Nevada & Oregon REPUBLICAN State Reps are now openly in league with Armed Insurrectionists

[99th_Monkey]

Now not 1, but 2 Republican state legislators are openly supporting armed criminals against the advice of law enforcement on the scene, publicly encouraging gun wielding criminals who have desecrated sacred land, trespassed, broken & entered into a Federal Building, threatened armed violence against law enforcement, violated the security of Federal computers in the building, and openly expressed they have forcibly seized a Federal facility to "kill or be killed" Plus at the Federal level, Oregon's US Rep Greg Walden gave a pathetically impassioned speech, complete with tears, on the House floor, lauding the Bundy Gang's patriotism, integrity .. blah, blah...

has this nation come to? How can any "lawmaker" do this without themselves being guilty of "Aid & Abbedding" Federal crimes? Republican once upon a time championed "law & order", now they openly commit Federal crimes on live TV, and no one is enforcing any law anymore, provided the laws are broken by WHITE armed thugs with a 'cause'. And some on DU insist 'the answer' is to "wait and see. It will surely blow over soon with no violence". To that I say, only in your delusional dreams.

Nevada, Oregon State Reps Meet With Armed Occupiers
by John Sepulvado & Dave Blanchard * OPB * Jan. 10, 2016

Nevada state Rep. Michele Fiore, a Republican, tells OPB she called Ammon Bundy Saturday night.
Fiore has long been an ally of the Bundy family. The representative sponsored land transfer legislation known as the ‘Bundy Bill’ in March last year, and directed profanity at another colleague on the floor of the Nevada legislature while defending it.

“Everyone knows I’m a supporter of the Bundy family,” Fiore said. “Our relationship is pretty well documented.”
According to Fiore, Oregon Rep. Dallas Heard, a Roseburg Republican, met in person with the militant leaders.
“It’s refreshing to see a representative like Dallas Heard care and lean on the side of citizens, versus our federal government,” said Fiore.

Fiore confirmed GOP representatives from other states also attended, but she declined to name them. Heard was not immediately available for comment. “It’s not an open meeting, and I’m not talking about it at this time,” Fiore said.

Multiple law enforcement officers close to the situation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told OPB they warned lawmakers not to meet with the armed group of men who are illegally occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, as there is concern it could undermine efforts to bring the event to a peaceful conclusion.

“Still hoping it ends without violence,” one law enforcement source told OPB.

http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/nevada-oregon-state-reps-meet-with-bundy-militia/

[2naSalit]

1. This is one of the reasons

why they are still there. Idaho Reps and Senators should be showing up soon... those who support the insurrectionists should be run out of Congress and be arrested too.

[IDemo]

10. (Idaho) GOP lawmaker: Oregon armed protests are ‘civil disobedience’

A leading House conservative on Wednesday defended the armed protesters occupying a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon as a display of “peaceful” civil disobedience.

Rep. Raúl Labrador’s (R-Idaho) comments stood in contrast to those of many Republicans who have condemned the protests that began Saturday night at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/264951-gop-lawmaker-oregon-armed-protests-are-civil-disobedience

I'm looking for an image of Ghandi with a Kalashnikov rifle, I'm sure there must be one out there...

[2naSalit]

12. Isn't it interesting that

those who don't believe in the Constitution have so many Congressional backers? Think gun lobby and RW fantasy.

Those Congressional creeps need to be booted out of office for supporting this insurrection.

I'm not surprised at all that there are congresscritters from these states backing the insurrection, that's why they ran for office in the first place, to facilitate this sort of thing on a grand scale so the geezusfreaks can rule the world... in my opinion, religion is like a worker-bee club for conquerors and dictators until they gain power then religions are outlawed so the conquerors can stay in power after the fact.

[JEB]

2. Armed sedition.

Law enforcement has bent over backwards to accommodate these criminals, but elected Reps. interfering is despicable. Where are the swat teams and military style vehicles? To let this linger is to encourage more of it. This should be nipped in the bud.

[icymist]

3. And Washington State too, all of them Republicans.

Here's a list:
Grahm Hunt, Orting, Washington
http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/graham-hunt/

Matt Shea, Spokane Valley, Washington
http://houserepublicans.wa.gov/matt-shea/

Judy Boyle, Idaho, Dist. 9 in the B seat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Boyle

Heather Scott, Idaho, District 1A
https://www.facebook.com/RepHeatherScott

Sage Dixon, Idaho, District 1 Seat B
http://www.sagedixon.com/

Michele Fiore, Nevada, Clark County Assembly District 4
https://www.facebook.com/votefiore

From the Oregonian:

As the scene in front of the courthouse played out, another group of uninvited visitors was preparing to meet with Bundy over the objections of Grasty and state Rep. Cliff Bentz, a Republican from Ontario whose district includes Harney County.

