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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 08:58 PM Sep 2015

Anti-Muslim Activist Says He Plans To Arrest Dem Sen. Debbie Stabenow

This may be Jon Ritzheimer's craziest stunt yet.

The organizer of a protest and "Draw Mohammad" cartoon contest earlier this year outside a Phoenix mosque threatened in an open letter posted online Monday to arrest a Democratic senator over her support for the Iranian nuclear deal.

The open letter did not appear publicly on Ritzheimer's Facebook page, but his supporters posted it on their profiles. In the letter, Ritzheimer, a former U.S. Marine, identified himself as a member of two loosely-organized militia groups — the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters — and announced that he and "a growing number of patriots" planned to arrest Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).

"She will be arrested for treason under Article 3 Section 3 of the Constitution," the open letter read. "We have chosen her as our first target due to our strong ties with the Michigan State Militia and their lax gun laws that will allow us to operate in a manner necessary for an operation like this. After we successfully detain her we will continue to move across the country and arrest everyone involved with the Iran Nuke Deal. Even the President who brokered this deal."

A Stabenow aide declined to comment on the letter to Roll Call. U.S. Capitol Police told the publication that law enforcement was monitoring the situation, however.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/jon-ritzheimer-debbie-stabenow-threat

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Anti-Muslim Activist Says He Plans To Arrest Dem Sen. Debbie Stabenow (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2015 OP
Sounds like a kidnapping conspiracy against a federal official to me. Scootaloo Sep 2015 #1
Hey, she's MY Senator!!! I'll kick his ASS!! Siwsan Sep 2015 #2
Mine too! We love Debbie here! Takket Sep 2015 #18
This guy Ritzheimer reminds me of an episode in the Andy Griffith show. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #3
That was Gomer, not Goober. eom MohRokTah Sep 2015 #5
I remember that episode Siwsan Sep 2015 #7
This is the very definition of sedition. MohRokTah Sep 2015 #4
"We have chosen her as our first target due to ... (Michigan's) lax gun laws." PSPS Sep 2015 #6
Muslim boy with clock gets arrested. White "Christian" supremacist conspiring to kidnap a sitting Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8
+1,000 malaise Sep 2015 #17
Damn you nailed it! Takket Sep 2015 #19
!! gollygee Sep 2015 #22
who the hell are these people? spanone Sep 2015 #9
This kind of "stoopid" is on a whole other level. jaysunb Sep 2015 #10
Sometimes you gotta destroy the Constitution and the law in order to uphold them! pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #15
Um...yes, that would appear to be the thinking... jaysunb Sep 2015 #16
Is this the guy who tried to raise money on Go Fund Me after a previous stunt? Laurian Sep 2015 #11
Sounds like somebody wants to go to jail. longship Sep 2015 #12
It's the thing to do now for right winders. RandySF Sep 2015 #14
Hello, FBI? shenmue Sep 2015 #13
Too busy entrapping Muslim and parading them before the media to go after Christians Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #20
Sounds like he needs a few years to cool off hifiguy Sep 2015 #21

Siwsan

(26,263 posts)
2. Hey, she's MY Senator!!! I'll kick his ASS!!
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:06 PM
Sep 2015

Do NOT mess with Senator Stabenow. She is a real treasure.

And as for the Michigan Militia - don't they have a military recruitment office to protect? They are STILL hanging out at the one that's down the street from me.

Takket

(21,573 posts)
18. Mine too! We love Debbie here!
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 06:37 AM
Sep 2015

I would almost say let them do it and as soon as they touch her, arrest the whole lot of them for false arrest, kidnapping and false inprisonment and throw the whole lot on jail!!! That's my fantasy anyway but it would never happen. These kooks are way to dangerous. They would probably just murder her if allowed close enough.

PatrickforO

(14,576 posts)
3. This guy Ritzheimer reminds me of an episode in the Andy Griffith show.
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:07 PM
Sep 2015

I think it was Goober who got pissed at Barney Fife and came up yelling, 'Citizen's arrest! Citizen's arrest!'

LOL

crickets...

I guess you had to be there...

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
4. This is the very definition of sedition.
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:08 PM
Sep 2015

I'm sure the FBI and SS have this asshole under close scrutiny and will swoop in to arrest his dumb ass the moment he makes a move.

Of course, he's a fucking coward who is only after donations, so they won't have anything to do.

PSPS

(13,599 posts)
6. "We have chosen her as our first target due to ... (Michigan's) lax gun laws."
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:11 PM
Sep 2015

That says it all in a nutshell.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
8. Muslim boy with clock gets arrested. White "Christian" supremacist conspiring to kidnap a sitting
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:12 PM
Sep 2015

American Congressperson using violence with support from a violent organization gets some scolding in the Internet?

Institutional racism and a focused demonization and violence towards an identifiable minority group based purely on xenophobia is no longer a future possibility to be afraid of in America and guard against, the guard was let down by the mass media and the horror is already here.

The fear these animals cling to to justify their hatred is a pitiful thing to behold.

Takket

(21,573 posts)
19. Damn you nailed it!
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 06:39 AM
Sep 2015

And don't forget bundys on camera with guns pointed at federal officials heads. No arrests!

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
10. This kind of "stoopid" is on a whole other level.
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 09:22 PM
Sep 2015

Publically announcing your intent to commit multiple felonies involving a federal official may require mental health intervention.

longship

(40,416 posts)
12. Sounds like somebody wants to go to jail.
Wed Sep 23, 2015, 10:28 PM
Sep 2015

Me! Me! Look at me! I wanna go to jail! But first look at me!

RandySF

(58,884 posts)
14. It's the thing to do now for right winders.
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 12:13 AM
Sep 2015

Go to jail, get out and make money on the right wing talk circuit.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
20. Too busy entrapping Muslim and parading them before the media to go after Christians
Thu Sep 24, 2015, 08:34 AM
Sep 2015

who openly and voluntarily threaten the same kind of violence?

I guess.

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