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TYT: Twitter Trolls Oregon Militia
The takeover of a federal building in Oregon by armed militia is serious business, but it has led to some Twitter fun. #YallQaeda is playing a very stupid and dangerous game. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Ammon and Ryan Bundy, leaders of the gun-toting protesters who have occupied a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon and call themselves the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, learned defiance against the U.S. government from their dad, Cliven.
Like their father, a Nevada rancher who became infamous in 2014 when he staged an armed standoff with the federal Bureau of Land Management, the Bundy brothers believe Washington is bent on gobbling up their land and that of other ranchers.”*
Read more here: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/meet-ammon-ryan-bundy-activists-leading-oregon-standoff-n489766
