<p>"Army friend gave me decal. Thought it was a cool decal. Took it off because of negative pub," said Chris Miller, the congresswoman's husband and himself a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, in an email statement to The Beast.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sedition3PTruck?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sedition3PTruck</a> with government plates parked in a restricted zone from 1:02. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeditionHunters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SeditionHunters</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sedition3P?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sedition3P</a><br/><br/>Source: <a href="https://t.co/DubmxJhjSZ">https://t.co/DubmxJhjSZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/INCs6geEYg">pic.twitter.com/INCs6geEYg</a><br/>— Phoenix on Wheels (@phoenixonwheels) <a href="https://twitter.com/phoenixonwheels/status/1364795959474028545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><p>Chris Miller insists he was never a member of the loosely organized <a href="https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/three-percenters" target="_blank">anti-government militia</a>, and claims he "didn't know anything about 3% till fake news started this fake story and read about them."</p><p>The state lawmaker's pickup was photographed outside the Capitol, which is inaccessible to regular vehicle traffic, raised questions about who it belonged to and how it got there.</p><p>Online sleuths found a remarkably similar truck with the same Illinois license plate number carrying Mary Miller and Trump-Pence campaign banners in a July 2020 photo, and her Facebook page posted another photo showing what appears to be the same pickup with the same campaign banners.</p><p>The Millers have posted other photos of the same type of Ford pickup with stickers promoting other pro-gun groups, and the couple has prominently featured the truck in social media posts and campaign materials.</p><p>The license plate seen in photos from the Capitol riot shows it's a design that appears to be reserved for Illinois politicians -- such as Chris Miller, who took office in 2019.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Moments before a riotous mob stormed the US Capitol, Illinois state Representative Chris Miller, husband to Congresswoman Mary Miller, railed against “dangerous Democrat terrorists," and said “we're in a great cultural war to see which worldview will survive." <a href="https://t.co/kJW2GtRbvq">pic.twitter.com/kJW2GtRbvq</a><br/>— Mark Maxwell (@MarkMaxwellTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkMaxwellTV/status/1347236821512695810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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