Armed Militias Are Taking Trump’s Civil War Tweets Seriously
Over the weekend, the president sent a tweet that seemed to warn of civil war if he were to be impeached and removed from office:
….If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal.” Pastor Robert Jeffress, @FoxNewsAlthough the president was quoting Pastor Robert Jeffress’s comments on Fox News, he was adopting them as his own.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
It might seem tempting to dismiss this language as of a piece with President Trump’s typical Twitter rhetoric. But it is worth paying particular attention to this tweet—because among the people who read it were militia groups enthusiastic about exactly what Trump portended. And while no violence has yet resulted from the president’s tweet, it would be foolish to underestimate the power of Trump’s comments to call rogue militias to action, particularly if there is an impeachment and he continues to use this rhetoric to fan the flames. In the days after his civil war tweet, he went on to use similarly incendiary language, referring to impeachment proceedings as a “COUP.”
Consider the Oath Keepers group, a far-right armed militia. Calling on its 24,000 Twitter followers to read the president’s whole tweet thread, the Oath Keepers account posted:
Oath Keepers
@Oathkeepers
Here’s the money quote from that thread. This is the truth. This is where we are. We ARE on the verge of a HOT civil war. Like in 1859. That’s where we are. And the Right has ZERO trust or respect for anything the left is doing. We see THEM as illegitimate too.@StewartRhodesOK https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1178477539653771264 …
Here’s the money quote from that thread. This is the truth. This is where we are. We ARE on the verge of a HOT civil war. Like in 1859. That’s where we are. And the Right has ZERO trust or respect for anything the left is doing. We see THEM as illegitimate too.@StewartRhodesOK https://t.co/DjB8TY0vCo
— Oath Keepers (@Oathkeepers) September 30, 2019
More: https://popularresistance.org/armed-militias-are-taking-trumps-civil-war-tweets-seriously
Send them to Guantanamo .
The U.S. military is taking custody of two British men accused of involvement in Islamic State killings of American hostages
The men �� part of a group of four British militants dubbed the ��Beatles�� by their hostages �� and several dozen other high-value detainees are being transferred out of Kurdish custody in northeastern Syria because of fears the Turkish incursion into the area could jeopardize their continued imprisonment.
U.S. officials hope to prosecute the two British men, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, but the ability to put them on trial rests on obtaining evidence from British authorities, a matter being litigated in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
source:WAPO
So, Han Island really is ours.
Thank God for that. We need lebensraum.
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Idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The geographical location on the continental shelf is ONLY PART of the political issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are also long standing POLITICAL CLAIMS that sideline the continental shelf issue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about building a sanitorium for dotty old farts up there, too?Perfect place for a maximum security prison!
How about building a sanitorium for dotty old farts up there, too?
A deserving one.Shepard Smith resigns from Fox News. The network��s chief news anchor was a regular target of criticism from President Trump.
Smith was one of the channel��s original hires in 1996 and had been with the network continuously for the past 23 years. His final show aired Friday afternoon.
source: WAPO
Another casualty in Trump's path of destruction.
...one must only praise Caesar or suffer the fate of being impaled.Cain't crittersize the Prezeedent on Hillbilly Nooze!