Two days ago it felt obvious Trump and his supporters would be getting in on the act, and got this first one.
By Jessica Kwong On 10/9/19 at 12:21 PM EDT
Republicans at President Donald Trump's rally in Minneapolis on Thursday will reportedly be escorted by a typically heavily armed group that has been called "one of the largest radical anti-government groups in the U.S. today."
That is how the Southern Poverty Law Center describes the Oath Keepers, who refer to themselves as "guardians of the republic." On the group's website, it describes itself as a "non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders, who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to 'defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.'"
The Oath Keepers posted an alert on their site on Saturday stating volunteers were needed to "protect Trump supporters" at Trump's rally.
'This is a disaster': Right-wing militia group calls on Trump to retract tweet on Minneapolis protests
by Zachary Halaschak | May 29, 2020 10:36 AM
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The Oath Keepers said President Trump went too far with his tweets about the protests in Minneapolis over George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody.
The right-wing group, which has many former military and law enforcement members, said it wanted Trump's tweet, which says, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts," and was given a warning label by Twitter because it broke company rules about "glorifying violence," to be retracted.
“This is a disaster. President Trump needs to retract that statement ASAP, stating that he misspoke & did not mean to say that National Guard should shoot people for stealing. Arson is a very different matter — that's lethal force because setting fires can kill,” the Oath Keepers said on its Twitter account.
“I understand his frustration and anger at seeing the rampant looting and arson, but he needs to keep his cool and make sure that what he says is constitutional, lawful, and moral. There are ways to stop looting that respect life,” the series of tweets continued.
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