A man who bragged about chugging wine at the Capitol riot is campaigning for office. He learned mid-interview he’s running for the wrong seat.

• Jason Riddle was arrested after admitting to chugging wine inside the US Capitol on January 6.
• His case pending, he is running for the New Hampshire legislature to unseat Democrat Ann Kuster.
• In a TV interview Riddle learned Kuster sits in the US Congress, and he is in the wrong race.
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A man who was charged after bragging that he had guzzled wine during the Capitol riot is now running for office – but appears to have accidentally joined the wrong race.

Jason Riddle of New Hampshire was arrested in February after he told NBC10 Boston that he joined rioters on January 6 as they stormed the Capitol.

He is accused of illegally entering a restricted building, theft of government property, and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, according to a criminal complaint.

He has now decided to enter politics and run for state representative, he said Sunday, with the intention of unseating Democrat Ann Kuster in the 2022 midterms, the channel reported.

However, Kuster is a member of US Congress, not a state representative.

“I thought Ann was a state representative?” he said, when reporter Katherine Underwood corrected him.

“No,” said Underwood. “So, a state representative is in the Statehouse in Concord.”

“Yeah, that’s what Ann is,” said Riddle.

When Underwood informed him that Kuster actually works out of Washington D.C., Riddle said: “Well I guess I’ve got to run against that then.”

But Riddle is barred from entering Washington D.C. while his case is pending, the network reported.

He also talked to the network about what running a political campaign is like while going through the court case.

He said he believes that the notoriety from the court proceedings can only help him politically, saying: “In the long run, if you’re running for office I guess attention is good, attention I think will help me.”

The fact that he joined the Capitol riot tells voters “I’m going to show up,” he said. “I’m going to actually keep my promises and make some changes.”

In January, Riddle told the network that he hadn’t been able to believe that former President Donald Trump had lost the election.

He traveled to D.C., and when he saw people storming the Capitol, he said he got swept up in the excitement and went in because he “just had to see it.”

Once inside, he raided the liquor cabinet of a member of Congress, “chugged it, and got out of there,” he said.