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Related: About this forumFlorida GOP candidate defends call to hang Obama by comparing him to George Zimmerman
By David Ferguson
Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:34 EST
Republican candidate for Floridas state house defended his call for the hanging of President Barack Obama. According to Tampas Fox Channel 13, Joshua Black persisted in his insistence that Obama is a war criminal and a traitor who should be executed by whatever method is applicable for the situation.
Black tweeted on Monday that Its time to arrest Obama and hang him high.
Since then, Black has been denounced by other Florida Republicans and questioned by the Secret Service. Nonetheless, the only thing he regrets about the tweet is the means of killing the president.
I know that we dont use hanging as a method of execution here in the U.S. anymore, so be it, Black told Channel 13 in a Walmart parking lot interview. Whatever method is applicable for the situation, I just want justice to be served.
Black believes that Obama is culpable in the drone killings of purported al Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen based in Yemen. A drone strike also killed al-Awalkis son, a raid the Defense Department later admitted was a mistake.
When George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, he got a trial. And whatever was going to happen came out of that trial. President Obama kills a 15year-old, somebody elses teenage son, and gets no trial, said Black.
Chris Latvala, who is running to represent the neighboring 67th district called Black an embarrassment and dubbed him the loser of the week.
Blacks Democratic opponent in District 68 said, Its pretty evident he is not someone who is serious or responsible or appropriate to run for public office.
Blacks only response to the criticism was to tell Channel 13, I dont care.
When asked if he feels his remarks could be constituted as incitement to harm the president, Black said, Not with all the guns he has around him, no. Thats the whole reason for having Secret Service, thats the whole reason for having firearms, is personal protection.
Watch video about this story, embedded below via Fox 13:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/23/florida-gop-candidate-defends-call-to-hang-obama-by-comparing-him-to-george-zimmerman-2/
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Florida GOP candidate defends call to hang Obama by comparing him to George Zimmerman (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2014
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(52,190 posts)1. in short "the reason the secret service has guns is to keep the president safe from people like me"?
did he really just, in effect, say that? did he really just say that the only reason he's not a threat is because the president has adequate protection?
indepat
(20,899 posts)2. ..."that's the whole reason for having firearms, is personal protection."
Outlandish. That Black is an asshole is a matter of record.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)3. honestly, he sounds mentally unbalanced
he is unhinged
louis-t
(23,288 posts)4. Somebody's been messing with his oatmeal.
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)5. How long until he's arrested?
ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)6. What a dummy