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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's the sort of armed Trump zealots that we're dealing with...
Just plain coocoo!
SUNDOWN, Texas (Reuters) - Brett Fryar is a middle-class Republican. A 50-year-old chiropractor in this west Texas town, he owns a small business. He has two undergraduate degrees and a masters degree, in organic chemistry. He attends Southcrest Baptist Church in nearby Lubbock.
Fryar didnt much like Donald Trump at first, during the U.S. presidents 2016 campaign. He voted for Texas Senator Ted Cruz in the Republican primaries. Now, Fryar says he would go to war for Trump. He has joined the newly formed South Plains Patriots, a group of a few hundred members that includes a reactionary force of about three dozen - including Fryar and his son, Caleb - who conduct firearms training.
Nothing will convince Fryar and many others here in Sundown - including the towns mayor, another Patriots member - that Democrat Joe Biden won the Nov. 3 presidential election fairly. They believe Trumps stream of election-fraud allegations and say theyre preparing for the possibility of a civil war with the American political left.
If President Trump comes out and says: Guys, I have irrefutable proof of fraud, the courts wont listen, and Im now calling on Americans to take up arms, we would go, said Fryar, wearing a button-down shirt, pressed slacks and a paisley tie during a recent interview at his office.
https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/world/why-republican-voters-say-theres-no-way-in-hell-trump-lost-522626/
cilla4progress
(24,766 posts)I know it COULD lead to violence ... but the longer they get away with this, the more it WILL lead to violence.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,791 posts)I am sure they and the FBI are on this.
Alacritous Crier
(3,818 posts)all of these "militia" groups are fully infiltrated.
My concern going forward will be "lone wolf" terrorists like McVeigh. I think we will experience some isolated terrorist attacks. One or two could be extreme.
DFW
(54,437 posts)Nut cases like this need a visit from a delegation of Secret Service backed up by a heavily armed SWAT team with armored vehicles.
"You were saying something about wanting to go to war with the United States? Now would be an excellent time to elaborate. We have your statement, and you have about two minutes to discuss it peaceably before we take you at your word. We're listening."
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Aristus
(66,462 posts)He's got a business to protect. He's not going to risk that or his way of life over something like this. He'll blither and bloviate, and that will be it.
The ones you have to watch out for are the ones with nothing to defend. A meth lab, a tarpaper shack, and that's it. Nothing to defend, nothing to live for, and very powerful abstract ideals to die for.
True Dough
(17,322 posts)It's even crazy to have your name attached to such statements in the public sphere, but I guess the subject of that article feels secure being surrounded by like-minded wackos in his Texas town.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)as Texas.
I should know. I was born and raised there.
Fullduplexxx
(7,870 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Blue Owl
(50,498 posts)and he does not have irrefutable proof of fraud. He's just a con-artist that has you conned hook, line, and sinker...
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Who do they attack? How?
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Exactly.
catbyte
(34,451 posts)that none of these lawsuits filed allege voter fraud. They can't because there is none. So of course, the courts won't listen because they were never presented with evidence of fraud. But, trump's crack "legal team" is employing what is that Russian term? A firehose of falsehoods? to fool rubes like that clown. What a clusterfuck.
Arne
(2,073 posts)rest Baptist Church in nearby Lubbock
yonder
(9,674 posts)They will be going alright, just not where they thought and a whole lot quicker. He and his reactionary force of 3 dozen "patriot" pals think it will somehow pan out like it does in the TV and movies. They stand no chance against highly-trained, professionals.
FakeNoose
(32,749 posts)... most without masks or helmets.
4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)The Pro has been trained extensively and his Rifle is only his tool. They are the Weapon.
An Amateur is the TOOL and the rifle his weapon.
A lot more than bang bang is involved in an armed confrontation.
I will put my 24 yrs up against Junior's Training any day of the week. I won't even have to bring a gun.
I will just pry it from his cold dead hands.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts).
Back in WW I, he would have been a Dough Boy
You know, stout pleated pants also come in various lengths too. It one length, hemming them costs only $5.
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panader0
(25,816 posts)True Dough
(17,322 posts)Better watch out, he might trip over those pantlegs while running with his gun.
musette_sf
(10,206 posts)Takes stones to actually name your town with a giant dog whistle:
https://sundown.tougaloo.edu/sundowntowns.php
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)I really with Trump would call upon his minions to take up arms and do it clearly and unequivocally. It would be the fastest, easiest way to get over this stain on our country. A few hundred of them would die and the rest would scatter and pretend they were never involved.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,857 posts)I'll give those freaks no quarter.
Bradshaw3
(7,529 posts)So a repub elected official is considering civil war!
OMG!!!!!!
Then I looked up Sundown, Texas. Population 1397. I think we're going to be ok.
But I guarantee you this mayor will be quoted on here before the day is through showing how we all need to cower and get ready to fight in the streets.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)True Dough
(17,322 posts)stretched and compressed behind bars!!
VOX
(22,976 posts)Well make that sorry town HOWL!