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- Cory Mills, who served in the Defense Department under Trump, is now running for Florida’s 7th Congressional district.
- In a campaign ad posted to Twitter, Mills boasted about supplying law enforcement agencies with tear gas.
- The tear gas had been deployed against Black Lives Matter protesters, as well as other groups nationwide.
An ex-advisor to former President Donald Trump who’s now running for Congress released a campaign video in which he boasts about supplying police forces with riot-control gear and tear gas used against protesters.
Cory Mills, who served within the Defense Department under the Trump administration, is running for Florida’s 7th Congressional district. Mills is also the co-founder of PACEM Solutions, a company that provides security and risk management consultancy and sells riot-control gear.
In a campaign video posted to Twitter, Mills introduces himself as a combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, before explaining he then “came home” and “started a company making riot control munitions for law enforcement.”
“You may know some of our work,” Mills says, smiling as the ad begins showing violent footage of tear gas being deployed at various protests nationwide.
According to the campaign ad, the tear gas had been deployed against the following groups: “Hillary Clinton protesters” in Charlotte, North Carolina; “Left wing protesters” in Phoenix; “Antifa rioters” in Washington, DC; “Black Lives Matter protesters” in Denver, Colorado; and “radical left protesters” in Philadelphia.
“And now the liberal media is crying about it,” Mills says after the series of videos. “I’m Cory Mills and I approve this message, because if the media wants to shed some real tears, I can help them out with that.”
—Cory Mills 🍊 (@CoryMillsFL) May 5, 2022
Earlier this year, Politico reported that PACEM sold tear gas to police forces, who then fired them at crowds of Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020. In 2021, Democrats from the House Oversight and Reform Committee opened an inquiry into the health hazards of the tear gas from PACEM, Politico reported.
Mills previously told Politico that he was “proud” to sell tear gas to law enforcement groups.
“Products like tear gas are sanctioned and utilized by the Department of Defense and state and federal health departments,” Mills said. “They are used on a daily basis to train our military personnel and [law enforcement officers]. Each officer or military member, who utilizes these irritants, must experience these irritants prior to certification.”
He continued: “I for one, am thankful that our officers have less lethal options available to ensure order and preserve lives.”
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