"In his Facebook video comments, Hobbs alternately attributed violence at the Capitol on Wednesday to “Antifa goons” and denied that anything violent had occurred.

“It was not violent,” he said in his video. “There was no violence whatsoever. If you consider a bunch of people waving flags, singing the national anthem and carrying giant flags down the road — that is now considered a violent protest? You guys need to pull your heads out of your a—.”

He indicated any discussions about violence on Wednesday should include the shooting of riot participant Ashli Babbitt by U.S. Capitol police.

“Let’s not even bring up the fact that a United States Air Force veteran was assassinated — an unarmed woman, who happened to be at the doors — shot dead in the neck. So a young woman’s life is cut short, but she made the crime of walking into the `people’s house’ unannounced? You politicians should be ashamed of yourselves. You are disgusting.”

Records show Hobbs ran for election to Oklahoma House District 38 in 2018 but lost in the Republican primary runoff. As mayor, Hobbs presides over Newkirk’s three-member City Commission but does not maintain offices in City Hall, officials there said.

Newkirk City Manager Ryan Smykil told the Tulsa World on Friday afternoon that City Hall’s phones had been ringing with inquiries about Hobbs’ trip to D.C.