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Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

GOP Rep. Says Americans Must Own Enough Weapons to Overthrow the Government if 30-40% Agree on ‘Tyranny’

Author:     David Badash
Source:     New Civil Rights Movement
Publication Date:     February 11, 2022 at 11:56 AM ET
Link: GOP Rep. Says Americans Must Own Enough Weapons to Overthrow the Government if 30-40% Agree on ‘Tyranny’
Stephan:   I want my readers to be clear, when I express my growing concern about politically motivated civil violence, I feel this way because of facts like this. there is a sizeable segment of the Republican Party that is arming itself with even more weapons than it already had. "I could outfit a squad," I read on a MAGAt world site. They anticipate violence, and are quite open to it, including a number of members of Congress. The latest to come forward is Thomas Massie. He even spells out what he thinks is the threshold for violence. Remember, there are more guns than people in the United States.
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky

A U.S. Congressman is calling on Americans to own “sufficient” weaponry to overthrow the government, suggesting they should do so “if 30 to 40 percent agree” the nation is living under “tyranny.”

“If 30 to 40 percent could agree that this was legitimate tyranny and it needed to be thrown off they need to have sufficient power without asking for extra permission – it should be right there and completely available to them in their living room in order to effect the change,” U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said in a video (below) posted by Right Wing Watch.

Congressman Massie, who recently came under fire for tweeting a quote by a pedophile-pornography possessing neo-Nazi and falsely attributing it to French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire, appeared on far-right Youtuber Tim Pool’s show.

Pool’s videos get “millions” of views each day, according to The Daily Beast, which adds he “has racked up more than a billion views and millions in earnings while dangerously whitewashing the far right.”

Massie, […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 7:26 pm

    I believe all guns should be banned!