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WTF is this crap? Seriously? At the GOP convention? (Original Post) pinebox Jun 2016 OP
What could go wrong? librarylu Jun 2016 #1
gun loving nutcases that over run todays conservativeland...and god help them and the GOP beachbum bob Jun 2016 #2
Here is one of their Presidential candidates: L. Coyote Jun 2016 #6
Well, he should be easy to beat in the GE. In_The_Wind Jun 2016 #12
I guess they'll be the only one with a gun because Black folks don't carry guns, right Chicago! nt Stellar Jun 2016 #3
Say what? cwydro Jun 2016 #17
sarcasm...just being sarcastic. Stellar Jun 2016 #22
ummmmm heaven05 Jun 2016 #33
I'm always reading about some crazy a$$ cowboy Republican, threatening Black people Stellar Jun 2016 #42
Reminds me of the co-chairman of Donald Trump’s New Hampshire “Veterans for Trump” group L. Coyote Jun 2016 #4
Fucking children Cosmocat Jun 2016 #20
Yeah, that worked out so very well for them. Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #23
Still in jail, still a Trump alternate delegate. His wife is a delegate for Trump. #CrazyTrump L. Coyote Jun 2016 #31
Gun Culture In A Nutshell. nt onehandle Jun 2016 #5
Good dounle entendre' potential... 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #8
Fuck these people. liberalnarb Jun 2016 #7
Right? Never thought I would "miss" old-school republicans but Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #25
I don't miss any republican per se. I just miss sanity. liberalnarb Jun 2016 #28
I was basically using him as example. Pretty much anyone other than the Chimp Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #30
HOW can you bring serious MFM008 Jun 2016 #29
These gun-humpers need to knock this shit off, get a fucking life 99th_Monkey Jun 2016 #9
That convention is going to make Chicago '68 look like The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #10
It very possibly Cosmocat Jun 2016 #21
really heaven05 Jun 2016 #35
The Trump supporters tend to have an attitude along those lines The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #36
true, they are true brownshirts for the chump heaven05 Jun 2016 #38
I suppose there will be some of those, too, The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2016 #40
My demographic - middle-aged, white male - sure has lost its mind.* Scurrilous Jun 2016 #11
These people scare me. cwydro Jun 2016 #13
Fuck. LWolf Jun 2016 #14
That one needs a visit by the FBI, and pronto. MineralMan Jun 2016 #15
I am still pissed that they nixed the open carry at the repugnant convention MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #16
No no no auntpurl Jun 2016 #18
Hey I wouldn't be doing anything MyNameGoesHere Jun 2016 #24
They'd have to find a new venue. No insurer would underwrite that. grossproffit Jun 2016 #19
10 bucks says these idiots will end up shooting each other n/t arcane1 Jun 2016 #26
No different than Isis really. The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #27
Fundies with Guns for Trump .... helping make America hate again. L. Coyote Jun 2016 #34
Just add some longer beards, lose some weight The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #37
and the screw slowly turns heaven05 Jun 2016 #32
Trump just making himself look as bad as possible laserhaas Jun 2016 #39
Do not bring firecrackers to their convention. Darb Jun 2016 #41
 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
2. gun loving nutcases that over run todays conservativeland...and god help them and the GOP
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:14 AM
Jun 2016

if this kind of violence happens

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. Here is one of their Presidential candidates:
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:34 AM
Jun 2016


Geeze, why wasn't he in the debates?

If they dump Trump, this may be who replaces him, Joe Stetson.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
42. I'm always reading about some crazy a$$ cowboy Republican, threatening Black people
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 09:02 AM
Jun 2016

with their guns as if Black people don't have guns that shot back.

The police here in Chicago have taken 4200 illegal guns off the streets 'THIS YEAR'. One gun every hour of every day this year. These guns are flooding in from a Republican state, Indiana by the trunk loads. And you know how FOX 'news' loves to talk about the killings in Chicago.

Video WGN News

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
4. Reminds me of the co-chairman of Donald Trump’s New Hampshire “Veterans for Trump” group
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:29 AM
Jun 2016
Official Member Of Trump Campaign Joins Oregon Militia
by Alan Pyke Jan 7, 2016

The co-chairman of Donald Trump’s New Hampshire “Veterans for Trump” group has arrived in Burns, Oregon, to assist the small cadre of armed men who are seeking to provoke a standoff with federal officials there.
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That not-quite-standoff began over the weekend when a handful of men led by Ammon Bundy decided to turn a much larger peaceful protest over a decision to send two ranchers back to jail for arson into an armed struggle. .....

It is at least the second time DeLemus has ridden to the physical aid of a Bundy. When Ammon’s father Cliven had his cattle impounded by the Bureau of Land Management in 2014 over more than $1 million in unpaid fines and fees for his use of public lands, DeLemus and his son drove 41 hours in three days to come help. ....


So, this guy is on Trump's team even after his well-known militia activities in Nevada:

Trump campaign co-chair Jerry DeLemus to face trial in Nevada over 2014 Bundy standoff

.... U.S. prosecutors do not say DeLemus participated in the threatened assault on federal agents at the Bundy ranch on April 12, 2014, but that afterward he served as a “gunman and mid-level organizer who joined in a conspiracy to commit an unprecedented and extremely violent and massive armed assault on federal law enforcement officers,” according to court papers.

