Teabagger calls for hanging death of Senator Patty Murray

[Bluebear]

A tea party gathering in Asotin County, Washington turned more than a bit ugly on Saturday when a featured speaker actually called for the hanging of Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), the fourth ranking Democrat in the Senate and a vulnerable re-election candidate.

"How many of you have watched the movie Lonesome Dove?," asked an unidentified female speaker from the podium. "What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd. He got hung. And that's what I want to do with Patty Murray."

The event, which about 500 people attended, was organized by Lewis and Clark Tea Party Patriots, a group that (somewhat appropriately) advocates "Freedom of speech" as a cherished principle.

That a sanctioned speaker called for a hanging of an elected official, however, seriously pushes the boundaries of First Amendment freedom. And it's yet one more example of how the Tea Party movement is a double-edged sword for the mainstream political officials who seek to harness its energy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/17/idaho-tea-party-speaker-h_n_466261.html

[carl_dalton]

1. Federal law says 6 yrs in jail for threatening a member of Congress::

<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/display.html?terms=115&url=/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000115----000-.html>
TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 7 > § 115
(a)
(1) Whoever—
(B) threatens to assault, kidnap, or murder, a United States official, a United States judge, a Federal law enforcement officer, or an official whose killing would be a crime under such section,
with intent to impede, intimidate, or interfere with such official, judge, or law enforcement officer while engaged in the performance of official duties, or with intent to retaliate against such official, judge, or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of official duties, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(b)
(4) A threat made in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine under this title or imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years, or both, except that imprisonment for a threatened assault shall not exceed 6 years.
(c) As used in this section, the term—
(4) “United States official” means the President, President-elect, Vice President, Vice President-elect, a Member of Congress, a member-elect of Congress, a member of the executive branch who is the head of a department listed in 5 U.S.C. 101, or the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

[Mari333]

3. there you go! and welcome to DU

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[Divine Discontent]

4. that speaker needs sent off... plain and simple.

[Bluebear]

6. Indeed and welcome to DU!

[kestrel91316]

14. I am sorry to be the one to inform you that laws only apply to Democrats.

No one will do a damned thing about this guy's overt threat. ESPECIALLY since the person threatened is a Democrat.

[Bitwit1234]

15. S.O.B. isn't it about time we fought back about this crap

they think they can get away with anything. We don't live in Washington but as soon as I install my ink cartridge I am going to send off a letter and demand they arrest this person. THE LAW IS THE LAW and since the crummy bunch of republican members of congress are forever reciting it in regards to Democrats lets all do it ...are you chicken I sure as hell ain't.

[Divine Discontent]

2. She said SHE wants to kill her, that's a threat of murder, plain and simple, and, as a speaker

could encourage her followers to do it. Is there not a crime in there somewhere?

[ddeclue]

5. Call the FBI and Secret Service.. send them the tape.

[xxqqqzme]

7. I have heard the cpac swarm

is bragging that they will have a Nancy Pelosi pinata head that swarmers can hit up-side-the-head for entertainment of the swarm.

I find that equally as disgusting since the desired result is to split the head open!

Not the same thing as the direct threat but can you even imagine the deafening roar of the rabid rong if a rethug head had been presented @ a gathering or that threat made against trent lott?.

[SoCalDem]

16. The whole "organization" has the mindset of a 13 yr old bully

:puke:

[Norrin Radd]

8. Yikes.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. How I'd love to see a 'bagger sweating it out facing federal charges.

Orgasmic material.

[SoCalDem]

10. They like a little blood in their tea, don't they?

Calling for harm to another seems to be in their DNA..

[Bluebear]

11. It's a violent bunch, no doubt.

And it seems as they really get off on it. They don't want to defeat their political opponents, they want to hang/kill/etc them.

Sick.

[Bluebear]

20. .

[gratuitous]

12. Well, it's not like they can win at the ballot box

So I guess insurrection is all they have going for them.

[kestrel91316]

13. kestrel calls for hanging death of teabagger.

[pbrower2a]

18. Go to jail, go directly to jail, do not collect $200 for passing GO

Calls for violence against elected officials make a travesty out of our electoral process. Someone needs to be made into an example.

[Glimmer of Hope]

19. I hope the Secret Service does some door knocking.

[Sebastian Doyle]

21. Geezus, I know that she votes the wrong way about half the time anymore

but that's a bit extreme, isn't it?

Sadly, it's not that unusual for the east of the mountains crowd to say something like that. A fucking state senator (Repuke, of course) once called a press conference in a parking lot across the street from the State Dept. of Ecology and said "we need to start shootin' state employees". And yeah, he was re elected after saying it.

Scary fucking people on that side of the state. :scared:

[Zoeisright]

22. Report them to the FBI - I just did!

And then sent them a 'nice' note to tell them about it.

Here's their contact form:

http://www.teapartypatriots.org/Contact.aspx

Let's all do it!

[upi402]

23. As I posted on another forum, what if this was said about BushCo

We should show these whackos what a free speech zone feels like!

[Solly Mack]

24. and on Sunday she praised Jesus. Her name is Dianne Capps, btw.

http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache:_hpGNWe5p_8J:teapartypatriots.ning.com/profile/diannecapps+Dianne+Capps&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk

That's her...just add her glasses.