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Jilly_in_VA

(9,966 posts)
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:12 AM Oct 2021

Meet the Tomahawk-Toting QAnoner Terrorizing School Boards

The audience at a meeting last month of the Ankeny, Iowa, school board exploded over the prospect of the board reinstating a mask mandate, with parents shouting at board members who supported the mask rule.

“We know where you live!” one parent yelled at the school board members. “We’re going to stalk you!”

The scene, which ended with the board voting to reimpose the mask rule, looked like so many other school board meetings across the country this year over coronavirus restrictions. But the Ankeny school board has become a larger flashpoint in the fight over mask mandates in schools, thanks in large part to a leather-clad, tomahawk-toting QAnon personality named Scott McKay.

McKay, a middle-aged former bodybuilder whose followers call him “Patriot Streetfighter,” has used his sizable online platform and frequent use of violent rhetoric to turn the Ankeny mask debate into a national event among followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory, urging his followers to bombard specific school board members with complaints.

Despite his bizarre demeanor and online presence, McKay has marshaled his fan base to engage in sometimes hostile activism at school board meetings against mask mandates—despite his own recent experience with a COVID outbreak at one of his rallies.

McKay inserted himself into the Ankeny mask debate in late August when he devoted an episode of his online Patriot Streetfighter talk show to the “Iowa Mama Bears,” Ankeny mothers Emily Peterson and Kimberly Reicks. The pair have become rising right-wing personalities for their opposition to mask requirements in Ankeny schools, hobnobbing with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) and QAnon celebrities like former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-the-tomahawk-toting-qanoner-terrorizing-school-boards?ref=home
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"We know where you live"? OK, where does HE live?

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Meet the Tomahawk-Toting QAnoner Terrorizing School Boards (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 OP
Iowa used to be a nice, sane midwestern state. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #1
Sounds like terrorist intimidation/threats to me packman Oct 2021 #2
Iowa is becoming Bama North. Also, this assclown McKay is a clear and present danger. Celerity Oct 2021 #3
We need stronger anti-harassment laws to protect lapfog_1 Oct 2021 #4
Right? There is a time for public forum. AllyCat Oct 2021 #16
People like McKay should be living in jail or prison. There's no reason the rest abqtommy Oct 2021 #5
Mental illness. Cracklin Charlie Oct 2021 #6
If they don't like mask mandates BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #7
"Sir, this is an Arby's." mac56 Oct 2021 #8
Holy crap these people are terrorists. Initech Oct 2021 #9
" whose followers call him "Patriot Streetfighter," A HERETIC I AM Oct 2021 #10
Sounds like terrorism IronLionZion Oct 2021 #11
Anyone think about the effect this has on the children? twodogsbarking Oct 2021 #12
This is hysterical DENVERPOPS Oct 2021 #13
Policy by threats of violence is extortion of a sort bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #14
Looks like his base is Dallas dalton99a Oct 2021 #15
SEVEN YEARS to get a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)? In Corporate Health and Wellness? Grins Oct 2021 #19
Patriot? Scarlet Begalas Oct 2021 #17
"Patriot Streetfighter" equals "Big Stupid Bully." dchill Oct 2021 #18
Obama 2.0 The Jungle 1 Oct 2021 #20
No one calls 911? Or if they do, what's the response? Hekate Oct 2021 #21
Well Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 #23
A quick whois search reveals a lot of info mercuryblues Oct 2021 #22

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)
1. Iowa used to be a nice, sane midwestern state.
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:15 AM
Oct 2021

I used to work in Iowa. Seems to have gone completely batshit now.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
4. We need stronger anti-harassment laws to protect
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:24 AM
Oct 2021

elected officials.

Even if that means that we on the left cannot follow some shit-bag into a restaurant.

But we must stop these assholes from intimidating school boards and city councils.

They don't like something... they are free to speak at the town square, they are free to run against whoever they don't like in the next election. They cannot be free to carry weapons to meetings and shout they "they know where you live, where your children go to school."

AllyCat

(16,184 posts)
16. Right? There is a time for public forum.
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 01:52 PM
Oct 2021

They don’t get to disrupt official meetings. They DEFINITELY don’t get to threaten people.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
5. People like McKay should be living in jail or prison. There's no reason the rest
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:26 AM
Oct 2021

of us have to put up with this.

BlueIdaho

(13,582 posts)
7. If they don't like mask mandates
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:36 AM
Oct 2021

Maybe they would like on-line education better? If staff and students can’t be made safe from infection at school the alternative should be to send everyone home and work from there.