Heard and five other elected officials from Washington, Idaho and Nevada were on a "fact-finding mission," Heard said. Last year's Umpqua Community College shooting occurred in Heard's district, and Heard said he wanted to prevent a similar outbreak of violence.

The out-of-state legislators were Reps. Graham Hunt and Matt Shea of Washington; Reps. Judy Boyle, Heather Scott and Sage Dixon of Idaho; and Rep. Michelle Fiore of Nevada, who joined by telephone.

http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/01/oregon_standoff_unsolicited_he.html#incart_big-photo

[First Speaker]

4. This is the reason why I'm convinced the US is headed for a massive Constitutional crisis...

...sooner or later. They simply don't believe in the legitimacy of the Federal Government, or--of course--of the Dem Party, or "liberals" in general. They can do things like this with impunity. God knows when the whole structure of this country really starts to unravel...

[99th_Monkey]

7. Exactly - The Federal Gov't is "EVIL" is the subtexted thread that runs through all of this.

I know Obama's trying to avoid triggering a civil war, and I wish him all the luck in
the world in his efforts, and I sincerely mean that. I hope he's got his 3-dimensional
chess board out on this one.

[world wide wally]

5. If they get a Republican in the White house, America will magically be great again.

Thats all all of this bullshit is about.

[99th_Monkey]

8. Then why the world is Obama endorsing the Dem who runs weakest against Trump?

and the rest of the clown car? that's another piece i totally do not get.

[geek tragedy]

9. Obama isn't endorsing anyone. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Did not want to do this,but,told you so.

Knew damn well these Chicken Hawk Rethugs would show up banging their collective drums of hate and divisiveness. Should be seeing the Photo Op's in the RJ tomorrow. And other Right wing yellow news rags as well. Turned into a FBI Clusterf**k,just like Bunkerville. It is all about shoving reason up any free thinking persons rearend.

[Mc Mike]

11. When the chips are down, count on the repug 'loyal opposition':

Repug Helen Chenoweth, after the Ok. City bombing:

"The most peaceful and responsible thing this body could do is listen to the complaints of people who have resorted to violent action."
Helen Chenoweth
U. S. Congresswoman (Republican, ID)
Debate, House of Representatives shortly after the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building, 1995

http://politicalquotes.org/node/28866


The repug zoo, after OKC:

"Last week, (Speaker of the House) Gingrich declared that Westerners have a "genuine fear" of the federal government that Easterners and city dwellers should try to understand.
...
Sen. Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.) has declared his sympathy for Westerners angry at government, saying: "I don't disagree with their arguments." And Rep. Helen Chenoweth (R-Ida.) has said plainly that citizens "have a reason to be afraid of their government." Rep. Steve Stockman, a Texas Republican, acknowledged last week that he had written an article in the June issue of Guns & Ammo magazine suggesting that the Clinton Administration had organized the 1993 raid by federal agents on the Branch Davidian religious compound near Waco, Tex., with an eye on bolstering public support for gun control.

Two leading GOP presidential candidates, Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas and Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas, have not been so outspoken. But both have joined the call for hearings into alleged government wrongdoing in the bloody Waco raid and in the 1992 shootout with white supremacist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Ida. When former President George Bush renounced his National Rifle Assn. membership last week over NRA fund-raising literature that called federal agents "jackbooted thugs," Dole made it clear that he would not follow suit. And Gramm is scheduled to address an NRA convention later this month at which a more militantly anti-government NRA faction is expected to oust leaders who have sought a less political role for the organization." "

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-05-15/news/mn-886_1_militia-groups


Repugs Steve King, and Scott Brown, after Joseph Stack's kamikazi attack on IRS building:

"Yet some could still understand Stack’s anti-government frustration, or as Republican Congressman Steve King said: “It’s sad the incident in Texas happened, but by the same token, it’s an agency that is unnecessary and when the day comes when that is over and we abolish the IRS, it’s going to be a happy day for America.” Said Republican Senator Scott Brown of Stack: “You don’t know anything about the individual. He could have had other issues, certainly. No one likes paying taxes, obviously. But the way we’re trying to deal with things and have been in the past… people want us to do better. They want us to help solve the problems that are affecting Americans in a very real way.” "

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/tactv/was-joe-stack-a-terrorist/

[2naSalit]

13. Man, SHE was a walking, talking

pariah if ever there was one. Glad she's long gone, my only regret is that she didn't depart before all the damage she did.

[Mc Mike]

16. Yeah, Chenoweth was a piece of work.

Glad she's gone, sad there are so many rightie mutants in state and national politics available to ensure her 'truth' goes marching on.

[Initech]

14. Isn't this the same rep who sent out pictures of armed toddlers with her Christmas card?

[Duppers]

15. K & R