This thread discusses the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates pushed by #MikeFlynn & associates to challenge authority & assert supremacy of county sheriffs & governments over federal authority as part of an ongoing Christian nationalist insurrection against lawful authority. /1
.@PaulHRosenberg, citing Christian Right researcher Rachel Tabachnick, writes how Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates first emerged "out of Operation Rescue,” the anti-abortion movement, as way to challenge authority, even if violently. /2
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Matthew Trewhella, founder of Missionaries to the Preborn based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wrote a book on The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates in 2013 to develop his theory to challenge authority. /3
Rachel Tabachnick points out that Trewhella has met with government officials to use the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates to challenge authority over not just abortion, but also COVID, masks, land management, etc. /4
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Rachel Tabachnick notes that the “theocratic libertarianism” of Christian reconstructionism can be seductively appealing to libertarians who “may not realize what is supposed to be reconstructed after the government is stripped of regulatory powers.” /5
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Disgraced former general #MikeFlynn has actively promoted the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. He recommended followers read it in the July 30, 2021 America’s Future newsletter. /6
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Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates author Matthew Trewhella’s website lessermagistrate.com now redirects to defytyrants.com. The website explains the doctrine & has videos that are anti-LGBT, against forced vaccination, etc. /7
Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates author Matthew Trewhella says that “incremental gun law measures” are akin to tyranny & should be defied. /8
Matthew Trewhella’s Defy Tyrants website has a video showing Collier County, Florida’s consideration of a Bill of Rights Sanctuary County on June 22, 2021 as an example of how Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates could work. /9
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#CollierCounty Commissioners’ proposed Bill of Rights Sanctuary County ordinance said county “has the right to be free from the commanding hand of the federal government and has the right to refuse to cooperate with federal government officials” /10
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The speaker #AlfieOakes references #MikeFlynn and the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate book immediately in the clip on FB to support #CollierCounty, Florida becoming a Sanctuary County. /11
#AlfieOakes, who invoked the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates in #CollierCounty, previously sponsored Big Lie Stop the Steal buses to DC for January 6, 2021. He’s an #Immokalee agribusinessman, GOP state committeeman & owner of Seed to Table store. /12
Congressman #ByronDonalds spoke in favor of the Sanctuary County resolution, as did Sheriff Kevin Rambosk, who said he would take the ordinance to the Florida Sheriffs Association for approval there. /13
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An adviser to Congressman #ByronDonalds was in communication regarding the #AlfieOakes Big Lie Stop the Steal buses from #Naples, #Florida in early January 2021. /14
#CollierCounty, Florida Commissioners ultimately voted 3-2 against adopting the Bill of Rights Sanctuary County ordinance supported by #AlfieOakes, who invoked the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. /15
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Women Fighting for America, a project of #ChristieHutcherson based out of #Jacksonville, #Florida, references Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates in Action Plan. They support sheriffs who resist “unconstitutional” mandates & America First candidates. /16
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Women Fighting for America calls itself a “counter to the modern feminist movement." They encouraged Twitter followers to attend Big Lie Stop the Steal protests in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 & used the phrase “will be wild.” /17
Women Fighting for America founder #ChristieHutcherson, whose group supports Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates, said she would be present at January 5, 2021 Save America Rally in Washington DC. /18
Women Fighting for America founder #ChristieHutcherson interviewed CSPOA founder & Oath Keepers founding board member #RichardMack on Nov. 3, 2021. That movement asserts county sheriff supremacy over federal law. /19
CSPOA founder & Oath Keepers founding board member #RichardMack will soon be in #Orlando, #Florida area with #MikeFlynn, #PatrickByrne & #AlfieOakes to provide “Constitutional sheriff” training to subvert legal authority. /20
At meeting where election conspiracy theorist Joe Oltmann tried to defend against charges he called for political violence, Peter Lupia, candidate for El Paso County, Colorado clerk advocated Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates to defy lawful authority /21
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FEC United founder & election conspiracy theorist #JoeOltmann has also personally invoked the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates & says he has talked to #AmmondBundy, an anti-government militant & land use activist /22
Alex Newman, an #OrmondBeach, #Florida GOP candidate for #HD28 & editor for the John Birch Society magazine, has invoked the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. /23
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US Senate GOP candidate #NathanDahm of Oklahoma, a current Oklahoma State Senator & former Christian missionary, advocates the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates. /24
The Waukesha County Wisconsin Republican Party in the outer Milwaukee metropolitan area recommends the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates book. This whole thread below by @jnorcr is excellent. /25
Owen Strachan, a theology professor & senior fellow at the #ShadowNetwork Council for National Policy-aligned Family Research Council, says the spirit of the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates is defying public health guidance from Dr. Fauci. /26
The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates is flimsy ideological justification for the slow burn of the continuing insurrection after January 6, 2021, whereby Christian nationalists attempt to assert political & cultural hegemony in various policy arenas. /27
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