Multiple armed gunmen storm Michigan's State House, State police are protecting @GovWhitmer...

[demmiblue]

Multiple armed gunmen storm Michigan’s State House, State police are protecting @GovWhitmer
and blocking the gunmen from gaining access to the house floor.

This is America in the age of Trump.

Link to tweet

The fuck?!

[2naSalit]

16. +1

[DownriverDem]

54. Many

have southern roots when their relatives came to Michigan to work in the plants.

[colorado_ufo]

59. "Southern roots" is a pretty broad condemnation of a lot of people.

There are jerks everywhere.

[brush]

2. It's getting ugly. If there's any violence it will be on trump.

[Roc2020]

22. Violence will break out because his supporters know he is losing

will lose, and lose badly. I for one am looking forward to these terrorists get what's coming to them.

[C Moon]

25. And this kind of crap will make it worse for him.

[Roc2020]

35. which is the icing on the cake

[icymist]

61. This is violence.

[DENVERPOPS]

36. whoa

An armed insurrection..........I will be startled if the Police arrest anyone......

An in your face act of Sedition........

[SergeStorms]

53. Yet they'll arrest....

little old grannies and the disabled in Washington. But Trump's terrorists have free rein?

[NY06DemSoc]

38. Trump does not accept any responsibility.

And no one who supports him will hold him accountable. But it's a good thought.

[Jake Stern]

3. Coup attempt

Call out the National Guard.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Absolutely yes, call out the National Guard!

This is definitely getting out of hand.

[Jake Stern]

5. If this happened in any other country

The press would be calling it a coup.

[DENVERPOPS]

63. Any other country? Hell

If this happened in ANY Red State and it was armed Democrats storming the state Capital where a RepubliCon politician was attending....they would be shot dead by the police on the capital steps before ever reaching the building.....
.
(The RepubliCONs would all claim "National Security," don't you know..........)LOL

[Politicub]

30. And arrest them

We have the right to peaceably assemble. This is anything but peaceful.

[spudspud]

32. Probably another astro turf organization.

They should have called in local police and SWAT and arrested all of them for breaching security and threatening the governor.

[BrightKnight]

84. Is open carry legal in that building?

Quietly arrest them when they leave. Go after the organizer....

[The Figment]

6. That's crazy,this could get very ugly. Nt

[mopinko]

7. lock them up. if they were black, they would be washing their blood off the sidewalks by now.

sorry to spam the threads on this, but this here needs to be said.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

8. i was thinking the same

if poc run around with gun they are called thugs and shot by police.whites they have the right to fight for freedom etc

[dameatball]

42. It sucks to be where we are, but I think you are correct.

[llashram]

50. so true

yet only because of their entitled position in the American scheme of things, they will get a pass. And anyone of them would shoot Governor Whitmer without a seconds thought

[Blue_playwright]

51. You're not wrong.

We've seen some of this shit in Kansas, too. It's insane.

[jimlup]

9. WTF??

Holy Shit the right has finally popped....

[kysrsoze]

10. State police should arrest every fucking one of them. You do not allow this shit.

[spudspud]

34. Agreed. If they keep playing patty cake with these nuts...

they'll start killing folks eventually.

[NY06DemSoc]

39. They should be tried for treason.

Attempting the overthrow of our legally elected government.

[procon]

11. What country did this attempted coup take place?

Are UN peacekeeping troops, or are NATO allies on the way to safeguard the legal, democratically elected government and preserve the rule of law?

[LiberalFighter]

12. I would have no sympathy if they were shot.

[tclambert]

13. Guess who takes no responsibility for this?

I'll give you a hint: It's the person absolutely responsible for this.

[Lonestarblue]

14. This is exactly what Trump called for.

The media needs to remind people of his tweet about liberating the states and specifically mentioning the second amendment. I doubt they will. I’m really fed up with much of the media these days.

[mnhtnbb]

15. I'm fed up with the traitorous orange sack of $hit masquerading as POTUS

and every goddamn one of the Republican Senators who refused to convict the impeached a$$hole.

[2naSalit]

17. Call in the National Guard...

March their asses outside.

[bluescribbler]

18. Good Gawd!!!

Government cheese Goebbels is both responsible for this and also totally irresponsible.

