These guys are probably going to use the “We were just bullshitting” defense.
I hope the FBI affidavit and recordings have some substance to counter that.
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I’m not sure of that at all. We won’t have a president encouraging these people, validating them, coddling them in the sick fantasy that they’re his own private army. We’ll have a president telling the feds to go get 'em. The climate for these loons is going to be a lot chillier.
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But there are good people on both sides…
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Until the GOP is ready to disavow these kinds of actions which are clearly being generated by their rhetoric, they can just have a seat on their ‘left-wing violence’ nonsense.
Funny how these events keep happening on the Right with no even close to equal event happening on the Left.
ETA: how long before Trump calls this fake news in an effort to affect his re-election?
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These are “TERRORISTS”, not “MILITIA”. Stop sounding like Fox News. The person who shot Gabby Giffords in the head is a terrorist. So are these people. Just because someone is white, the media tries to frame them differently. TPM is a disappointment.
"The affidavit filed in federal court details probable cause to charge the six men with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer. Those identified by name include:
- Adam Fox
- Barry Croft
- Garbin
- Kaleb Franks
- Daniel Harris
- Brandon Caserta"
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… encouraged each other to talk to their neighbors
This level of stupidity will be cited by the defense.
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Sounds like group fantasy, but law enforcement has to take any such threats seriously.
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This sets up perfectly for Trump to issue some bonehead statement. Followed by 5 spokespeople claiming he didn’t say what we all heard.
Good times.
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I agree Matt. Even though Kamala won’t be AG, I’m sure having her as VP, along with appointing a GOOD AG, will give the Justice department a huge injection of spine and moral character.
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Damn it! I said stand by!
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They do. Half the team for the operation wanted to hand out water bottles to the militia.
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These guys are probably going to use the “We were just bullshitting” defense.
nah, they’ll use the ol’ “we were just standing by” defense…
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We won’t need a President to do that or to counter it.
Trump will take to whatever airwaves he can find that will broadcast him and do it from a bunker in the UAE if he must, but this isn’t going away in January 2021.
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Doubt things will get worse after Jan 20, 2021. More likely to get worse before Jan 20, 2021. This is the first of possibly many more. No accident they were targeting a strong, powerful woman. Dangerous times. Still republicans remain silent.
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You’re not militias. You’re manbabies with high-powered rifles and just as dangerous.
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This is all on TRUMP ! … and it is actively encouraged by TRUMP
and the psycho thinks crap like this will help him
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1/20/21 and the REAL shit will hit the fan as the grand jury indictments are announced.
VOTE BLUE and send the trump crime family to jail.
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Yep - this kind of psycho crap will help him.
Help him lose the State of Michigan for the EC count and actual vote tally.
There are a lot of people in a lot of States, including Michigan, that want no part of this nonsense.
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Don’t stand by,
LIBERATE MICHIGAN!
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Sure, Trump will talk. But he won’t be the damn president. People need to stop thinking of him as this unstoppable supernatural beast roaming the land. He’ll be a stupid and increasingly demented old man in a lot of legal trouble with a big mouth. And don’t forget these damn militias long preceded him.
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