Republican elderly biker gang (yes elderly biker gang really) making threats about impeachment.

[Odoreida]

Rolling Thunder chief predicts biker descent on DC if Dems impeach Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/rolling-thunder-chief-predicts-biker-descent-on-dc-if-dems-impeach-trump

Leaders of the veterans group Rolling Thunder are poised to roar back to Washington to defend President Trump if Democrats move to impeach him.

They say Trump hasn't changed their mind about ending their annual massive Memorial Day biker gathering. But some bikers will be back to demand House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., halt impeachment proceedings if she cranks them up.

“I think he's doing a great job, and I wish Nancy Pelosi and her cronies would get off his back,” executive director Artie Muller said Thursday after returning to New Jersey from the group’s final planned national gathering in Washington.

Muller predicted a large convergence that would feature “not just bikers, but patriotic Americans.”

Muller, 74, a former Army sergeant who served in Vietnam, said he appreciates that Trump “speaks the truth” and said he considers Pelosi an “arrogant little bitch.”

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Is this the "civil war" Trump is threatening?

[gratuitous]

1. Does the mean lady scare you, Artie?

Because you sound scared.

[unitedwethrive]

2. Are you sure this is not an SNL skit idea?

[RKP5637]

7. That, would be a great one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[mountain grammy]

20. Coming soon..

[leftieNanner]

36. I'm picturing Tim Conway's Old Man!

[A HERETIC I AM]

37. "Hell's Grannies"

Monty Pythons Flying Circus did it 45 years ago.

[HAB911]

74. +++++++++++

[RKP5637]

3. They are deluded!!! n/t

[rurallib]

4. Pelosi vs. Rolling Thunder?

I'll take Pelosi in one round

[tblue37]

21. Rolling Blunder. nt

[SWBTATTReg]

76. Rolling Fart Heads...nt

[lpbk2713]

5. Beware of the stupid.

That kind of stupid goes right to the bone.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Now, I'm gonna climb off my bike

Hold on. This takes a while. I'm climbing off.

[leftieNanner]

38. We're still waiting!

[DavidDvorkin]

47. Impatient kids!

[maxsolomon]

8. they're going to make a lot of noise, that's a given.

I imagine biker rallies lead by Kid Rock, evangelical marches, Proud Boys/Patriot Prayer, and RKBA extremists will all turn out - at President Asshole's behest.

[TwilightZone]

9. The irony of "patriotic Americans" calling for a civil war...

Hmm.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Their rivals are scary FIERCE!

Make tea, not love!

[Garrett78]

11. Diametrically opposed to reality.

The Republican electorate represents an epidemic. Doing away with Trump is important but it's not a cure. 50 years of increasingly batshit crazy rhetoric and policy made Trump possible. Democrats and the media must be blunt about that with which we're dealing. We must find a way to do more than combat various symptoms.

[njhoneybadger]

12. Fuck Artie Miller and anybody who thinks selling your country out to Russia is Patriotic

"speaks the truth" is code for racist Mutherfucker

[Turbineguy]

13. They should go out

for a nice bike-ride. Enjoy the weather. Bugs in their teeth. That sort of thing.

[ffr]

14. Would be ironic if it was raining that day and there were multiple slide-outs

That would dampen their fun.

[Farmer-Rick]

77. They would all be sick the next day

Come down with pneumonia or something.

A bad rain can chill you to the bone and for a 74 year old it can lead to all sorts of illnesses.

[struggle4progress]

15. Motorcycle song

[lunasun]

16. Ah hah hah "not just bikers, but patriotic Americans"

Will provide twitter and media news plenty of photo opportunities that’s for sure

?content=1

Trump these are your defenders Trump will be so proud He didn’t even like Bolton’s mustache :

Oops almost forgot the patriotic Americans joining them

[maxrandb]

17. Damn, some of those folks need to try a real bicycle

[blm]

30. Hahahah

[Talitha]

42. A few cannisters of tear gas, and they'll head for the nearest bar.

These guys really need to get over themselves.

[Disaffected]

18. Rolling Geritol

Pelosi is so afraid (people are saying).

[Vinca]

19. How do they get that Trump "speaks the truth?" Maybe the guy is a victim of Agent Orange or

something because that's just foolish. I bet he thinks Trump signed the "choice" law.

[Caliman73]

43. He likely means that Trump uses derogatory names for women and minorities.

That to them is "the truth" despite it not being the truth at all. Remember that a lot of these guys were the conservative boys who went to war for glory in the 60's when the "dirty hippies" were protesting.

