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TexasTowelie

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Fri Oct 30, 2020, 05:12 AM Oct 2020

Far-right militias heed Trump's call for poll watchers, and law enforcement is worried

Far-right militia promoter Josh Ellis can reach more than 20,000 members across the country in a matter of keystrokes. Many followers believe, like him, that the presidential election could be hijacked by leftists, a Trump defeat would plunge the nation into tyrannical rule, and the United States is lurching toward a violent civil war.

Ellis, who operates MyMilitia.com and goes by “AR2,” for “American Revolution 2.0,” has advised like-minded citizens to stand guard at voting stations Tuesday as part of President Trump’s “army” of poll watchers — and, if necessary, to use force.

“They are to be out there as patriots, not militias,” Ellis, of suburban Chicago, said in a phone interview before he addressed an ``American Patriot Rally" last Saturday in Florida.

“But if they see immediate danger of physical harm to someone,” he said, “they need to intercede and stop it.”

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/29/nation/far-right-militias-heed-trumps-call-poll-watchers-law-enforcement-is-worried/

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Far-right militias heed Trump's call for poll watchers, and law enforcement is worried (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2020 OP
"But if they see immediate danger of physical harm to someone," he said, "they need to intercede.." 634-5789 Oct 2020 #1
Come one, come all who deserve a rest in the many luxury suites now available for abqtommy Oct 2020 #2

634-5789

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1. "But if they see immediate danger of physical harm to someone," he said, "they need to intercede.."
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 05:38 AM
Oct 2020

And they'll go off to the pokey. Period. The Biden camp has literally thousands of actual poll watchers. Also, look for a ton of voter videos, and above all, be damned careful!

abqtommy

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2. Come one, come all who deserve a rest in the many luxury suites now available for
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:10 AM
Oct 2020

criminals at Club Gitmo. No Waiting! There's plenty of room for tRUMP, reTHUGS now in
the House and Senate, cultists and a few lucky others! tRUMP Club Gitmo is a meme
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