Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 A lot of gems in this article. ‘Its Own Domestic Army’: How the G.O.P. Allied Itself With Militants Ms. Maddock helped fill 19 buses to Washington for the Jan. 6 rally and defended the April armed intrusion into the Michigan Capitol. When Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, suggested at the time that Black demonstrators would never be allowed to threaten legislators like that, Ms. Maddock wrote on Twitter, “Please show us the ‘threat’?” “Oh that’s right you think anyone armed is threatening,” she continued. “It’s a right for a reason and the reason is YOU.” ----- The lead organizer of the April 30 armed protest, Ryan Kelley, a local Republican official, last week announced a bid for governor. “Becoming too closely aligned with militias — is that a bad thing?” he said in an interview. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Mr. Maddock, the Republican legislator and Ms. Maddock’s husband, recognized some of the intruders and left the House floor to confer with them. “I like being around people with guns,” he later told The Detroit News. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Mr. Trump sided with them, too. “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire,” he tweeted. “These are very good people.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Other Republicans also came to accept the presence of armed activists. Ms. Gatt, who took part in protests organized by Mr. Kelley and Ms. Maddock, said she felt “intimidated by the militia when I first started getting involved,” but soon changed her mind. “I was able to see that they are patriots that love their country like the rest of us,” she said, adding that they are “all Republicans.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 At the peak of the protests against police violence, though, Mr. Kelley’s American Patriot Council still aimed its sharpest attacks at Governor Whitmer and her stay-at-home order. It released public letters urging the federal authorities to arrest her for violating the Constitution by issuing a stay-at-home order. “Whitmer needs to go to prison,” Mr. Kelley declared in a video he posted on Facebook in early October that was later taken down. “She is a threat to our Republic.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Mr. Kelley, with Mr. Howland and their armed militia allies, showed up for a rowdy protest outside the ballot counting. Later that month Mr. Kelley told a rally outside the Statehouse that the coronavirus was a ruse to persuade the public to “believe Joe Biden won the election,” The Lansing State Journal reported. One woman held a sign saying “ARREST THE VOTE COUNTERS.” Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 Mr. Kelley and Mr. Howland were filmed outside the U.S. Capitol during the riot. Both men said they did not break any laws, and argued that the event was not “an insurrection” because the participants were patriots. “I was there to support the sitting president,” Mr. Kelley said. 😄 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Finch 1,626 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Pennsylvania cop charged in Capitol riot: 'FBI may arrest me ..lol' Federal prosecutors said video footage shows Joseph Fischer, 55, running at a police line outside the Capitol and yelling, "Charge!" A patrolman with the North Cornwall Township Police Department, Fisher allegedly yelled "motherf---ers" as he clashed with officers on January 6. During the scuffle, Fischer allegedly tried to help an officer who fell down, and said, "I am a cop, I am a cop," according to police body camera footage described by prosecutors in court filings. One day after the attack, Fischer allegedly sent a private message to an associate saying, "I may need a job" because "(w)ord got out that I was at the rally..lol." In the messages, Fischer said he was confronted by his police chief but told him he had "no regrets and give zero sh--s." "The FBI may arrest me ..lol," Fischer told the associate, according to court documents. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Troll 3,998 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 21 minutes ago, Atticus Finch said: Pennsylvania cop charged in Capitol riot: 'FBI may arrest me ..lol' Federal prosecutors said video footage shows Joseph Fischer, 55, running at a police line outside the Capitol and yelling, "Charge!" A patrolman with the North Cornwall Township Police Department, Fisher allegedly yelled "motherf---ers" as he clashed with officers on January 6. During the scuffle, Fischer allegedly tried to help an officer who fell down, and said, "I am a cop, I am a cop," according to police body camera footage described by prosecutors in court filings. One day after the attack, Fischer allegedly sent a private message to an associate saying, "I may need a job" because "(w)ord got out that I was at the rally..lol." In the messages, Fischer said he was confronted by his police chief but told him he had "no regrets and give zero sh--s." "The FBI may arrest me ..lol," Fischer told the associate, according to court documents. I see a whole lot of anal flinching..... Two week spasms to answer yourself??? 🤣 Yet no comment on any "paid actors" or funding of any people involved.... got any of those ? 🤓 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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