- Mark McCloskey and his wife pointed guns at protesters passing by their home last year.
- McCloskey announced his Senate run on Tuesday.
- He told Fox News the moment "really did wake me up" and inspired his run.
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Mark McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, pointed their guns at protesters as they passed by their house in a gated community in St. Louis, Missouri.
$4 host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday that he was running.
"I've always been a Republican, but I've never been a politician," he said. "But, you know, God came knocking on my door last summer disguised as an angry mob, and it really did wake me up."
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A St. Louis grand jury indicted the couple on charges of exhibiting guns at a protest and evidence tampering. They pleaded not guilty.
The couple was invited to speak at the 2020 Republican National Convention.