Meet 5 Republican Presidential Hopefuls Who Support The Armed Bundy “Militia” And Domestic Terrorism

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As right-wing Christian terrorists continue their armed standoff against the federal government and hole up in a federal building, it’s very important for us to remember that some of our most prominent politicians endorse and encourage this kind of anti-government sedition. The rancher standoff in April 2014 nearly led to mass bloodshed between federal agents and traitor militias defending the Bundy Ranch when the agents attempted to confiscate his cattle in order to pay $1 million in unpaid grazing fees over the past few decades. Three of Bundy’s sons are currently with the armed insurgents in Oregon.

Right-wing politicians flocked to support the insurgents, including several men who are not only elected officials but are actively seeking the Presidency. It just goes to show that the hypocrisy of the right-wing truly knows no bounds – advocating resistance to the power of the office that they themselves are seeking. Right-wing conservative media flocked to paint them as noble patriots resisting the advances of an overreaching government, when in fact they were petty, racist criminals refusing to obey the law.

The Koch Brothers’ organization, Americans For Prosperity, was extremely vocal in their support for him; FOX News gave him a soapbox for him to incite rebellion against the United States government; within four days of his appearance on Glenn Beck’s program, hundreds of anti-government zealots had flocked to Nevada like so many jihadis travelling to Syria. The Kochs and the Republican Party are interested in the land-use issue because they want to privatize the federally protected wildlife refuges and auction off the land for development to the highest bidder; indeed, as Truthout noted:

“That’s the ironic thing about the militia movement. Despite all its rage against corrupt government, American decline, and the elites, in the end, the only people who benefit from its fight against “big government” are the same people who are already destroying our country – the billionaires and the oligarchs. To put it bluntly, the militias are the useful idiots of the one percent.”

More at http://www.occupydemocrats.com/meet-the-5-republican-presidential-hopefuls-who-support-the-armed-bundy-militia-and-domestic-terrorism/

[oldandhappy]

1. We need to isolate these guys.

Paul, Trump, Carson, Huckabee -- missed the fifth one.

[bigendian]

2. "Christian terrorists"

Cite a source please.

[Gore1FL]

3. It's more "Mormon terrorists"

http://www.opb.org/news/article/explainer-the-bundy-militias-particular-brand-of-mormonism/

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/why-the-bundy-militia-mixes-mormon-symbolism-with-anti-government-sentiment/

Edited to add: The LDS have condemned the takeover.

[bigendian]

4. Thanks.

Religious zealots can be troublesome.

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7. Dollars to donuts that if you asked them, they would tell you they are Xtians.

[Bluenorthwest]

9. They'd tell you they are Mormons.

Oregon militants: Why the Bundys' Mormonism matters
As roughly 20 militants continue to occupy a federal wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon, observers are left scratching their heads. Why would an out-of-state rancher lead a self-styled militia in defending federal land far from home?

Because God told him to, Ammon Bundy said in a YouTube video posted Friday. Bundy is a son of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher known for his stand-off with the federal government over cattle grazing.

In the video, Bundy, who is Mormon, said he believed God wanted him to defend Dwight Hammond Jr. and Steven Hammond, a father-and-son duo convicted of arson on federal land in Oregon.
http://www.oregonlive.com/faith/2016/01/bundy_mormonism.html#incart_big-photo

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10. Are Mormans Christians?

i mean do they believe in Christ?

[840high]

5. Mormon. Carry on.

[Rex]

6. All I know is they are anti-conservation and want socks for their little toes. Pack bullets but not

socks? They better hope the birds don't get hungry. OF COURSE the more loony toon side of the GOP vampire would support them! I am surprised Texas has not decided to send in the Texas nation guardians into disputed Oregon to help find the bird poop that needs to be cleaned up ASAP.

Our next leader might be for something so strong, because it sounded good and was the anti-government bullshit they like and endorse.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. They are Mormons and the Bundys are not 'with the armed insurgents' they are the armed

insurrectionists. They are not 'insurgents' and the Bundy crowd did not join up with another group to take part in this, they planned the whole thing and brought all their people with them.

I mean the official LDS condemns them but their entire trip including the choice of locations, their names, rhetorical choices are all totally Mormon. It's not an inconsequential element.

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11. Are Mormans Christians? According to Mormans, they are.

https://discover.mormon.org/en-us/topics/jesus-christ/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAzai0BRCs2Yydo8yptuIBEiQAN3_lFiybLadOOKxxT0mn2P2YCxb4cVuN8JcQmzNa3d-SLOwaAvst8P8HAQ&cid=99114021&s_kwcid=AL!3737!3!82543340655!p!!g!!are%20mormons%20christians&ef_id=VV45SQAABbj90lvc:20160105040107:s

From the link...

What is the role of Jesus Christ?
When we submit to Jesus Christ’s transformative influence, we become humble and teachable, and we recognize the divine Light of Christ inside each of us.

How is it that even young children can have such inspiring testimonies of Jesus Christ? Their ability to speak compellingly about His divine role in our lives and about the certainty of His existence is often beyond anything they could have learned from parents and teachers, who themselves sometimes struggle with those same topics.

We each come to this world with the divine Light of Christ inside us, with the innate ability to recognize truth about ourselves and about the Savior. Much like little children, Jesus Christ is deeply empathetic, so much so that He was capable of taking on the anguish and regret and pain of all of our sins. He suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross under that immeasurable weight to ransom us from our mortal burdens. After three days He overcame death, emerging from the tomb resurrected and winning for us that same reward: he made possible our own resurrection, the permanent union of our spirit and perfected physical body. Jesus was sent by His Father to offer eternal life to all of His children; His sacrifice empowers the plan of salvation. Indeed, Christ asks us to be like little children, to reclaim the innate faith and unfeigned love of our early youth. Through the simplicity of loving Him, others, and ourselves as little children do, we can begin to understand the complexity of His life.
Jesus Christ was both divine and mortal, being the Only Begotten Son of God but also having a body of flesh and bone. He and His Father are one in purpose, but They are two separate beings.