How many of you think the orange slime has deputized Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

[Jilly_in_VA]

to kidnap people off the streets under the guise of "ICE", and this is the reason for the masks and refusal to give identities? It hadn't occurred to me until someone mentioned it on another forum, but now I firmly believe it. What say the rest of you?

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[Melon]

1. We have become the party of conspiracy theory....

[Bettie]

2. I chose not sure

because if he hasn't eventually he will.

[magicarpet]

3. It can be certain Roger Stone has all these groups on speed dial.

They all think they are Masters of the Universe since djt gave them pardons.

[Dan]

4. No different

Than Southern Sheriffs and the Klan.

[Kaleva]

5. Why bother deputizing them?

What would be the purpose if they don't show ID and are wearing masks?

[Jilly_in_VA]

6. DUH

So we don't know whether they're really ICE or not!

[Kaleva]

9. They refuse to show any ID already

Unless they show ID of any kind, which they aren't doing, there's no way to find out if they've been deputized by Trump or if they are ICE agents

Your words:

"How many of you think the orange slime has deputized Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
to kidnap people off the streets under the guise of "ICE", and this is the reason for the masks and refusal to give identities?"

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Do you think that ICE or the police contained no one at all willing to do that shit?

I think it just takes a manager who knows a few of their employees are fellow fascists, and they can put together snatch squads. They wear masks because they know many people will shun them for it, it if becomes known.

[Ping Tung]

8. Why should he bother? ICE thugs are already kidnapping protestors, refugees, and ordinary immigrants.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Dunno, but it looks like the plan.

There's a growing body of evidence showing the Republican Party has a paramilitary wing

by María Isabel Puerta Riera
Alternet, March 16, 2021

United States Senator Ron Johnson said recently that he wasn't scared when, on January 6, armed insurgents sacked and looted the United States Capitol. They "love this country," the Wisconsin Republican said. But "had the tables been turned and President Trump won the election and tens of thousands of Black Lives Matter and antifa [stormed the seat of government], I might have been a little concerned."

That statement was disturbing not only for the implicit racism it carried, but for the stunning confirmation of what's becoming clear to those of us who are paying attention. The Republican Party has a paramilitary problem, and it isn't new.

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The Republican Party seems to be very comfortable with these groups around, as we have seen in Nevada, Oregon, Michigan, and other states. However, this is not a recent venture, since the accounts of strengthening ties can be traced back even before Trump won the election in 2016. The openness about their common interests is perhaps new, but it's not surprising. Alarms were sounded when state Senate Majority Leader, Republican Mike Shirkey of Michigan, participated in a rally organized by paramilitaries that stormed the Michigan Capitol back in April 2020 alongside a member of a group involved in the planned kidnapping of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Though Michigan has a history of paramilitaries, the state GOP had tied itself to them, especially since the election as party co-chair of Meshawn Maddock. She organized a protest to interrupt ballot counting in Detroit, where paramilitaries were present.

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https://www.alternet.org/2021/03/republican-paramilitaries/