A sign in Maryland tells liberals to get their guns if they try to impeach Trump

[niyad]

A sign in Maryland tells liberals to get their guns if they try to impeach Trump

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(CNN)It's not uncommon to see political signs dotting the roadways; it's an election year, after all.
But one political sign in Maryland's Calvert County has residents doing a double take.
"Hey liberals," it reads. "Better get your guns if you try to impeach President Trump. From all of your deplorables in Calvert County."


The Calvert County Sheriff's Office told CNN it's received multiple calls since the sign went up a month ago. "It's been blowing up from both sides, take it down and leave it up," Captain Dave Payne said. Since it's on private property, there really isn't anything the sheriff's office can do.
"We contacted the state's attorney and they said while it's controversial, it's probably not illegal," Payne said.

As with everything these days, resident reaction to the sign has been polar opposites.
"I love the billboard," Michelle Rinker told CNN affiliate WJLA. "We're conservative and there's a lot of corruption that's happened in this country and I don't think it's threatening, (that is because you are a deplorable idiot)" she said. Another woman who didn't want to give her name, told WJLA that her young son is frightened by it. "I hate that billboard," she said. "I think it's very threatening. I don't like it at all."

The sheriff's office has spoken to the owner who said he would be taking it down soon.
But who knows what will go up in its place, Payne said. "He has something new up there every month," he said. "Last month it was about abortion and before that, about draining the swamp."


https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/10/us/maryland-controversial-sign-trnd/index.html

[elleng]

1. An old event;

has been discussed here repeatedly.

One example: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2056210

[niyad]

5. two days ago is not an "old event". some of us clearly missed it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. This is VERY IMPORTANT and needs to be discussed NOW.

I heard a caller to Stephanie today say she was sure our police and National Guard would protect us.

I am not so sure, I want to believe that, but I am not so sure.

[elleng]

4. We've discussed it repeatedly;

one example. https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2056210

P.S., I live in Calvert County MD.

[eShirl]

3. Is that a threat against members of the U.S. House of Representatives?

Who else has the power to impeach the president?

[elleng]

6. Probably not,

and the poster of the poster likely isn't aware of the details re: impeachment.

[niyad]

14. deplorables are ignorant about a lot of things.

[elleng]

19. Yes, and I'm glad you said 'ignorant,'

the bane of our time, I'm afraid.

[Orsino]

7. This is how you know what they're afraid of.

And, depending on who financed it, could just be about November rather than about saving Trump's corrupt backside.

[elleng]

9. Probably about neither.

A woman who owns the property where the sign is displayed said that while she owns the billboard, she rents out the signage and doesn’t approve of its message. The woman, who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity, said she contacted the man who rents the sign and told him to take it down because “people are freaking out.”

“I don’t know why he’s doing that,” she said. “It’s not good.”

[niyad]

16. thank you for that information. one of the articles indicated that the owner changed the signs

about once a month, but all pretty much of a piece.

[elleng]

8. A woman who owns the property where the sign is displayed said that while she owns the billboard,

she rents out the signage and doesn’t approve of its message. The woman, who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity, said she contacted the man who rents the sign and told him to take it down because “people are freaking out.”

“I don’t know why he’s doing that,” she said. “It’s not good.”

[zipplewrath]

10. Isn't this a threat?

I mean, it's a threat against people who aren't doing anything illegal.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. We don't have to impeach him, we just have to box him in so he can't continue to do harm.

Put him in a replica of the Trump Tower with the wallpaper replaced with headlines about him, let him send tweets that end up in the garbage and aren't seen by the rest of the world, create a pseudo Fox News channel that only has positive articles about him and Donnie Two Scoops will be content for the rest of his life.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. Kick

[niyad]

13. . . .

[spanone]

15. ignorant fucks think only wingnuts have guns?

[niyad]

17. amazing, is it not?

[LuckyCharms]

18. Fucking loudmouthed slobs. Who exactly are they going

to shoot if Trump is impeached? It's all a fantasy to them.

For some reason, I don't see them storming the Capitol Building or risking a murder charge by shooting their liberal neighbor.