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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Dec 19, 2013, 10:01 PM Dec 2013

Maryland KKK will meet in government building to plot Obama’s impeachment

By David Edwards
Thursday, December 19, 2013 9:06 EST

A Maryland Ku Klux Klan (KKK) group has been given permission to meet in a county government building to plan the impeachment of Barack Obama for being an “illegal president.”

The "Cecil Whig" reported on Wednesday that the Confederate White Knights had reserved the Elk Room in the Cecil County Government Building on Dec. 20.

“Barack Hussein Obama is an illegal president,” Imperial Wizard Richard Preston told the paper. “He needs to be removed from office. We also want ‘Obamacare’ shut down. It’s against citizen’s rights.”

“On top of that, we want the laws toughened on immigration,” the KKK leader continued. “We’re flooded with illegal immigrants and our people can’t find jobs.”

The group has created an impeachment petition which will be circulated at the meeting.

Maryland State Police 1st Sgt. Jimmy Russell said that the FBI had notified law enforcement officials about the meeting.

“They said to expect from 40 to 200 people,” Russell explained. “They are not worried about (Preston). They are more worried about the people that could show up.”

Cecil County Director of Administration Al Wein insisted that the group had to be given permission to use the government building because of the First Amendment right to peaceable assembly.

“The First Amendment also prohibits local government from discriminating against an organization’s right of free speech and peaceable assembly on public property, no matter how offensive the message may be,” Wein’s office said in a statement.

The group had previously planned a rally at Gettysburg, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the U.S. Civil War, but their plans were thwarted earlier this year after Republicans shut down the U.S. government over the president’s health care reform law.

“There’s lots of good farmers and old people who understand if we don’t straighten out, we’re not going to be a country anymore,” Imperial Wizard Preston remarked.

The group’s website says that membership is open to anyone who is “100% heterosexual,” of European heritage and born in the U.S. — but Jews, Muslims, Satanists and communists are not welcome.

However, Preston maintained that the Confederate White Knights was not a hate group.

“Just because we’re a certain way in our group, doesn’t mean we hate other groups,” he said. “I think the people that do come will be surprised.”

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/19/maryland-kkk-will-meet-in-government-building-to-plot-obamas-impeachment/

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Maryland KKK will meet in government building to plot Obama’s impeachment (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2013 OP
FFF the KKK shenmue Dec 2013 #1
That's OK. Let 'em meet. We need to know who they are. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #2
Exactly, let them show who they are dballance Dec 2013 #3
Make them sign in for insurance reasons... Historic NY Dec 2013 #5
“They said to expect from 40 to 200 people,” VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #4
Teabagger math davidpdx Dec 2013 #6
Sounds like a Freeper Rally. Oh nevermind. They are one and the same. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #11
Yes, a group called the "Confederate White Knights" Arkana Dec 2013 #7
"....if we don’t straighten out, we’re not going to be a country anymore..." Irony Meter Breaks.... yellowcanine Dec 2013 #8
We all need to show up there JustAnotherGen Dec 2013 #9
I did notice that their exclusion list no longer includes Catholics. Chan790 Dec 2013 #10
NO. They like the Frothy Santorum Sect of Catholicism. madinmaryland Dec 2013 #12
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. That's OK. Let 'em meet. We need to know who they are.
Thu Dec 19, 2013, 10:04 PM
Dec 2013

And trying to shut them down would only encourage them, I think.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
7. Yes, a group called the "Confederate White Knights"
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 10:50 AM
Dec 2013

is TOTALLY not a hate group. Nope. Nothing to see here.

Thank god the SPLC exists.

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
8. "....if we don’t straighten out, we’re not going to be a country anymore..." Irony Meter Breaks....
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 01:55 PM
Dec 2013

KKK = Confederate wannabe = Anti-Union = Anti USA. So why is the "gentleman" concerned?

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
10. I did notice that their exclusion list no longer includes Catholics.
Fri Dec 20, 2013, 03:24 PM
Dec 2013

They used to hate Catholics more than anybody outside of black people. I wonder if that was an oversight.

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