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demmiblue

(37,854 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:01 PM Apr 2020

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

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.



The fuck?!
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Multiple armed gunmen storm Michigan's State House, State police are protecting @GovWhitmer... (Original Post) demmiblue Apr 2020 OP
Post removed Post removed Apr 2020 #1
+1 2naSalit Apr 2020 #16
Many DownriverDem Apr 2020 #54
"Southern roots" is a pretty broad condemnation of a lot of people. colorado_ufo Apr 2020 #59
It's getting ugly. If there's any violence it will be on trump. brush Apr 2020 #2
Violence will break out because his supporters know he is losing Roc2020 Apr 2020 #22
And this kind of crap will make it worse for him. C Moon Apr 2020 #25
which is the icing on the cake Roc2020 Apr 2020 #35
This is violence. icymist Apr 2020 #61
whoa DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #36
Yet they'll arrest.... SergeStorms Apr 2020 #53
Trump does not accept any responsibility. NY06DemSoc Apr 2020 #38
Coup attempt Jake Stern Apr 2020 #3
Absolutely yes, call out the National Guard! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2020 #4
If this happened in any other country Jake Stern Apr 2020 #5
Any other country? Hell DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #63
And arrest them Politicub Apr 2020 #30
Probably another astro turf organization. spudspud Apr 2020 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author GemDigger Apr 2020 #44
Is open carry legal in that building? BrightKnight May 2020 #84
That's crazy,this could get very ugly. Nt The Figment Apr 2020 #6
lock them up. if they were black, they would be washing their blood off the sidewalks by now. mopinko Apr 2020 #7
i was thinking the same -LOKI -BAD FOR YA Apr 2020 #8
It sucks to be where we are, but I think you are correct. dameatball Apr 2020 #42
so true llashram Apr 2020 #50
You're not wrong. Blue_playwright Apr 2020 #51
WTF?? jimlup Apr 2020 #9
State police should arrest every fucking one of them. You do not allow this shit. kysrsoze Apr 2020 #10
Agreed. If they keep playing patty cake with these nuts... spudspud Apr 2020 #34
They should be tried for treason. NY06DemSoc Apr 2020 #39
What country did this attempted coup take place? procon Apr 2020 #11
I would have no sympathy if they were shot. LiberalFighter Apr 2020 #12
Guess who takes no responsibility for this? tclambert Apr 2020 #13
This is exactly what Trump called for. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #14
I'm fed up with the traitorous orange sack of $hit masquerading as POTUS mnhtnbb Apr 2020 #15
Call in the National Guard... 2naSalit Apr 2020 #17
Good Gawd!!! bluescribbler Apr 2020 #18
Every single one of these idiots concreteblue Apr 2020 #19
Time for.... Traildogbob Apr 2020 #20
I like that idea, Bob. SergeStorms Apr 2020 #56
Ha! Traildogbob Apr 2020 #76
Great idea homegirl Apr 2020 #66
"pay them minimum wage" What's that? DUar17 Apr 2020 #72
Fuck 'em arrest their asses. Botany Apr 2020 #21
And innocent KIDS marching against an immoral war were shot on the campus of Kent State... Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #23
Thanks for Remembering Them! McKim Apr 2020 #29
+1 Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #64
These MFers should be tear gassed to disperse. kimbutgar Apr 2020 #24
Lock them up! McKim Apr 2020 #26
What genghis CON has wanted xxqqqzme Apr 2020 #27
Holy Crap Kitchari Apr 2020 #28
If only they were non-white ffr Apr 2020 #31
If they were non-white... MontanaMama Apr 2020 #45
Don't they have those chain-link free speech zones on the other side of town? NBachers Apr 2020 #33
Are there any counter-demonstrators zentrum Apr 2020 #37
Don't see any long guns. Maybe side arms. Legal in Michigan if visible. Hangingon Apr 2020 #62
I saw a balcony shot, those were not side arms. sheshe2 Apr 2020 #78
Here. sheshe2 Apr 2020 #79
We need to put and end to armed protest Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #40
Is their endgame murdering the governor? Politicub Apr 2020 #41
Shoot them or jail them Scalded Nun Apr 2020 #43
What the hell are they chanting? n/t ewagner Apr 2020 #46
If they even had the slightest tan, they'd be terrorists IronLionZion Apr 2020 #47
They are terrorists, period. Arrest them and charge them for making terroristic threats. (nt) scarletwoman Apr 2020 #48
They are terrorists... dajoki Apr 2020 #49
Asking for a friend soldierant Apr 2020 #52
treahem like they treat pileline protestors. or college students. pepper spray them. ARREST THEM. pansypoo53219 Apr 2020 #55
The Tea Party outrages looked like this too. MSM makes it appear that hundreds were there but Ford_Prefect Apr 2020 #57
Prelude to an election loss by their DICKtator? SayItLoud Apr 2020 #58
White supremacy MrScorpio Apr 2020 #60
Best scabs around. N/T Mopar151 Apr 2020 #69
Aren't terrorists supposed to go to Gitmo? McCamy Taylor Apr 2020 #65
all those terrorists whith guns. tell them to get out, OR LINE THEM UP AND SHOOT THEM. trueblue2007 Apr 2020 #67
All of these men protesting look alike Miigwech Apr 2020 #68
We're going to have another civil war. liberalmuse Apr 2020 #70
They need to be disarmed or else. gordianot Apr 2020 #71
This is Trump's fault 100% He really went after her for speaking up about PPE and equipment shortage Lady_Chat Apr 2020 #73
Wouldn't This Be Interesting nwliberalkiwi Apr 2020 #74
Throw their asses in jail. All sorts of charges can be filed. George II Apr 2020 #75
civil war maybe noneof_theabove Apr 2020 #77
Twas less than 2 years ago tiredtoo Apr 2020 #80
This scene FormerWIRepub May 2020 #81
Crosshairs meme. Alwaysna May 2020 #82
Looks Like It Can Happen Here colsohlibgal May 2020 #83

