MAGA clown detained at No Kings Rally
Local chud's big week included disrupting the school board, an Infowars appearance and a ride in a police cruiser. Also, he still can't drive a car because of his OUI guilty plea.
It was a beautiful autumn afternoon in Maine when Augusta cops cuffed and stuffed Nick Blanchard, aka “Corn Pop” taking him into temporary custody Saturday, around 1:40 pm, on the Memorial Bridge after “No Kings” protestors told police that the red-white-and-blue clad freak allegedly flashed a handgun. Which then resulted in the bridge being closed to vehicular traffic and Blanchard being hauled off by the authorities.
Even after Blanchard was taken into custody, Augusta cops temporarily shut down the bridge so they could retrieve his e-bike, his Trump blow-up doll, a bullhorn, a loudspeaker and various signage to protect Blanchard’s personal property from antifa, as seen in this video below by “Pine Tree Accountability.”
Turns out, the alleged gun was actually a “Byrna,” a CO2 “launcher” that fires “non-lethal” projectiles. Sort of a super-duper — and expensive — paint gun marketed to morons. Blanchard says his Byrna was loaded with “rubber bullets with mace and tear gas in ‘em.”
According to the manufacturer, when the “rounds” hit a target, a combo of “Oleoresin Capsicum,” the active ingredient in chili peppers and PAVA (aka Pelargonylvanillylamide) a synthetic capsaicinoid, are released. According to publicity material, the Byrna rounds cause “burning throats, wheezing, gasping, gagging and inability to breathe.”
Blanchard says he carries the Byrna to protests, which he attends on an e-scooter due to his recent OUI conviction (more on that in a sec), as a form of “protection.” Unfortunately, for the chud, the Byrna didn’t protect him from being hauled to police headquarters. He was quickly released, but still missed most of the “No Kings” rally. Also, according to Blanchard, he’s suing the cops for “false arrest” and because they embarrassed him in front of a bunch of libs.
About an hour later, Blanchard sped back to the bridge on his e-bike, which the cops returned to him at the police station. (Vid courtesy of “Pine Tree Accountability".”)
Regular readers of the Crash Report are well aware that this dude is a weird friggin’ idiot. You can read about him here and here and here and here and here.
As you can see in the video below, Blanchard claims that the cops said the reason for his arrest was to get the chud off the bridge “before the mob turned on me.”
Prior to the time of his latest run-in with the Augusta PD, Blanchard had been riding high, thanks to the dopamine rush and conservative media attention from his two speeches during the Oct. 8 Augusta School Board meeting. His first speech (either AI-written or penned by Blanchard’s landlord, Bill Clardy, who is currently running for Ward 4 on the School Board) was very painful to listen to, due to Blanchard’s constant mumbling and stumbling while trying to read aloud.
His second appearance of the night — three hours and 46 minutes into the school board meeting — garnered international media attention.
While Blanchard scolded the board, three of his pals (two females and a dude wearing flag code violating skivvies) partially disrobed, according to Blanchard, to make the school board feel the discomfort allegedly caused by trans-kids in locker rooms. Which also resulted in the televised meeting being tagged “viewer discretion advised” due to Blanchard’s antics.
Talk about cringe. First of all, Blanchard didn’t even come up with the idea. He was merely stealing the moves of a California woman who stripped down to her bikini at a board meeting on Oct. 1. Secondly, Blanchard constantly refers to “our daughters.” For the record, Blanchard doesn’t have a daughter and his sole child doesn’t even attend Augusta schools.
While Blanchard is technically a “parent,” as regular readers to the Crash Report know, Blanchard is a very irresponsible dad. After all, his kid was only six years old and left home alone, on the evening of Feb. 13, when Blanchard was arrested for drunk driving after getting his car stuck in a snowbank on Riverside Drive in Augusta. At the time, Blanchard told police that his young child was back at his apartment, alone. So police then called in Maine’s Child Protective Services, because under state law, “the absence of any person responsible for the child, which creates a threat of serious harm” falls under the “Child Protection Act” and triggers an investigation.
At the end of June, Blanchard plead guilty to “Operating Under the Influence” and was sentenced to 10 days in Kennebec County Jail or 40 hours community service. According to court records, the jail sentence — or com service — is to be served starting this Saturday, October 25. Gotta wonder if that’s gonna interfere with his gig as a warehouseman at NorthEast Electrical in Augusta.
Also, who’s gonna take care of his kid while he’s locked up or doing community service?
On the socials, Blanchard likes to portray himself as a devoted father. The reality, though, is different. Starting with the drunk driving when kid was home alone, coupled with his harassment of school board members and Augusta school department employees, including principals and teachers, in a school district WHERE HE HAS ZERO CONNECTION, the dude is a loose canon. And a lousy role model.
Also, in terms of what happened on Saturday, he’d left the kid with a sitter, on one of the only two days weekly he has to parent. After getting busted and released, he had enough time to go home, probably shower and put on a clean shirt, then head over to the Augusta Civic Center for the 2026 GOP Gubernatorial Debate, where he fell in love with — and endorsed — candidate David Jones, after eating a free “victory dinner” at the Augusta Margaritas.
I have a feeling the people of Augusta are getting fed up with Blanchard’s tomfoolery. In addition to frequently causing traffic jams around town with his Trump banners, flags and signs, he regularly targets local businesses, like Cushnoc Brewing and Sand Hill Bagel, because of perceived slights against the MAGA movement.
But more importantly, and costly, have been the police resources wasted on dealing with this knucklehead. And not just this past Saturday’s mess. For over a year, an increased police presence has become part of the routine for school board meetings in Augusta. And his constant attacks on school board members — including printing tee shirts with their home addresses — and targeting school staff (teachers and principals) with veiled threats is likely to cause more trouble.
Especially since he’s become a right-wing media darling, with appearance on both Infowars and Newsmax within the same week.
Now Blanchard, with his persecution complex and his Byrna gun, has escalated the situation even more.
I gotta say, as someone with far more experience with weapons than Blanchard will ever have, the dude is a real dummy and risks getting shot. If, for instance, Blanchard pulls that Byrna in a confrontation, he opens himself up to getting blasted by cops or civilians. Because the Byrna, unlike toy guns, doesn’t have an orange tip. Thus, it could easily be mistaken for a real weapon, which then gives his “opponents” the legal coverage for shooting him. If he really wanted to protect himself without the danger of getting gunned down, perhaps he should’ve invested in a ninety-nine dollar “Zap Cane, 1,000,000 volt stungun.” The e-cane taser wouldn’t be mistaken for a firearm and is $350 cheaper than the Byrna.
After all, he still owes $690 to the state in fines and court fees for his drunk driving conviction.
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What's his end game here? Is it as simple as his ego's need for the media attention? Does he see himself as some sort of Jesus figure - I alone can lead these people to paradise? Let's say he's successful in getting a ban on trans athletes, and somehow makes it illegal to be LGBTQ+ in Maine, then what? At what point does he spike the ball in the endzone and declare victory?
Detained? He should be. And jailed. Excommunicated. Shunned. Disdained.Tarred and Feathered. Run out on a rail. Laughed right back under the rock. Laughed into oblivion.