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Eugene

(61,945 posts)
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:34 PM May 2020

'Cowboys for Trump' leader chided for 'dead Democrat' remark

Source: Associated Press

‘Cowboys for Trump’ leader chided for ‘dead Democrat’ remark

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
May 20, 2020

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — The founder of a group Cowboys for Trump who also serves as a New Mexico county commissioner is facing calls to resign after he metaphorically said in a video, “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

In the video posted Tuesday on social media, Republican Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin said Democrats were anti-American and opposed to President Donald Trump.

“I’ve come to a place where I’ve come to the conclusion that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat,” Griffin said in a video on the Cowboys for Trump Facebook and Twitter pages. The crowd at an unknown event began to cheer. It was not clear when it was recorded.

“I don’t say that in the physical sense, and I can already see where the videos getting edited where it says I want to go murder Democrats. No,” Griffin continued. “I say that in the political sense because the Democrat agenda and policy is anti-American right now.”

By late Tuesday, a clip of the first part of Griffin’s comments circulated among Democrats who called for him to resign from the county commission.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/338e462b1dde54e926ef4b637b406be7


FILE - In this March 12, 2019, file photo, Otero County Commissioner and Cowboys for Trump founder Coy Griffin denounces gun control and pro-abortion rights bills in the New Mexico State Legislature at a protest outside the Statehouse in Santa Fe, N.M. The group said this week seek arbitration in a fight with the New Mexico Secretary of State over fines and required reports. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
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'Cowboys for Trump' leader chided for 'dead Democrat' remark (Original Post) Eugene May 2020 OP
So, he's a county commissioner, a government bureaucrat, not a real cowboy. Aristus May 2020 #1
He's also a pastor, apparently. Mariana May 2020 #13
What is that dead varmint around his neck? tanyev May 2020 #2
I don't know, but it's Harker May 2020 #8
A fox fur stole. These used to be high fashion for rich women -- NOT for men. nt eppur_se_muova May 2020 #10
That's what I thought. tanyev May 2020 #12
Hey, Griffin! PJMcK May 2020 #3
CowPies for Trump lame54 May 2020 #4
Ass... ZenDem May 2020 #5
The... Newest Reality May 2020 #6
Do think for a moment this is Wellstone ruled May 2020 #7
Eat shit and die, "Cowboy" (nt) Paladin May 2020 #9
Yep... The wild west where men are men and sheep are nervous world wide wally May 2020 #11
village people IcyPeas May 2020 #14
Hey, dumbass, no one needs to "edit" a video to hear you calling for dead Democrats. Midnight Writer May 2020 #15
Cosplay for Trump, more like. LARPers for Trump. TheBlackAdder May 2020 #16

Aristus

(66,462 posts)
1. So, he's a county commissioner, a government bureaucrat, not a real cowboy.
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:41 PM
May 2020

Few of these hammerheads are. All hat and no cattle...

Mariana

(14,860 posts)
13. He's also a pastor, apparently.
Wed May 20, 2020, 03:34 PM
May 2020
Griffin Seeks Otero County Commission District 2 Seat

ALAMOGORDO – Couy Griffin believes his experience as pastor of the New Heart Church in Alamogordo will help him administer the needs of the county.

Griffin, a Republican, is running against Democrat Christopher Jones for the District 2 Otero County Commission seat in the November general election.

“Most of my morals and principles do come from my faith,” he said.


https://www.alamogordonews.com/story/news/local/community/2018/10/30/republican-candidate-county-commissioner-griffin-faith/1763610002/

PJMcK

(22,048 posts)
3. Hey, Griffin!
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:45 PM
May 2020

Most of us stopped dressing up to play Cowboys and Indians when we were about 8 or 9 years old. You might reconsider your wardrobe if you want to be taken seriously.

Also, your projection of yourself as a "rugged individual" is undercut by the fact that you work for the government! Hypocrite.

ZenDem

(442 posts)
5. Ass...
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:46 PM
May 2020

There is a likelihood that one of his relatives, a close friend, someone he cares about...is a Democrat.

Years ago I was at a bar and overheard a friend saying he'd shoot a Dem on sight. I told him to go for it. He had no clue I was a Democrat. He did apologize and admitted he had family that were Dems.

Anyone, right or left, that says anything like this is an ass. I won't wish harm on anyone just because of a political affiliation. I don't have to like them, agree with them or share a meal with them, but I don't need them to die in order to do so. Small freaking minded shits.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. The...
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:47 PM
May 2020

The Republican Death Cult(tm) on parade. They are starting to be like their admired predecessors and violence and aggression disguised as self-preservation becomes more prevalent as their projected fears and paranoia become more difficult to repress or introspect on.

How sick and disgusting can it get when Coy Griffin wears the carcass of his dead girlfriend around his neck like that. They are a barbaric heathens putting on wedge issues and using them to push a dangerous agenda.

These are not patriots. They are not real Christians. They are more like the Orange Shirt harbingers of a new form of Fascism, American-style.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. Do think for a moment this is
Wed May 20, 2020, 01:52 PM
May 2020

the only Idiot County Commissioner who has utter that statement. Here in the South West,we got a lot of them. Kick myself for not carrying my phone years ago when dealing with a few of these nasty people.

Midnight Writer

(21,795 posts)
15. Hey, dumbass, no one needs to "edit" a video to hear you calling for dead Democrats.
Wed May 20, 2020, 03:48 PM
May 2020

You said it.

In public.

Word for word.

Not a "metaphor".

Not sarcasm.

Idiot.

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