Meghan McCain Defends Armed Lockdown Protesters

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Monday morning after anti-lockdown protesters hit the streets to heed President Donald Trump’s call to “LIBERATE” Democratic-led states, The View hosts weighed in on the escalating tensions. But only one of them defended the gun-toting demonstrators who are putting people’s lives at risk.

First up, Joy Behar explained that while she “feels for” the people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis, “they have to understand that they can infect other people.” To paraphrase Patrick Henry, she added, “Give me liberty and give me death is what they’re basically proposing, because a lot of people are going to die because of this behavior.”

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“These people are being egged on by right-wing media and people like Alex Jones and Rush Limbaugh,” Behar added. “And why are you bringing guns to a rally? You want to call yourself protesters, leave your guns at home. Those are terrorists who bring guns to rallies.”

That last point did not sit well with McCain. “I continue to be split on it, because I see those kind of protesters with guns and I understand that for a lot of people watching this show, that may seem very foreign, and it may seem violent, but it's perfectly normal to me and it's perfectly legal in the states that they did it in,” she said. “And it's a culture symbol. Anyone bringing a gun to a rally is showing which side of the gun argument they're on, which is an argument that's being brought up in these types of protests.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/meghan-mccain-defends-armed-coronavirus-lockdown-protesters-on-the-view?via=twitter_page

So much for that moderate persona you've been trying to show.

[grumpyduck]

2. Yup. Who gives a shit.

[hamsterjill]

3. Oh good fucking grief!

This protest crap is indefensible! People like Meghan just muddy the waters for air time and ratings.

No where in defense of personal liberty has it ever been acceptable to risk other people’s lives for something some idiot wants to push. These protestors can endanger themselves to no end and I could care less. It’s when they go back into society and inflict the stupidity of their actions on others where THEIR rights end and YOURS and MY rights begin.

Again, the argument is indefensible by anyone with a shred of common sense.

[gopiscrap]

4. Fuck Megan McCain

people aren't losing their homes...there is a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures. And landlords and note holders must give a reasonable repayment plan and not charge fees or interest

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. As soon as African Americans or Latinos can show up

at protests or rallies armed with legal weapons and not face any kind of scrutiny or sanctions I’ll buy into your argument MM - until then it’s pure BULLSHIT.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Exactly. Her tune would change if hundreds of open carry Black folk were protesting.

She's as much a crank as any MAGAT.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

16. Exactly! Ronald Reagan signed a gun law in California...

... because African Americans were publicly wielding guns!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act

The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and signed into law by then governor of California, Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted in response to members of the Black Panther Party who were lawfully conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, in what would later be termed copwatching.

[Beakybird]

6. Why doesn't she join them?

[BeyondGeography]

7. Let madness and hysteria fester and bloom

What’s the worst that could happen?

[spanone]

8. Of course she does, why doesn't she join them?

[elleng]

9. ' a culture symbol.'

' showing which side of the gun argument they're on'

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

SADLY, the Supremes decided this part doesn't mean anything: 'A well regulated Militia'

[LakeArenal]

11. The irony is they hate any regulation so therefore skip it.

[LakeArenal]

10. Did Rick Perry tell her glasses make you look smart?

Then opens her mouth and prove him wrong?

I don’t hate Megan like some folks do. I know anyone replacing her will never say nice things about Biden. I think she’s pretty, too.

This time she’s not ranting. I think she believes every word she says. I think she gives most of those protesters too much benefit of the doubt that they aren't really racist bullies that realize their “majority” is dwindling or was never really a majority.

Just because Megan is always wrong doesn’t mean she doesn’t believe she’s right.

[stopbush]

13. Nope. tRump's incompetence killed any chance at "balance."

We’re all in his shit show now.

It’s like the Titanic’s captain calling for balance.

The Rs view this pandemic like it’s a PR battle to win or lose.

[C_U_L8R]

14. Balance??? Is McCain going to volunteer to get sick and possibly die on their behalf?

No, we certainly don't want to strike a balance between living and dying to appease some raging maga knuckleheads. Fuck em.

[redstatebluegirl]

15. And driving up in a $ 40,000 truck.

[zackymilly]

17. Never know when someone will show up with a roll of toilet paper. If you're armed you can take it.nt

[obamanut2012]

18. I think her father would disagree with her

[2naSalit]

19. She has no idea as to just how useless she is, does she?

[handmade34]

20. remember this and the hate HE got

when referring to people losing jobs and feeling insecure... "They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

fucking asshole republicans are all two-faced idiots!!!!!! (sorry about the language)

[kimbutgar]

21. She is so self entitled and a dummy right winger swiller.

The only reason she is on Tv is because she is McCain’s daughter. Nepotism 101. Whenever I hear here challenge Whoopi and Joy who are both educated I want to tell her to STFU. I’m hoping as she getter bigger in her pregnancy she leaves the show.

[LuckyCharms]

22. She seems nice.