday, the couple said they feared protesters would loot their house and burn it down, although in a video of the event, no protester appeared to be threatening anyone’s home.

Kimberley Gardner, the St. Louis County circuit attorney, announced last week that her office is investigating the couple and said, “We will not tolerate the use of force against those who exercise their First Amendment rights, and we will use all the power of Missouri law to hold people accountable. “

The investigation sparked uproar among conservatives, who framed the investigation as a threat to the couple’s Second Amendment rights.

“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right. No family should face the threat of harassment or malicious prosecution for exercising that right,” Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley (R) wrote to the Attorney General. William BarrBill BarrHawley calls for a civil rights investigation by prosecutor investigating St. Louis couple with guns, Barr says America too dependent on Chinese trade DHS calls “failed response” to “rampant” violence in Portland MORE. “I urge you to consider a federal civil rights investigation at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office to determine if this investigation and impending prosecution violate this family’s constitutional law.”