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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
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Siwsan
(26,263 posts)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)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)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)Siwsan
(26,263 posts)But I think it was Gomer.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)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)That says it all in a nutshell.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)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.
malaise
(269,022 posts)Crazy indeed
Takket
(21,573 posts)And don't forget bundys on camera with guns pointed at federal officials heads. No arrests!
Yep.
spanone
(135,841 posts)fucking insane.
jaysunb
(11,856 posts)Publically announcing your intent to commit multiple felonies involving a federal official may require mental health intervention.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)if you can call it that. (thinking)
Laurian
(2,593 posts)He looks familiar.
longship
(40,416 posts)Me! Me! Look at me! I wanna go to jail! But first look at me!
RandySF
(58,884 posts)Go to jail, get out and make money on the right wing talk circuit.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)who openly and voluntarily threaten the same kind of violence?
I guess.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)in the happy ol' federal slammer.