Matt Gaetz Tells Fans to Carry Out 'Armed Rebellion' Against Government if Necce

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Matt Gaetz Tells Fans to Carry Out 'Armed Rebellion' Against Government if Neccessary

I suppose being dumb as a box of rocks doesn't matter if no one does anything about it.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/matt-gaetz-tells-fans-to-carry-out-armed-rebellion-against-government-if-neccessary?ref=home

Matt Gaetz Tells Fans to Carry Out ‘Armed Rebellion’ Against Government if Neccessary
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Jamie Ross, News Correspondent
Published May. 28, 2021 5:56AM ET

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) appeared next to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) at a Georgia rally Thursday night, giving MAGA fans the chance to see two of most crazed lawmakers in the land at one terrible event. They lived up to their billing, with Greene putting on a mocking Mexican accent, and Gaetz—having learned precisely zero lessons from the Capitol riot—spouting off about “armed rebellion.” After whining about conservatives being “canceled,” or, in other words, being removed from social media for inciting hate and violence, the congressman moved on to talk about the Second Amendment. “It’s not about hunting, it’s not about recreation, it’s not about sports,” he said. “The Second Amendment is about maintaining, within the citizenry, the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary.” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) tweeted a clip of the speech and said: “This is not speech protected by the First Amendment. This is beyond yelling fire in a theater.”

Well, yeah..

That's what it's for. [see 1776]

Fullduplexxx (4,578 posts)

2. Another one inciting a mob because he doesnt want to go to prison

Star Member 2naSalit (49,878 posts)

3. +1

I think his call for armed rebellion is illegal too.

Star Member PatSeg (37,793 posts)

22. How did this nut get a law degree?

He is in deep shit already and he keeps on digging the hole deeper. Its gotten so bad that the only member of congress who will hang out with him is Greene! I think he's close to hitting bottom.

Star Member Rebl2 (3,518 posts)

28. He should

be arrested right now for calling for a terrorist attack on our government.

Star Member HAB911 (6,489 posts)

6. fundamental misunderstanding of the 2A which allows fighting FOR the government, not against the government

what he advocates is sedition

he should be in jail

 

TheRickles (624 posts)

29. Why haven't they?

How much more blatant must a threat be, before some government agency intervenes? I assume, like HC, it'd be the FBI. Perhaps there's another mechanism, but either way, there have to be consequences for making threats like these.

Evolve Dammit (5,581 posts)

11. He needs to be cuffed and stuffed calling for "armed rebellion." That transcends "free speech" for

those who took the Congressional oath. That is inciting violence against the U.S.

fwvinson (256 posts)

18. 18 U.S. Code § 1111 - Murder

 

Star Member Tommymac (4,454 posts)

24. Until They are held accountable the Madness will continue

Simple as that. We are fast becoming the laughing stock of the entire Free World.

Responsible Global Citizens know we elected a responsible President...but they can't get their heads around the fact We are letting the lunatics run the asylum in the Media, the Federal legislature, Courts, and not charging anyone with anything and letting the Rethugs drive the 1/6 Circus narrative.

Just sayin'.

 

[DLR Pyro]

Fullduplexxx (4,578 posts)

2. Another one inciting a mob because he doesnt want to go to prison

giving a lesson in the reason for the 2nd Amendment is not inciting a mob.

This "inciting a mob" really looks like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCDe7vdFfw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgAe8WhuPw0

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Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) tweeted a clip of the speech and said: “This is not speech protected by the First Amendment. This is beyond yelling fire in a theater.”

So rep. Adam Kinzinger is another cretin using an overturned court case as the basis for his opinion on what is permissible speech.

Star Member HAB911 (6,489 posts)

6. fundamental misunderstanding of the 2A which allows fighting FOR the government, not against the government

what he advocates is sedition

he should be in jail

Even a cursory bit of research shows that the 2nd amendment is based on English laws that recognized the right to personal defense, and that it was intended in part as a check on the Federal Government.

[Wineslob]

We are fast becoming the laughing stock of the entire Free World.

Well, when you have leaders of the free world saying that the current pRESident is feeble minded...........

[Crazy Horse]

I’m just going to say, I bet he said more after that making that quote by him useless…

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Leftists: "THE FOUNDERS WROTE THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS TO FIGHT FOR THE GOVERNMENT, NOT AGAINST IT!"

The Founders:

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“The Second Amendment is about maintaining, within the citizenry, the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary.”

So what's the problem? Did someone have plans to make armed rebellion necessary?

[SVPete]

So what's the problem? Did someone have plans to make armed rebellion necessary?

  I added a little emphasis for the sake of DU onlurkers who might be slow on the uptake.