My dad volunteered for service in Vietnam despite not being a citizen. He came home and wanted nothing to do with the military or government for some time. He was a registered Republican until we made him vote for Clinton in 92, then after Bush Jr. he never looked back. The reason he was for Nixon at the time was because he really believed that Nixon brought the boys home and Johnson escalated the war.

A lot of these guys in "Rolling Thunder" (consequently the name of a military operation in Vietnam that was meant to demoralize the North Vietnamese and Vietcong but failed miserably) are probably White, and never allowed themselves to understand what actually sent them over to Vietnam (not Democrats, not Republicans, but money and people wanting to maintain wealth and trade). They think Trump tells the truth because he blames people that they can look down upon for America's problems, when it is actually wealthy and powerful people who want to maintain that wealth by pitting the rest of us against each other.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

64. Exactly

If I could recommend your post I would.

[MarcA]

72. Very well stated. n/t

[MarcA]

22. Willfully-delusional authoritarians and thugs still fighting "the war" n/t

[orangecrush]

45. An entire generation of us

Are still fighting "the war", as you put it.

Our involvement started when I was about five, and ended when I turned 18.

It consumed our lives figuratively and literally.

Before it was over, we got rid of Nixon.

It made me who I am today, the person here on DU who believes in a better America.

[MarcA]

70. I was referring to certain types which come out of all wars. n/t

[orangecrush]

73. Point taken

[MarcA]

82. Thank you. n/t

[Newest Reality]

23. That's some defense!

I guess you have to learn to dodge colostomy bags, dentures and Depends since those are going to be some of their major weapons.

Shell shock can do bad things to people, as well. Sad.

They better bring some doctors along who are ready to resuscitate since it looks like they are a hair short of a cardiac arrest already.

[blm]

31. Heh

[Captain Zero]

49. If we find out their planned route and go in the drugstores and remove all the Metamucil

from the shelves, we should be able to stop their movement.

[Newest Reality]

52. Heheheh!

I will add that to the tactical list. Good one.

[blm]

54. Lolololol

[Doc_Technical]

24. As the song says,

"It's easy to see, that you are one of us
Ain't it funny how we all seem to look the same"

[lindysalsagal]

25. I'd love to know if Artie thought Viet Nam was a good war?

Maybe he can't argue with this admin without admitting the war was wrong.

[ooky]

26. Nancy Pelosi:

"Artie who?"

"Rolling what?"

"Go away. Play somewhere else."

[Skittles]

27. LOL

a Vietnam Veteran, kissing the ass of a rich, five-time draft-dodging New Yorker. It would be funny if it wasn't so freaking sad.

[pwb]

35. Only one in ten saw any combat in Nam.

.

[Skittles]

41. OK well how about this

A VETERAN, KISSING THE ASS OF A RICH, FIVE-TIME DRAFT DODGER

as a veteran, I find that sickening beyond belief

[blm]

28. Would Muller bet his bike that Trump is speaking the truth?

How about his house?

[pwb]

29. They can really twist their wrist.

Not scared.

[rockfordfile]

32. Those guys sound like pro-Putin Russian idiots

[cvoogt]

33. reminds me of Monty Python's "Hell's Grannies"

[Aviation Pro]

34. Uh-huh

Hope they're enjoying the replacement hips and knees my taxpayer dollars bought for them.

[Coventina]

39. Are these the same dopes that were going to converge on DC and oust Obama?

Because that never happened.

[Wounded Bear]

40. Didn't these guys flop the last time they made a like announcement?

[orangecrush]

44. "arrogant little bitch", huh?

How do you like her NOW, asshole!

[doc03]

46. They should get their asses on a peddle

bike maybe and work off their big f----g fat guts.

[Blue_true]

48. I am so afraid. Maybe I will pre-empt attack by removing all Geritol from store shelfs. nt

Oops, shelves.

[kwolf68]

50. So this is a right wing organization

With the sole purpose of "defending" a criminal President.

Why is it that left wing groups actually DO SHIT, working for something and all these people do is make a bunch of fucking noise? Rhetorical.

[ElementaryPenguin]

51. Fuck you, Artie!!!

[smirkymonkey]

53. Grey Dawn!

Let's see how much they like him when their healthcare is gone.

?quality=0.8

[KentuckyWoman]

55. Last May....

with any grace he'll be gone before the next Memorial Day when these patriots get "poised".

it really depends.

[madinmaryland]

56. I think it really DEPENDS on what they are wearing.

It could be a wet brown mess. Probably not a Santorum type of mess, though.

[Codeine]

57. At this point I'm pretty sure ALL biker gangs

are elderly. That’s some grandpa shit.

