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Nurse: Indiana hospital fired her for admitting entering US Capitol

Capitol riots
Posted at 9:06 PM, Jan 15, 2021
and last updated 2021-01-15 21:06:44-05

LORI VINSON OF MORGANFIELD, Kentucky — EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A Kentucky woman says she was fired from her nursing job at a southwestern Indiana hospital after posting on Facebook that she had entered the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riots.

Lori Vinson of Morganfield, Kentucky, says she was fired on Jan. 8 by Ascension St. Vincent in Evansville.

She says the paperwork states that she was terminated for admitting to engaging in criminal behavior at a high profile event, while her Facebook account revealed her employer.

Vinson tells WFIE-TV that she walked into the Capitol along with others who stormed the building but did not take part in the violence.