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(34,195 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:32 PM May 2020

Hillary Clinton calls armed Michigan lockdown protests 'domestic terrorism'

Hillary Clinton is condemning armed protests calling for the end to stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, calling the demonstrations "domestic terrorism."
"Armed men storming a legislature to disrupt its democratic proceedings is domestic terrorism. It cannot be tolerated," Clinton tweeted Friday.

Her tweet linked to an article by Newsweek about Michigan choosing to close down its Capitol and cancel its legislative session after armed protests and death threats to Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Some 200 protesters turned out for Thursday's event, where one demonstrator was seen carrying an American flag with a doll hanging by a noose. The event mirrored a similar protest at the end of April, during which hundreds of protesters — many armed with rifles — entered the Capitol. One man is reportedly facing charges over death threats to Whitmer, and Newsweek reports there have been posts online calling to lynch her as well as suggestions to crowdfund for a hitman.

President Trump has offered his support to protesters demonstrating against state orders (calling them “very good people”.



https://thehill.com/homenews/news/498060-hillary-clinton-calls-armed-michigan-lockdown-protests-domestic-terrorism
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Hillary Clinton calls armed Michigan lockdown protests 'domestic terrorism' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP
I've said this before. murielm99 May 2020 #1
Unwashed ruffians. comradebillyboy May 2020 #5
smelling bad is FREEDOM! Bathing is TYRANNY! DBoon May 2020 #9
Why are these buffoons into "TRYANNY". madinmaryland May 2020 #31
These guys are dirty white trash, nothing like hippies. ancianita May 2020 #14
Beer bellied brownshirts. murielm99 May 2020 #19
Confederate Neck Beards, really? SouthernAtheist May 2020 #21
Of course it is! BlueMTexpat May 2020 #2
Start arresting them for violation of the governor's EO. roamer65 May 2020 #3
Why arent they? oldsoftie May 2020 #11
The guidance from the state is it's a misdemeanor, up to 90 days and $500 fine. roamer65 May 2020 #13
Kick dalton99a May 2020 #4
There's no way Ohiogal May 2020 #6
This right here. Beartracks May 2020 #15
Anarchy and nihilism all wrapped up together. LastDemocratInSC May 2020 #18
K&R ck4829 May 2020 #7
Hey, these are rough, tough MANLY-MEN she's talking about! Buns_of_Fire May 2020 #8
It is funny that you put it that way. murielm99 May 2020 #10
THANK YOU!!!! relayerbob May 2020 #12
I have a dream..... albacore May 2020 #16
Would be nice, but... SouthernAtheist May 2020 #23
I could live with that.... albacore May 2020 #25
I agree. SouthernAtheist May 2020 #30
Yup... albacore May 2020 #32
hear hear madame president. AllaN01Bear May 2020 #17
Exactly what I called it. They should all been arrested and charges with that crime. Fla Dem May 2020 #20
HRC is right again!!! marieo1 May 2020 #22
Maybe the governor could do something? A bit more local power, there. jmg257 May 2020 #28
KNR Lucinda May 2020 #24
Billy Barr's Dirt Services (formerly DoJ) will get right on that -- burying evidence. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #26
And yet they get away with it...over and over. So much for "not tolerated". jmg257 May 2020 #27
K&R betsuni May 2020 #29

murielm99

(30,754 posts)
1. I've said this before.
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:35 PM
May 2020

Remember when they used to talk about dirty hippies?

They all look like they need to go home and take a bath.

DBoon

(22,385 posts)
9. smelling bad is FREEDOM! Bathing is TYRANNY!
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:29 PM
May 2020

Freedom doesn't just mean the freedom to spread the coronavirus, it also means the freedom to spread body lice

 

SouthernAtheist

(45 posts)
21. Confederate Neck Beards, really?
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:30 PM
May 2020

Not A GOOD LOOK, guys! LOL. No need for the Stars and Bars when you look like every slave owner in every faded old photo from the south.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
13. The guidance from the state is it's a misdemeanor, up to 90 days and $500 fine.
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:33 PM
May 2020

They need to enforce it.

Ohiogal

(32,030 posts)
6. There's no way
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:55 PM
May 2020

A sitting President should be undermining orders from a state’s governor in favor of a handful of terrorists. Just mind boggling.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,188 posts)
8. Hey, these are rough, tough MANLY-MEN she's talking about!
Sat May 16, 2020, 01:58 PM
May 2020

Yep, the same ones who trained for at least a week in their backyard to prepare for the end of civilization and who are now losing their shit because they can't go out to get a triple chocolate espresso vanilla smoothie cappuccino macchiato at their local Starbuck's! (Or have their hair done, I forget which.)

The line has obviously been drawn.

murielm99

(30,754 posts)
10. It is funny that you put it that way.
Sat May 16, 2020, 02:41 PM
May 2020

They look like the kind of guys who go to the barber for a buzz cut. They probably drink black coffee from a thermos, laced with cheap booze.

I LOLed when I tried to picture them doing what you suggested.

relayerbob

(6,548 posts)
12. THANK YOU!!!!
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:12 PM
May 2020

I've been saying it since this all started, glad to see her joining in publicly. You know she said it privately all along.

albacore

(2,399 posts)
16. I have a dream.....
Sat May 16, 2020, 03:46 PM
May 2020

Hillary Clinton, as Attorney General of the US under Pres. Biden, takes huge steps to stop this kind of shit. And investigate the Republicans ENDLESSLY.

Tell me that doesn't excite you....

 

SouthernAtheist

(45 posts)
23. Would be nice, but...
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:40 PM
May 2020

I would prefer the appellation of:

Madame Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

When I dream, I dream BIG. Hang in there Ruthie, we need your seat for someone for whom the republican’s rage will burn bright enough to light up all of Washington D.C. for decades to come.

albacore

(2,399 posts)
25. I could live with that....
Sat May 16, 2020, 05:55 PM
May 2020

But I'm a very SMALL person. My feelings about revenge on the Republicans runs very deep. And I think HRC would carry that out. In the name of Justice, of course.

But SCOTUS would be OK, too.

 

SouthernAtheist

(45 posts)
30. I agree.
Sat May 16, 2020, 06:28 PM
May 2020

Perhaps we could compromise? Hillary as AG, and Obama on the SC? I had joked before that that's what a President Hillary should do as revenge for the theft of a SC seat by the Turtle.

Fla Dem

(23,717 posts)
20. Exactly what I called it. They should all been arrested and charges with that crime.
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:29 PM
May 2020

Of course that may have escalated the insurrection even more to where there was actualarmed conflict.

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
22. HRC is right again!!!
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:34 PM
May 2020

Hilary Clinton would've made a wonderful president, she is brilliant and she is right on about these domestic terrorists. No other administration would have ever put up with it. DJT is a terrorist just like these creeps.

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