[concreteblue]

19. Every single one of these idiots

should be arrested for sedition.
Period.

[Traildogbob]

20. Time for....

Drone strikes. They want to work, bus em to the meat packing plants and fields of crops. One person with a gun in the Kentucky State house while Mitch is there, would leave a blood stain, where that person stood.

[SergeStorms]

56. I like that idea, Bob.

"bus 'em to the meat packing plants and fields of crops". As we used to say when we were young, "fuckin' A, bubba".

[Traildogbob]

76. Ha!

During my Navy stint, everything had a fuckin A at the end. I have not heard that in a while. If my daughter was not a Trauma nurse I would say let all those ass holes out into the world with no PPE and suffer like the 61 thousand plus did. Freedumb, liberty, tyrannical gubment, give me my damn socialist check. They are all safe, just a hoax, they washed in the blood of Jesus. Let Hannity, Ingram, Limpballs, Pence and Jarod join em. Ashamed I served for THIS shit hole country GOP have created.

[homegirl]

66. Great idea

to bus them to the fields and meat packing plants. And pay them minimum wage, no PPE and no benefits.

Moscow Mitch has to go.

[DUar17]

72. "pay them minimum wage" What's that?

Most field workers make way below minimum wage.

[Botany]

21. Fuck 'em arrest their asses.

Let's see how tough these "warrior patriots" are when they against armed and TRAINED
police, state highway patrol, US marshals, or the national guard.

BTW it is Vlad Putin who is pulling their chains. And they are a minority of a minority egged
on by Trump, Fox News, and Vlad Putin via social media.

Plus they are getting their heads filled with crap from 2 new right wing TV networks ...
news max and OAN.

This lock down is vii-oooh-lating my constitutional rights and it is the work of liberal
big gub-errr-mint socialists who want my gunz.

[Ferrets are Cool]

23. And innocent KIDS marching against an immoral war were shot on the campus of Kent State...

Shoot those MOTHERFUCKERS. DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS SHIT.

[McKim]

29. Thanks for Remembering Them!

Thanks for remembering them!!!! They were treated so badly and these isurrectionists should be in jail!

[Ferrets are Cool]

64. +1

[kimbutgar]

24. These MFers should be tear gassed to disperse.

Then they need to close off the streets near the capitol building for the time being and bring in the states National guards. Because if was black people they’ve have the tanks out now.

[McKim]

26. Lock them up!

Lock them up! If they are not arrested, there will be more and more of this! As others have said, if these guys were Black it would be a different story! I am quite frightened.

[xxqqqzme]

27. What genghis CON has wanted

since day one. He thinks he can stay in power with a bunch of yahoo whackos doing his bidding.

[Kitchari]

28. Holy Crap

and they've got all these awful weapons

[ffr]

31. If only they were non-white

They'd all probably be beaten to a pulp.

[MontanaMama]

45. If they were non-white...

I think they’d be dead.

[NBachers]

33. Don't they have those chain-link free speech zones on the other side of town?

[zentrum]

37. Are there any counter-demonstrators

..in this video? It looks ot me as if there are. Unarmed. Just shouting.

[Hangingon]

62. Don't see any long guns. Maybe side arms. Legal in Michigan if visible.

[sheshe2]

78. I saw a balcony shot, those were not side arms.

[sheshe2]

79. Here.

Link to tweet

[Kaiserguy]

40. We need to put and end to armed protest

If you bring a gun you get it taken away and never get to own one again. Let them bitch but it should have been stop along time ago. You can protest all you want but you can't bring a gun.

[Politicub]

41. Is their endgame murdering the governor?

These are terrorists and should be regarded as such. The national guard does not negotiate with terrorists.

Janet Reno would not have tolerated this.

[Scalded Nun]

43. Shoot them or jail them

[ewagner]

46. What the hell are they chanting? n/t

[IronLionZion]

47. If they even had the slightest tan, they'd be terrorists

[scarletwoman]

48. They are terrorists, period. Arrest them and charge them for making terroristic threats. (nt)

[dajoki]

49. They are terrorists...

send them all to gitmo.

[soldierant]

52. Asking for a friend

[pansypoo53219]

55. treahem like they treat pileline protestors. or college students. pepper spray them. ARREST THEM.