Response to demmiblue (Original post)

Roc2020

(1,716 posts)
22. Violence will break out because his supporters know he is losing
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:26 PM
Apr 2020

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

DENVERPOPS

(9,967 posts)
36. whoa
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:51 PM
Apr 2020

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

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

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
53. Yet they'll arrest....
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:22 PM
Apr 2020

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

NY06DemSoc

(42 posts)
38. Trump does not accept any responsibility.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:55 PM
Apr 2020

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

DENVERPOPS

(9,967 posts)
63. Any other country? Hell
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:42 PM
Apr 2020

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

spudspud

(543 posts)
32. Probably another astro turf organization.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:47 PM
Apr 2020

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

Response to spudspud (Reply #32)

mopinko

(71,831 posts)
7. lock them up. if they were black, they would be washing their blood off the sidewalks by now.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:26 PM
Apr 2020

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

-LOKI -BAD FOR YA

(308 posts)
8. i was thinking the same
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:31 PM
Apr 2020

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

llashram

(6,269 posts)
50. so true
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:21 PM
Apr 2020

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

procon

(15,805 posts)
11. What country did this attempted coup take place?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 03:55 PM
Apr 2020

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

tclambert

(11,136 posts)
13. Guess who takes no responsibility for this?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:11 PM
Apr 2020

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

Lonestarblue

(11,843 posts)
14. This is exactly what Trump called for.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:14 PM
Apr 2020

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

(32,073 posts)
15. I'm fed up with the traitorous orange sack of $hit masquerading as POTUS
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:17 PM
Apr 2020

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

Traildogbob

(9,999 posts)
20. Time for....
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:24 PM
Apr 2020

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

(19,312 posts)
56. I like that idea, Bob.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:29 PM
Apr 2020

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

Traildogbob

(9,999 posts)
76. Ha!
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:00 PM
Apr 2020

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

(1,533 posts)
66. Great idea
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:49 PM
Apr 2020

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.

Botany

(72,497 posts)
21. Fuck 'em arrest their asses.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:26 PM
Apr 2020

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

(21,957 posts)
23. And innocent KIDS marching against an immoral war were shot on the campus of Kent State...
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:33 PM
Apr 2020

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

McKim

(2,412 posts)
29. Thanks for Remembering Them!
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:40 PM
Apr 2020

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

kimbutgar

(23,301 posts)
24. These MFers should be tear gassed to disperse.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:36 PM
Apr 2020

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

(2,412 posts)
26. Lock them up!
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:39 PM
Apr 2020

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

(14,887 posts)
27. What genghis CON has wanted
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:39 PM
Apr 2020

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

zentrum

(9,866 posts)
37. Are there any counter-demonstrators
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:53 PM
Apr 2020

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

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
40. We need to put and end to armed protest
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:58 PM
Apr 2020

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

(12,288 posts)
41. Is their endgame murdering the governor?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 04:59 PM
Apr 2020

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

Janet Reno would not have tolerated this.

Ford_Prefect

(8,202 posts)
57. The Tea Party outrages looked like this too. MSM makes it appear that hundreds were there but
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:32 PM
Apr 2020

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

(1,732 posts)
58. Prelude to an election loss by their DICKtator?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:33 PM
Apr 2020

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.

trueblue2007

(18,138 posts)
67. all those terrorists whith guns. tell them to get out, OR LINE THEM UP AND SHOOT THEM.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:56 PM
Apr 2020

TERRORISTS


#TrumpsATerrorist #LockTrumpUp

 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
68. All of these men protesting look alike
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:57 PM
Apr 2020

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

(18,876 posts)
70. We're going to have another civil war.
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 05:59 PM
Apr 2020

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

Lady_Chat

(561 posts)
73. This is Trump's fault 100% He really went after her for speaking up about PPE and equipment shortage
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:02 PM
Apr 2020

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

(373 posts)
74. Wouldn't This Be Interesting
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:10 PM
Apr 2020

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!!!

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
77. civil war maybe
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:12 PM
Apr 2020

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

(2,949 posts)
80. Twas less than 2 years ago
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 08:47 PM
Apr 2020

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

(19 posts)
81. This scene
Fri May 1, 2020, 02:12 AM
May 2020

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

(577 posts)
82. Crosshairs meme.
Fri May 1, 2020, 05:12 AM
May 2020

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

colsohlibgal

(5,276 posts)
83. Looks Like It Can Happen Here
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:28 AM
May 2020

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.

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