Remember, the GOP was silent on this:
“The federal investigation [into the plot against Governor Whitmer] dates to early [2020] when the FBI learned through social media that individuals were discussing the violent overthrow of several state governments and law enforcement.”
When Trump tear gassed protestors so he could hold a Bible for photos, Republican Senators were asked to go on the record about it.
Silence.
This didn’t receive a lot of coverage, but the Whitmer plotters also discussed kidnapping the Governor of Virginia.
So, of the three states that Trump called to “liberate,” there were plots against two. That we know about.
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If you don’t read another thing today, read this thread by @SenErikaGeiss, recalling the armed “protest” at the Michigan state house last April.
Pay attention to the details.
Why were legislators even there that day?
Who allowed them in the building?
h/t @satirehat
There was no agenda defined for scheduling the session that day.
“We have no idea why we were really scheduled to be here.”
After taking their early afternoon/late lunch recess, they returned to a statehouse filled with armed “militia” men (terrorists), looking over them from the balcony.
Armed men stormed the state legislature and shouted at lawmakers, “We’re here to make sure you vote the right way.”
That is terrorism.
It is the very definition of terrorism.
As I stated shortly after the insurrection against the U.S. Capitol, we need to view this event in MI, along with other armed “protests,” and similar events like the one in Oregon, as a step toward normalizing this behavior, in the lead up to January 6th.
And, as I said then, we should be looking at the funders, organizers, and promoters of all these events with fresh eyes now.
Until the people behind these acts face accountability and full public scrutiny, US democracy itself is still at risk of being attacked from within.
Because when you look at the various acts over the last 12-14 months that have been designed to stir people toward fear and authoritarian force, many of the same people seem to pop up behind all of them.
We know there were discussions of ways to prevent Biden and Dems from taking power as early as February, 2020.
We only know this because sources leaked details and recordings of secret CNP meetings, from February and August.
Probably just a coincidence that Trump tweeted this weirdness a month after that February CNP meeting.
Regardless, one thing that we *do* know is that the CNP was promoting a ‘fight back against the steal’ narrative in apocalyptic terms in their private gatherings - at least as early as August.
But, for some who were watching closely, it was painfully obvious long before August that pretexts were being created and amplified to lend justification for authoritarian power plays.
In hindsight, it is even more clear.
It’s very important that we don’t let any of this go until we see accountability.
So, in addition to Michigan and Virginia, the militia and ‘Wolverine Watchmen’ goons also planned to go after Ohio Governor Dewine.
“Accused Whitmer kidnap plotters also discussed attacking Ohio governor, feds say”
h/t @thebax33 @leesgirl9
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