[Ford_Prefect]

57. The Tea Party outrages looked like this too. MSM makes it appear that hundreds were there but

there were only the ones you see in the video. A few dozen noisy white snowflakes who don't respect any of the other people to whom "The People's House" actually refers, including those whose lives are on the line right now.

[SayItLoud]

58. Prelude to an election loss by their DICKtator?

It will happen. Maybe nationally but for sure locally in the snake pits (sorry snakes) of the Cult of tRUMP. Swing states beware. This guy is gonna try to burn down the house on his way out.

[MrScorpio]

60. White supremacy

The best supremacy there is.

Ain't no better

[Mopar151]

69. Best scabs around. N/T

[McCamy Taylor]

65. Aren't terrorists supposed to go to Gitmo?

[trueblue2007]

67. all those terrorists whith guns. tell them to get out, OR LINE THEM UP AND SHOOT THEM.

TERRORISTS


#TrumpsATerrorist #LockTrumpUp

[Miigwech]

68. All of these men protesting look alike

middle aged, fat, beards, decked out in tactical gear, guns ... AND WHITE. My guess is that their weenies don't work so much anymore and they want to take it out on the rest of us.

[liberalmuse]

70. We're going to have another civil war.

If this isn't nipped in the bud. People are going to get murdered by these irrational, entitled, authoritarian Trump-humping gun pumpers.

[gordianot]

71. They need to be disarmed or else.

Deal with them in the same manner as if it were your local Walmart.

[Lady_Chat]

73. This is Trump's fault 100% He really went after her for speaking up about PPE and equipment shortage

Trump said publicly to Pence, he didn't have to call her back because she wasn't "nice". He really hates women who speak up. She wasn't being nasty, just honest, fighting for the people in her state. He has been so supportive of these thugs, with their guns, Trump/Pence signs, confederate flags, Nazi paraphernalia, encouraging them with his tweets because "they like me". Sickening and dangerous. I'm scared for her.

[nwliberalkiwi]

74. Wouldn't This Be Interesting

Wouldn't This Be Interesting if they were arrested, tried and sentenced to a year and a day in State Prison; then they would not be able to own a firearm. Arrest and try the Bastards!!!

[George II]

75. Throw their asses in jail. All sorts of charges can be filed.

[noneof_theabove]

77. civil war maybe

my uncle, a good south texas old redneck, long before today's bullshit
said we would have another civil war and not about whites/blacks but
everyone against everyone else.
This was the early 1970's.

He had is guns responsibly
National sheet shooter
I remember his "hand cannon" 333 Winchester magnum rifle for elk in Colorado
Still have the "L" scar in my right eyebrow
I was like 16 and he is big and stock that he had to get his head out of the way
as it is coming back and you can't stop it.

Many fun times and "learning experiences"

[tiredtoo]

80. Twas less than 2 years ago

When the republicans made open carry legal almost everywhere in Michigan. I think Whitmer handled it correctly, any forceful response would have given the thugs the press they wanted.

[FormerWIRepub]

81. This scene

This scene is the first time where it's really hit home just how much shit we're in as a country. I knew before, I did. I knew this election is the most important in our history. I knew that if we can't find a way to get Biden elected, this country will not recover. I really believe this.

Now I wonder if we're passed the point of no return. What will happen when Trump loses? It's going to be much worse than this I fear and I fear there will be bloodshed. I hope I am wrong. These people are dirtbags and dirtbags don't lose their dirt.

My wife and I planned on trying to have our first child in the next several months. We're at the point where there's a conversation happening if this is a country we want to bring a child into right now.

[Alwaysna]

82. Crosshairs meme.

Soon they will be flooding social media with the governor's photo with crosshairs on it.

[colsohlibgal]

83. Looks Like It Can Happen Here

Apologies to Sinclair Lewis for my reworking a bit the title Of Sinclair Lewis’s book.

30+ years of slurping up the rants of Fox News, Limbaugh, etc have brought us these crazed Far Right foaming at the mouth Neo Nazi Types.

I have a number of videos involving WW2, including the lead up to that war. One is the rise of Nazi Germany followed by the Fall. The rise is not very dissimilar to what’s going on here, and other countries, right now.

We better win all three branches and work on defusing the crazies.