Oh Damn
Just the kind of headline that doesn’t need to be hidden away on a local station.
Okay, so the Trump supporters who got arrested for a plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer, hold a trial for her and then execute her, also had a B and C plan.
New filings claim there was a Plan B the militiamen had drawn up, that involved a takeover of the Michigan capitol building by 200 combatants who would stage a week-long series of televised executions of public officials.
And, according to government documents now on file in lower Michigan court, there was also a Plan C — burning down the state house, leaving no survivors.
These militia threats have carried over into Wisconsin and Illinois.
Now I’m sitting here thinking that while our rightwing Texas Governor has been silent about the spread of Covid in Texas, our big cities are run by Democratic mayors and county judges. I worry for them.
Meanwhile, some of the militia guys in Michigan are already out of jail on bond. And Trump’s egging them on about stealing elections.
Thanks to Kary for the heads up.
I got caught in one of those Trump parades, and I can verify that his majesty’s supporters are a different kind of crazy! I hope our Dem. office holders, from Congressman to dog catcher, are taking precautions!
1By the time these backwoods boys concocted Plan C, they must have put a serious dent in their survival beer.
2Why do I think of “Plan 9 From Outer Space?”
3The aliens’ plan was to zombify the dead to terrorize the living so that the aliens could control us.
If that was their 9th plan, what were the first 8 like?
So, the canvasser from Wayne got a call from Trump because he was concerned about her safety. But what did Whitmer get?
It’s as if these people think that the memory hole from “1984” is a real thing.
4Harry Eagar says:
“… the canvasser from Wayne got a call from Trump because he was concerned about her safety. ”
I’d like to hear exactly how that was worded. It sounds like a threat to me.
5The militia guys should not have been let out on bond–they’re a clear and present danger to the public and the legitimate government.
6Sounds like TREASON.
7Punishment for treason is death!
For that matter, why is Steve Bannon out on bail? He lives on a giant yacht with a Chinese fugitive. When you search “flight risk” that’s the first thing that comes up.
When the pandemic is over we need to re-think the whole concept of bail, and not just for bumbling would-be kidnappers.
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