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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTO hell with the Cruz "sex scandal." This is far worse.
Cruz is a religious fascist, who courts the support of preachers like Kevin Swanson who wants to kill all gays.
And this gun-hugging asshole.
Pratt: 'The Second Amendment Is All About People Like Judge Garland'
Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 3/25/2016 11:15 am
Larry Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America, implied this week that Judge Merrick Garland could be assassinated if he continues to rule in opposition to the Second Amendment, saying that the Second Amendment is all about people like Judge Garland, so there is a limit to how far he can go.
The gun activist made the comments on Trunews, an End-Times-themed radio program hosted by Rick Wiles, a notorious right-wing conspiracy theorist. Pratt has delivered similar warnings to other officials who he believes are hostile to the Second Amendment.
Pratt, an activist with ties to the militia movement whose extremist gun group has been heralded by Ted Cruz, repeated two debunked claims about Garland, President Obamas nominee for the vacant Supreme Court seat, falsely claiming that Garland voted in support of a Washington, D.C., handgun ban and a national gun registry.
He voted against Dick Heller, Pratt said. He voted against the idea that any citizen of the District of Columbia has an individual right to keep and bear arms. This is the guy that has been told to us by many folks, including the president, that this is a moderate. Well, I guess in the Kremlin there are moderates but thats not the kind of moderate we need on the Supreme Court.
He added: He also voted to uphold Bill Clintons registration scheme in an earlier decision, so his track record is consistent and its one of opposition to the Second Amendment.
This prompted Wiles to ask what would happen to the Second Amendment if Garland were to join the Supreme Court.
Judicially, its in a heap of trouble, Pratt said. Happily, the Second Amendment is all about people like Judge Garland, so there is a limit to how far he can go, I think.
He went on to say that Republicans in Congress should impeach jurists like Garland for their supposed hostility to the Constitution.
Pratt has a history of saying that the Second Amendment is meant to give people the right to assassinate or intimidate leaders they dont like.
In Pratts view, the Second Amendment was created in order to instill in politicians a healthy fear in the back of their minds that they will be assassinated so theyll behave.
He explicitly told Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., that she should do her job in constant trepidation, knowing that if she tries to disarm Americans the way the British crown tried 240 years ago, the same sovereign people who constituted this government using the cartridge box someday may need to reconstitute it, as clearly anticipated by the Declaration of Independence.
When Alan Colmes asked him if he really does believe that politicians should have a healthy fear of being shot, Pratt replied: Sure, thats what the Second Amendment is all about.
Despite such rhetoric, Sen. Cruz has diligently courted and raised money for Pratt's group:
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pratt-second-amendment-all-about-people-judge-garland
villager
(26,001 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)... I would hope to all that is sacred that not a single DU member supports (in any way, shape or form) Larry Pratt and the GAO. If there is support I would suggest that they are posting on the wrong site
Larry Pratt stands at the intersection of guns and Jesus, lobbying for absolutely unrestricted distribution of firearms while advocating a theocratic society based upon Old Testament civil and religious laws. A pivotal figure in the rise of right-wing militia, or Patriot, groups, he spoke at the notorious 1992 Gathering of Christian Men in Estes Park, Colo., where 160 neo-Nazis, Klan members, anti-Semitic Christian Identity adherents and others arguably laid the groundwork for the militia movement that would explode in 1994.
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As a soldier defending "righteousness," Pratt sees guns as essential to that fight, which might come in the form of a race war. During a 2013 appearance on the "Talk to Solomon Show," posted on YouTube by Right Wing Watch, Pratt envisioned "some sort of social implosion" during President Obama's second term. "These folks in power are seeking that kind of confrontation, and it would be a wonderful surprise if it did not happen," Pratt said.
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While GOA is Pratt's highest-profile organization, he has founded several less successful groups to further his aims. The Committee to Protect the Family, an anti-abortion organization active in the 1980s and 90s, has shut down. U.S. Border Control, an anti-immigration group, is languishing in obscurity under new management.
Angel Martin
(942 posts)Larry Pratt and others who threaten judges and elected officials should be charged under the relevant Federal Statutes.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Cruz actually believes that shit.
appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)A real mess he is and definitely a reminder of Mr. Haney of 'Green Acres' TV show fame...
napkinz
(17,199 posts)appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)Should be a proverb.
bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Else You Are Mad
(3,040 posts)If either Hillary or Bernie was endorsed by, and courted support from, left wing communist terrorists that threatened the lives of right wing politicians, they would be forced to step down and it would be reported non-stop on network news. These GOP candidates should not be viable candidates!
herding cats
(19,565 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)"...But Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is arguing that the Second Amendment includes a right to revolt against government tyranny, a point of emphasis uncommon for mainstream presidential candidates.
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This "insurrectionist" argument, as Second Amendment expert and UCLA law professor Adam Winkler calls it, is popular among passionate gun owners and members of the National Rifle Association. But major party candidates for president don't often venture there.
"Most presidential candidates who support Second Amendment rights focus on self defense. In the past many have also emphasized hunting," said Winkler, author of the 2011 book Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America. "It's pretty rare for a presidential candidate to support the right of the people to revolt against the government."
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"I don't recall George Bush or Ronald Reagan ever saying the Second Amendment protects your right against tyranny," Winkler said. "It's like saying, 'Elect me president of your country so that you can revolt against me.' It's an odd way of thinking about government."
A screenshot of Cruz's email is available below. "
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/ted-cruz-second-amendment-government-tyranny
I'm sure teabag ted is all in favor of open carry rights at the repug convention in Cleveland. He'd have to be a complete hypocrite not to back that movement.