MAGA Republicans Are A Threat To Our Democracy

[Rick Plant]

MAGA rioter who committed bloody attacks on police takes plea deal calling for up to 8 years



A Georgia man who attacked Capitol Police on January 6 and told one “you’re gonna die tonight” has pleaded guilty to assaulting officers with a dangerous weapon.

Jack Wade Whitton, 32, of Locust Grove, Georgia, entered the plea to one of the more serious felony charges to date among the 870 defendants arrested in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol. His plea deal, if accepted by a federal judge, would carry either sentencing range from 63 to 78 months, or 78 to 93 months.

“Whitton was part of a mob that confronted law enforcement officers at the Archway leading into the Capitol Building from the Lower West Terrace,” according to a Department of Justice news release. After another rioter kicked an office guarding the Capitol, Whitton jumped in.

“Whitton kicked at this officer, who was still on the ground. He then grabbed another MPD officer, first by his baton, then by the helmet and the neck of his ballistic vest. He pulled him down and started to drag the officer down a set of steps in a prone position. Others joined him in dragging this officer into the crowd, where other rioters beat the officer with weapons, including a flagpole and baton.”

As reported last year at Raw Story, “Whitton, allegedly told an officer, "You're going to die tonight," and later boasted in a text message that he had "fed him (an officer) to the people."

"Idk (I don't know) his status," Whitton wrote in the text message to a friend, referring to the officer. "And (I) don't care tbh (to be honest)."

According to court documents, the attack left one of the officers with head wounds that required staples to close. This was after rioters "ripped off his helmet, maced him, took his gas mask and MPD-issued cell phone, kicked him, struck him with poles, and stomped on him."

He used a metal crutch to beat one Capitol Police officer and kicked another. Afterward, he boasted of his bloody hands and that he “fed an officer to the people,” according to court documents.

https://www.rawstory.com/j6-jack-wade-whitton/

[Rick Plant]

Earlier this year Democrats brought a bill to the House floor to combat domestic terrorism in the United States.

This bill would have given more funding to police departments and law enforcement agencies to combat domestic terrorism coming from white supremacists and right wing militia groups.

Every single Republican except for Adam Kinzinger voted NO to protect you and your family from dangerous domestic terrorists.

Republicans can't claim they care about "crime and violence" when they just voted against a bill that prevents crime and violence from domestic terrorists.

Republicans sided with these right wing radicals that are intent on political violence. Republicans voted to protect the same MAGA insurrectionists that stormed the Capitol and beat police officers attempting to overthrow the government.

Republicans also sided with these white supremacists who are involved in mass shootings based on racism and antisemitism.

So when people say that MAGA Republicans are threat to our democracy, that is indeed correct, because MAGA Republicans in Congress voted to protect those MAGA Trump supporters that are a threat and a danger to our democracy through political violence coming from white supremacists and right wing militias.           

As you can see the official and final House vote below, 203 House MAGA Republicans voted "NO" to keeping American cities safe from violent domestic terrorists that threaten our democracy and the lives of Americans.   

[Rick Plant]

MAGA Republicans are now kicking 18 year olds.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's kicking of 18-year-old Gen Z activist may result in legal action



Controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia may have legal exposure after kicking an 18-year-old Gen Z activist and posting the video to her official congressional Twitter account.

"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) appeared to kick an unarmed demonstrator during a confrontation outside the Capitol on Thursday afternoon," The Washington Post reported.

The newspaper reported Greene "at first appearing to step on demonstrator Marianna Pecora’s foot" and then "appearing to intentionally draw back her foot and aim for Pecora’s leg."

“Oh my God,” Pecora said.

Pecora is the deputy communications director of the Gen. Z group Voters of Tomorrow and was with the group's executive director, Santiago Mayer, when the incident occurred.

On the issue of pressing charges, Mayer said, "we're talking to our legal team and keeping our options open."

"I’m so sorry but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect members of Congress to not kick an 18 year old citizen," Pecora said earlier.

"Think about the fact that a bunch of kids having meetings in Congress held themselves with better composure than a full grown adult and sitting member of Congress. Put a little more faith in Gen Z. Please and thank you," she added.

The group emailed a statement to reporters saying they were fed up.