DeLemus’ wife is a Republican state representative ....



Jerry DeLemus (left of center) holds what federal authorities said is a .50-caliber machine gun
near the Bundy ranch. Photo courtesy of the Department of Justice.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
31. Still in jail, still a Trump alternate delegate. His wife is a delegate for Trump. #CrazyTrump
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:08 PM
Jun 2016
HGTomato @HGTomato Retweeted Hatewatch
Yep. And Jerry DeLemus, who is in jail awaiting trial for Bundy standoff, also an alt. Trump delegate

Hatewatch @Hatewatch
#Trump, GOP dump delegate after his convictions for #childporn, owning machine gun revealed
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/19/trump-gop-ditch-alleged-kiddie-porn-making-machine-gun-toting-delegate.html


(((STOP Trumpnado))) ?@Trumpnado2016 11 minutes ago
Lewandowski recruited Bundy militant Jerry Delemus in NH. #CrazyTrump
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/indicted-bundy-ranch-militant-hand-picked-by-team-trump-as-delegate-to-gop-convention/


(((B. Paul Stuart))) ?@BrianPaulStuart Jun 12
#NewHampshire #GOP Rep.: 'The Pope Is The Anti-Christ' @TPM
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/susan-delemus-pope-antichrist
#SusanDeLemus #Republicans #RWNJ #religion


 

liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
7. Fuck these people.
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:37 AM
Jun 2016

I am so done with this bullshit. Can we bring serious politics back? Please. I miss them.

Maru Kitteh

(28,323 posts)
25. Right? Never thought I would "miss" old-school republicans but
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 07:36 PM
Jun 2016

I'm finding myself feeling just a little nostalgic for crazy old John McCain. Yeah he was crazy but it's like comparing a book of paper matches to a flamethrower.

Maru Kitteh

(28,323 posts)
30. I was basically using him as example. Pretty much anyone other than the Chimp
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:03 PM
Jun 2016

Even Chimp wasn't as freakin' out of his gourd dangerously unstable as the Trumpkin.

MFM008

(19,803 posts)
29. HOW can you bring serious
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 07:48 PM
Jun 2016

politics into this with tRump as their nominee.
Hes a running joke.
many of his supporters are out and out lunatics .
I appreciate your sentiment though....

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
9. These gun-humpers need to knock this shit off, get a fucking life
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 11:58 AM
Jun 2016

How is this not inciting violence i.e. yelling fire in a crowded theater

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
10. That convention is going to make Chicago '68 look like
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 12:05 PM
Jun 2016

a picnic in the park. In '68 a bunch of people showed up to protest the nomination of an "establishment" candidate who hadn't run in the primaries but was chosen by the delegates. They were not violent but they occupied some parks and streets without permits, and the cops violently attacked them when they refused to disperse; it was really a police riot. For the upcoming GOP convention it sounds like the potential protesters will be armed and intending to do violence. It's going to get really ugly.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
35. really
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:18 PM
Jun 2016

what real proof do you have that it's the protestors that will be the problem by "intending to do violence"?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
36. The Trump supporters tend to have an attitude along those lines
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:20 PM
Jun 2016

and I'm sure they will be there, protesting loud and long if the GOP does anything to keep Trump from the nomination.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
38. true, they are true brownshirts for the chump
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:34 PM
Jun 2016

I misunderstood you. I thought your were talking about the potential antitrump protestors.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,610 posts)
40. I suppose there will be some of those, too,
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:42 PM
Jun 2016

and the Trump supporters can be expected to be, shall we say, very hostile toward them.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
11. My demographic - middle-aged, white male - sure has lost its mind.*
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 12:13 PM
Jun 2016

*self admitted over generalization so don't flame, but still...

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
14. Fuck.
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 03:38 PM
Jun 2016

Can't he be charged with inciting violence, or attempting to? Will his former fellow officers show up to make sure this doesn't happen?

Is this the United States?

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
16. I am still pissed that they nixed the open carry at the repugnant convention
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 04:09 PM
Jun 2016

As unstable as that bunch is the shoot out would have been epic.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
18. No no no
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 06:06 PM
Jun 2016

We want to eviscerate them at the ballot box and watch them all slink off into the sunset. We don't want them DEAD. We are Democrats - we're better than that.

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
24. Hey I wouldn't be doing anything
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 07:06 PM
Jun 2016

it's all up to them. You know they're going to self extinct one day anyway, so what's the big deal?

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
32. and the screw slowly turns
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:11 PM
Jun 2016

this is an invitation to disaster. I do hope people demonstrating against this republican nominee adhere to all common sense rules when/if confronted by these racis pigs and record everything thing and word spewing from the mouths of the trumpchumps. Just take care of each other.

 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
39. Trump just making himself look as bad as possible
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 08:39 PM
Jun 2016

So he can hand the reigns over to Romney...in july

 

Darb

(2,807 posts)
41. Do not bring firecrackers to their convention.
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 10:38 PM
Jun 2016

Do not. I mean it. Do not. Repeat, do not set off firecrackers outside the convention. Do not.

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