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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:23 AM Oct 2019

Radical Christian Militia To Escort Trump In Minneapolis

Republicans at President Donald Trump’s rally in Minneapolis on Thursday will reportedly be escorted by a typically heavily armed group that has been called “one of the largest radical anti-government groups in the U.S. today.” That is how the SPLC describes the Oath Keepers, who refer to themselves as “guardians of the republic.”


[link:https://www.joemygod.com/2019/10/radical-christian-militia-to-escort-trump-in-minneapolis/|]

They are sooo excited they have put in an order for new uniforms for the occasion...


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Radical Christian Militia To Escort Trump In Minneapolis (Original Post) Soph0571 Oct 2019 OP
THIS is so fucking wrong! bluestarone Oct 2019 #1
Are they specifically Christian? I thought it was more of a LE/Military thing. Coventina Oct 2019 #2
Oath Keepers Rally Reveals Radical Politics of Group Celerity Oct 2019 #7
Thanks! Coventina Oct 2019 #12
yw! Celerity Oct 2019 #15
it's a white supremacy thing eShirl Oct 2019 #13
Oath Keeper... sounds like an adult diaper brand. C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #3
Found this article while looking for the golf-tog wearing patio-torch nazis from Charlottesville. Cerridwen Oct 2019 #4
I checked into the vague statement... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #5
Gun-humping losers dalton99a Oct 2019 #6
Morons. ooky Oct 2019 #11
How close is the Secret Service going to let them get? Aristus Oct 2019 #8
Not very, I think. I don't believe they will have any official role at all, MineralMan Oct 2019 #16
They aren't the only ones, either... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #9
We'll see how many of the right-wingers actually show up. MineralMan Oct 2019 #14
I hope there is no violence at this event. redstatebluegirl Oct 2019 #10
I think you misspelled ... GeorgeGist Oct 2019 #17

Coventina

(27,120 posts)
2. Are they specifically Christian? I thought it was more of a LE/Military thing.
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:29 AM
Oct 2019

Either way, they are goons with gunz.

Celerity

(43,383 posts)
7. Oath Keepers Rally Reveals Radical Politics of Group
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:39 AM
Oct 2019
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2013/07/25/oath-keepers-rally-reveals-radical-politics-group

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But nearly four years later, if there were any questions still remaining about what the Oath Keepers really are, an event the group has planned for this weekend should lay them all to rest. Starting on Friday at the Farragut State Park outside Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the Oath Keepers are hosting the Northwest Patriots and Self Reliance Rally. The lineup of participating allies is revealing.

There will be a workshop on colloidal silver — a substance that many on the radical right believe is a cure for all kinds of ailments that the government has kept secret from the people. In fact, the substance has no known medical use and, if used with the frequency that some radicals do, turns human skin blue.

There will be seminars on Agenda 21, a United Nations sustainability plan that has no legal enforcement mechanisms or requirements, but that the radical right is convinced is a secret plot to impose socialism on the United States. There will be representatives from the John Birch Society — a primary proponent of the Agenda 21 conspiracy theory, the idea that fluoridation of water is a Communist plot, and the charge that President Dwight D. Eisenhower was a Communist agent. Also scheduled to attend are Sheriff Richard Mack, a long-time darling of the antigovernment “Patriot” movement who has been encouraging county sheriffs to resist federal gun laws, and Chuck Baldwin, a far-right pastor and “constitutionalist” who moved to Montana several years ago to battle the incursions of the federal government.

Also featured will be training sessions on hand-to hand combat, nighttime military patrols, survival firearms, and preparation of “bug-out bags” — all of these an obvious reflection of the radical right’s obsessive fear that the government is about to move against the American people, seizing their guns and ending liberty.

“If you’re concerned about the future of America, if you’ve awakened to the peril facing our American heritage, our Judeo Christian way of life and the very existence of our future as a nation, if you realize the importance of preparing for an uncertain future and striving for a self-sufficient lifestyle, then there will only be one place to be,” a promotional radio advertisement about the rally says.


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Cerridwen

(13,258 posts)
4. Found this article while looking for the golf-tog wearing patio-torch nazis from Charlottesville.
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:30 AM
Oct 2019

It seems they have several "uniforms."

Decoding the Language of Extremist Clothing

You’re at a rally and you see a group of mostly white men, dressed alike and walking toward you. It’s a white supremacist group—but which one?


1. Identity Evropa

Mansplainer with a BA in Western civ.


2. Proud Boys

Fight Club, but for goofy, white frat boys.

<etc. See more at link>


Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
5. I checked into the vague statement...
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:31 AM
Oct 2019

"One of the largest..."

It is good to know just what is being to referred to there, otherwise, people are left to fill that in and that's not a good idea. I prefer more detail and accuracy in reporting. They claim 30,000 members, but that number is suspect.

The organization claims on its website that full membership is open to "currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, police, fire-fighters, other first responders (i.e. State Guard, Sheriff Posse/Auxiliary, Search & Rescue, EMT, other medical 1st responders, etc.) AND veterans/former members of those services," and that others who support the organization's mission can become associate members.[9] The organization claims to have up to 30,000 members, though this figure has been questioned by some critics.[26]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_Keepers

Aristus

(66,379 posts)
8. How close is the Secret Service going to let them get?
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:41 AM
Oct 2019

A bunch of lunatics in camo and carrying weapons. Are the Secret Service agents just supposed to assume they all have Pro-Trump good guy cards?

MineralMan

(146,313 posts)
16. Not very, I think. I don't believe they will have any official role at all,
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:50 AM
Oct 2019

and probably won't be allowed within range of Trump. The Secret Service is not an agency of idiots.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
9. They aren't the only ones, either...
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11:42 AM
Oct 2019
Minneapolis is bracing for a chaotic scene, with President Donald Trump set to speak Thursday in the heart of the city that overwhelmingly rejected him in 2016.

Two dozen disparate groups plan to protest the visit, from civil rights advocates to labor unions and self-identifying antifa or anti-capitalists. Some estimate more than 10,000 people will flood downtown to oppose the president’s visit.

They will be confronted by counterdemonstrators supporting the president, some of whom follow him across the country such as Bikers for Trump, along with the Minnesota-based Three Percenters militia. That’s in addition to the Trump fans who plan to jam the 19,000-seat Target Center.


(emphasis is mine)

http://www.startribune.com/as-trump-arrives-minneapolis-braces-for-impact/562671512/

It may be a hot time in the old town tonight.
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