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When Foxes Guard the Hen House
“I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us ‘having a revolution every now and then is a good thing,’ and the people — we the people — are going to have to fight back hard if we’re not going to lose our country.” (Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, WWTC 1280 AM, March 22, 2009)
“If this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies.” (2010 Republican nominee for US Senate Sharron Angle of Nevada)
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is.” (Donald Trump, August 9, 2016)
Back in 2017, in the August 21 issue of the Washington Post, a former senior analyst for domestic terrorism at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) named Daryl Johnson told us all “I told you so.”
Back in 2009, Johnson was the lead author of a DHS intelligence report titled Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment, warning of attempts by rightwing extremists to recruit military combat veterans and exploit their military training and combat skills. However, when Johnson’s report was leaked by conservative media, the new Obama administration’s Attorney…