Arizona militiaman gets tossed out of Oath Keepers for his planned stunt

[Archae]

Jon Ritzheimer, an anti-Muslim militiaman from Arizona, is furious that the anti-government Oath Keepers group won’t back his possibly illegal plot to “arrest” a Democratic senator for “treason.”

A spokesman for the loosely organized gun group, which is primarily made up of current and former law enforcement and military personnel who vow to disobey laws they believe are unconstitutional, said the Oath Keepers did not condone Ritzheimer’s plot and intended to remove him as a member.

“I’ll save you the trouble,” Ritzheimer ranted at the group’s leaders during a six-minute Facebook video response. “I withdraw my membership. Keep my $40. You guys are clowns.”

Capitol Police are investigating a plot organized by Ritzheimer, a Marine Corps combat veteran who organized a failed anti-Muslim rally in Phoenix, to take Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) into custody for voting in favor of the Iran nuclear deal.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/arizona-militiaman-howls-in-rage-after-oath-keepers-back-away-from-his-possibly-illegal-plot-to-arrest-senator/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. You've got to be seriously messed up

to get yourself kicked out of the Oaf Keepers.

[randys1]

2. If only George Carlin could have lived long enough to see this, he would have LOVED it

[lpbk2713]

3. Take her into custody? ... BWAHAHAHA

Good luck with that. The authorities might see it as kidnapping a government official.

[HassleCat]

4. A stunt? You call it a stunt?

Kidnapping a member of congress. Now that's patriotism! Of course, announcing his plan to everybody might have been slight oversight, but you know... patriotic fervor and all that.

[ladyVet]

5. Well, if she'd done something illegal, I could see being all upset about it.

Maybe even protesting against her, or calling for her ouster.

But she didn't, so this dude needs some serious time in Federal lock down until he understands that. Hell, if he wants to be upset over somebody's vote, how about all those congress critters that voted for the Iraq war resolution?