Ryan Zink is a relative newcomer to politics with a fiery passion for his beliefs, and has recently decided to run against incumbent Representative Jodey Arrington, from Texas’ District 19th Congressional District. Zink was born and raised in Texas, according to his campaign website, and was also one of 1,400 “political prisoners” from the January 6 Riots in Washington, D.C.
Zink was a rousing speaker at the Taylor County Republican Candidate Forum, held February 5 at the 201 Mesquite Event Center. He got many in the crowd to their feet with shouts of “Amen!” as he was talking. There, he promised to bring Jesus back to politics, saying that a “nation without Jesus will never prosper.”
‘Tortured, beaten, and poisoned’
At the Taylor County Republican Candidate Forum, he openly discussed his arrest in connection with the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Zink claims that at that time he was only a journalist, photographing the riots, and was caught up in later arrests.
Zink also claims that he never entered the Capitol or opened any barriers of any kind. Zink also said that on February 4, 2021, in the early morning hours, law enforcement officers stormed his home and subsequently charged him with a felony and two misdemeanors in connection with his involvement in the January 6 riots.