"Far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has spent her time in office launching attacks against our democracy and the young people who will soon inherit it," the group wrote. "This afternoon, she took her offenses to another level, as she physically and verbally attacked members of our team. In addition to yelling at our Executive Director, a Mexican immigrant, to ‘go to another country,’ she physically assaulted another young staffer. Gen Z is fed up with politicians who continue to put our lives in danger, and this aggression is one of the most visible examples yet of what we are up against.”

Watch Video: https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1570530379550916609

[Rick Plant]

Thomas McDermott @tommcdermottjr

As a US Senate candidate, if I were caught in a picture, shouldering an automatic weapon, standing alongside an Antifa member, that would make headlines.

Somehow, this picture of #Indiana @SenToddYoung standing armed next to an “Oath Keeper” hasn’t made news at all. Go figure.

https://twitter.com/tommcdermottjr/status/1569401924809621510


IND Progressives @INDprogressives

Wells County Commissioner Mike Vanover is a member of the terrorist group, the Oath Keepers. Here he is hanging out with Indiana US Senator Todd Young.
#Indiana



https://twitter.com/INDprogressives/status/1569079897544425476

[Rick Plant]

This photo was taken last night at a Trump rally by @gmorsephoto. Biden was right when he called MAGA fascism. MAGA has their own Hitler salute for Trump. This is fascism.

[Rick Plant]

Violent MAGA Trump supporters will attack police officers with fire extinguishers as part of their political violence to overthrow the government.

MAGA Rioter Attacked Cops With Fire Extinguisher at Capitol

Watch

[Rick Plant]

‘Ignoring the truth is not a path forward’: Critics warn on Trump’s rally – ‘uncanny resemblance’ to ‘Nazi salute’



Donald Trump's Ohio weekend rally is being held up as a warning by critics who say it was a dystopian display of fascism and are sounding the alarm on his supporters’ religious-like supplication to QAnon and the former president – complete with a disturbing salute.

Central to their argument is this moment, at the end of Trump’s rally, when supporters raised their arms, holding one finger pointed in a QAnon reference, which many saw as far too close to, as The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes, the Nazi salute.


Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

The display bore an uncanny resemblance to the infamous Nazi salute. The incitement and zombie-like response should put to rest the notion that Biden should be “reaching out” to these people. They are unreachable, and pretending otherwise misleads voters.



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/19/trump-ohio-rally-qanon-media/

https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1571846259203342336


"Donald Trump has gone full QAnon. As he spoke during a rally for Ohio Republican candidates on Saturday, a soundtrack associated with the conspiracy theory played. That elicited one-armed salutes — another QAnon symbol — from many attendees,” Rubin says.

"The display bore an uncanny resemblance to the infamous Nazi salute,” Rubin warns at The Washington Post. “The delusional incitement and zombie-like response should put to rest the notion that President Biden (or anyone) should be ‘reaching out’ to these people. They are unreachable, and pretending otherwise misleads voters.”

Dean Obeidallah, an attorney, journalist, and host of SiriusXM Progress’ “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” posted video noting his concerns.


(((DeanObeidallah))) @DeanObeidallah

At Trump rally last night they introduced a new one arm salute to Trump. This is ACTUAL footage from his rally where Trump played music underneath what sounds like a prayer to the devil and the crowd responds with one armed salute to Trump. This is FASCISM on US soil.

Watch: https://twitter.com/i/status/1571471956645449728

https://twitter.com/DeanObeidallah/status/1571471956645449728


"Symbolism matters,” writes former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance, pointing to Rubin’s tweet. “This gesture is so reviled it’s impossible to miss it, and although it’s hard to believe anyone could intend it, ignoring the truth is not a path forward.”

Many others are ringing the warning bells.

NBC News and MSNBC military analyst Barry McCaffrey, a four star U.S. Army General (ret.) also makes the Hitlerian connection.

"Astonishing Trump language. The crowd is similar to a Nuremberg rally 1936."

As did government watchdog Citizens for Ethics (CREW).


Citizens for Ethics @CREWcrew

On the left, a Nazi rally in New York City in 1939.
On the right, a Trump rally in Ohio in 2022.





https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1571475307990863872

https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2022/09/ignoring-the-truth-is-not-a-path-forward-critics-warn-on-trumps-rally-uncanny-resemblance-to-nazi-salute/