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TexasTowelie

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Mon Mar 15, 2021, 04:04 AM Mar 2021

Founder of CO Militia Group: "If You Want To Take Our Country, It Will Have To Be With Violence."

Flanked by members of his militia, conspiracy theorist Joe Oltmann spoke at Tuesday’s “Free DougCo” rally, saying he’s not advocating for violence, but that if someone tries to take his country or his “way of life,” blood will be “spilled.”

Oltmann’s conservative advocacy group and militia, FEC United, posted on Facebook on March 5 that “They will be debating and voting to open Douglas County without restrictions.”

The group, which worked closely with Colorado Republican Party during the last election, also posted fliers claiming the event would be a celebration of the commissioners’ “landmark decision to fully re-open Douglas County.”

There was neither a vote nor a decision to reopen. As reported by the Parker Chronicle, Douglas County passed a resolution–essentially a letter to the governor–asking the state for a plan to fully reopen the county.

Read more: https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2021/03/it-will-have-to-be-with-violence/35041/

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