Descendents Respond To Former Oath Keeper Wearing Their Shirt At Jan. 6 Hearing

7:10 PM EDT on July 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 12: Stephen Ayres (L), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, and Jason Van Tatenhove (R), who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, are sworn-in during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on July 12, 2022, in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, which has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, is presenting its findings in a series of televised hearings. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol Building during an attempt to disrupt a congressional vote to confirm the electoral college win for President Joe Biden. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman-Pool/Getty Images)

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The committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held a hearing today about the role of conspiracy theorists QAnon and far-right extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Jason Van Tatenhove, former spokesman for the Oath Keepers, testified before the House Committee and appeared to be wearing a Descendents T-shirt. Now, the Descendents have responded on Twitter, writing: "We completely disavow groups like the Oath Keepers and in no way condone their hateful ideology."

"They may not like to call themselves a militia, but they are, they’re a violent militia," Van Tatenhove testified about the Oath Keepers, which he joined in 2014 and was a part of for several years. "In my opinion, the Oath Keepers are a very dangerous organization." Anyway, Twitter had some choice words for the former Oath Keeper, including comedian Chris Gethard, who tweeted, "Am I hallucinating that this Oath Keeper testifying before congress is wearing a Descendents t-shirt? I just had hernia surgery so this may be the painkillers."

We completely disavow groups like the Oath Keepers and in no way condone their hateful ideology.
— DESCENDENTS (@descendents) July 12, 2022

Am I hallucinating that this Oath Keeper testifying before congress is wearing a Descendents t-shirt? I just had hernia surgery so this may be the painkillers.
— Chris Gethard (@ChrisGethard) July 12, 2022