Inconvenient? Hell yes - but that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,367 posts)
10. " whose followers call him "Patriot Streetfighter,"
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 11:51 AM
Oct 2021

Really? Or does he INSIST he be called that? What a nimrod.

Some people just don’t act well when they have no friends or any meaning in their lives.

DENVERPOPS

(8,817 posts)
13. This is hysterical
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 01:40 PM
Oct 2021

Where else but in current America can a flaming asshole nobody, become an immediate national hero to so many, by just spouting right wing rhetoric and bullshit????

We have our own, right here in Colorado, with the "election" of Bang Bang Boebert Bimbo..........

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
14. Policy by threats of violence is extortion of a sort
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 01:45 PM
Oct 2021

and threats are a crime. Stalking is a crime in the right circumstances. How is this allowed to continue?

dalton99a

(81,472 posts)
15. Looks like his base is Dallas
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 01:48 PM
Oct 2021
Scott McKay
Patriot Streetfighter Social Media Influencer & Solar Industry Entrepreneur
Dallas, Texas

Experience

Sunnovation Energy LTD
"Patriot Streetfighter" Social Media Influencer
Jan 2020 – Present
Dallas, Texas
"Patriot Streetfighter" Social Media Influencer
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
Dallas, Texas

Definitive Measures the Movie, LLC
Managing Director
Jul 2013 – Present
Las Vegas, Nevada
DMLLC is a holding company that owns the theatrical and merchandising rights to Napoleon Hill's long hidden and secret manuscript (75 years) that was recently published called "Outwitting The Devil". "Outwitting The Devil" the movie is the adapted screenplay that was written by Partner Jeffrey Ross of Stellaris Films Entertainment and was financed by The Garmax Group. This film is in the final funding stages and will likely be in production April 2015 for a 2016 release. This film is expected to appeal to a Napoleon Hill global audience as the popularity of his 75 year old best seller "Think and Grow Rich" has reigned for decades and generations.

Premium Solar Patios Dallas Texas
Solar Sales Consultant/System Designer
Jun 2018 – Jan 2020
Dallas Texas

Reagan Holding Co. Inc.
Managing Director
Jun 2010 – Mar 2016
Las Vegas, NV
Reagan Holding Inc. served as an umbrella entity for several small start-up companies in the Sales & Marketing, Construction and Film Industries.

Longevity Dynamix
Managing Partner
Mar 2008 – Jul 2011
Las Vegas, Nevada
Longevity Dynamix, LLC was an Wellness Industry based multi-media company with 7 investing partners who were passionate about changing the way America viewed health, wellness, and medicine. Identifying cutting edge nutrition products in the wellness industry and marketing and promoting their efficacy served as the basis of the backbone philosophy of the partners and the company.

Rapid Rehab Elite Fitness, Pilates, & Physical Therapy
President & Co-Founder
Mar 2006 – Dec 2007
Las Vegas, Nevada
Rapid Rehab is a fusion of two wellness based philosophies of high end pilates-based physical therapy and elite fitness protocol under one roof. The traditional physical therapy establishment is very little hands on and even less personal time with a patient. This model combines physical therapist with Pilates trained physiotherapists for a fully comprehensive 60 minute hands on treatment regimen. The flagship location is in the Summerlin Community of Las Vegas Nevada

Education

Penn State University
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)
Corporate Health and Wellness
1982 – 1989
Activities and Societies: Collegiate National Bodybuilding
Represented Penn State at the 1988 Collegiate National Bodybuilding Championships. Heavyweight Class - 4th Place

Grins

(7,217 posts)
19. SEVEN YEARS to get a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)? In Corporate Health and Wellness?
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:11 PM
Oct 2021

I have questions...

dchill

(38,482 posts)
18. "Patriot Streetfighter" equals "Big Stupid Bully."
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:04 PM
Oct 2021

"You know it, I know it and the American people know it."
- Bob Dole, channeled by Dan Aykroyd.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
20. Obama 2.0
Wed Oct 20, 2021, 02:18 PM
Oct 2021

These un-American pukes did the same thing when Obama won. The issue then was healthcare. They called themselves teabggers and disrupted public meetings. Bunch of sore losers.
I actually had some fun with them. I went to repuke public meetings and disrupted the meeting. When they asked why I was doing it the answer was simple. Your teabaggers started it. I had to roll in the grass with one guy.

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