[BlueStater]

58. Eat shit, gramps.

Threatening government officials trying to hold a corrupt criminal accountable is not patriotism. You're a fucking disgrace.

[muntrv]

59. These guys?

[SMC22307]

65. ...

[TomSlick]

60. This is really a shame.

Rolling Thunder was formed as a group of Vietnam vets concerned about the fact-free concern that there were scores of US service members still being held in Vietnam. However, the group has been active in obtaining mental health care for veterans and providing escorts for funerals of service members to counter protests by the Westboro Baptist Chuch wackos.

If it's become just another right-wing loony group, it has abandoned the reasons for its formation.

Come on guys, sure it was a few years ago, but you once took an oath to defend the Constitution. Act like you remember it.

[Duppers]

67. Good points. Sorry to learn they've evolved into this

Bin of RW paranoid uninformed/misinformed LOONIES.


It's not sanity, it's Hannity.

[TomSlick]

87. Probably.

I would have hoped that a bunch of Vietnam vets would have a more healthy suspicion of the government.

[Progressive Jones]

61. WTF do they think they can do about it??? Nobody is afraid of them. LMAO nt

[LiberalFighter]

62. Recall him back to active duty

[I_UndergroundPanther]

63. Sad that particular

Elderly people are so damn ignorant and totally not understanding the Constitution.
Well as old and ignorant and conniving the republicans are these doddering fools are stuck and can't see past the propaganda.
I'd pity them but no,they are part of the problem.

[Baked Potato]

66. Note to Congress:

Schedule that impeachment for the middle of the month. That way they won’t have any money left for gas and hotels. Their Social Security and disability checks should be gone by then.

[Duppers]

68. Exactly! 😂

[Bayard]

81. I was thinking the same thing

Take away their Social Security---you know, that thing that was started by Democrats?

[Baked Potato]

83. Yep, I would venture to say most of these guys are retired military and police

Those bikes ain’t cheap.

Faux-cialists! Faux-Socialist !

[MineralMan]

85. Yes, some of them are. I run into such folks from time to time,

since I'm in the same age group. If they're ex-military, they wear that badge proudly, with hats and patches and all that sort of thing. Some are even combat veterans, but they are less common. I don't usually run into ex-cops, though, as part of these aging bikers.

I'm a veteran, but I never broadcast that information. I don't have any hats with old insignia on them, or "colors" that tout my military service. I can't see the utility of such things. I also don't question those who do wear that paraphernalia. There's no point to that, either. Politically, I have nothing in common with such folks. I know none who are not "True Trumpers."

[Baked Potato]

86. Hi MM, yes, I am slightly younger than the Vietnam guys

I am ex-military also, retired. Somewhere down the line these folks found a home with the biker crowd. It’s a odd juxtaposition, back in the 60s the bikers were very unsavory, to be mild. Very anti-war, very anti-establishment. I don’t broadcast my service at all anymore. Except for here, a little. Just not worth it.

[Bettie]

69. Pretty Edgy, Spanky...

“Nothing says I can't roll down Constitution Avenue going the speed limit,” MacDonald said. “It might piss off a lot of people in the city, but oh well.”

Oooh, driving at the speed limit as an old dude. No one saw that one coming!

ETA: My beloved husband just informed me that I'm picking on him because he's an old dude driving the speed limit.

[cynatnite]

71. Assholes like this do scare me...

They demean and abuse women and anyone else who does look like a patriotic American in their eyes.

They can't stand to be challenged or to be wrong.

They only care about what benefits them and not the rest of the country.

They are dangerous and we should not blow them off.

[yellowcanine]

75. I have seen these guys ride. Not impressed.

Few years ago i considered joining the ride. Then I watched a group of them take off from a staging area near DC. Within a quarter mile there was one dropped bike and one collision. No thanks, i will ride with people who ride enough to know how to handle a large bike in heavy traffic.

[MineralMan]

78. "The Last Gasp Motorcycle Gang?"

Not too worried about the "Rolling Blunder," really. I'm of that age group. I quit riding two-wheelers some time ago.

[Botany]

79. The group retired from their memorial day D.C. run in 2018

BTW I love how "they" say that removing Trump would overturn the will of the people
because the will of the people was to have HRC as President and if the Russians and
traitors like Trump, Parscale, Manafort, and the Mercers hadn't rat fucked our elections
Hillary would be in the White House right now.

[MineralMan]

80. I'd think it would be really uncomfortable to ride while

wearing a soggy Depend. That has to limit some people's participation in those rides.

[Baked Potato]

84. lol, and their Sister group "Wheezy Riders"

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

88. Quite the scary bunch