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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:32 AM Jun 2020

Malcolm Nance: WARNING: This Right wing extremist Congressman is spreading fake propaganda leaflets



Malcolm Nance ✔@MalcolmNance

WARNING: This Right wing extremist Congressman is spreading fake propaganda leaflets to incite a Race-based civil war. THIS FLYER USES TERMS & THEMES FROM WHITE SUPREMECIST/NEO-NAZI WRITING & “THE 14 WORDS.” He says it was written by “Democrats” & “Liberals” THIS IS A LIE.

Rep. Dave Williams ✔@RepDaveWilliams

Apparently, this flyer was found outside the CO Capitol during the “peaceful” protests.

Obviously, this is unacceptable to say the least.

Encouraging violence & calling for the murder of Republicans is disgusting.#GeorgeFloyd #copolitics #cogov #coleg






5:10 AM - Jun 7, 2020




Malcolm Nance ✔@MalcolmNance

I spent my whole life defending this nation from foreign threats & now I am going to work tirelessly you have you censured and removed from Congress for inciting a race war. Disgraceful. #ResignNow

5:55 AM - Jun 7, 2020


Malcolm knows disinfo when he sees it - not to mention it's a laughable attempt by them...
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Malcolm Nance: WARNING: This Right wing extremist Congressman is spreading fake propaganda leaflets (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jun 2020 OP
Absolute desperation. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #1
Republicans, each and everyone are scum that perpetrate or condone this type of behavior. olegramps Jun 2020 #27
Repub U.S. congressman trying to incite race war and civil war. Hortensis Jun 2020 #2
Dave is a state rep here in CO. Unfortunately, he represents CO 15, Colo. springs. niyad Jun 2020 #53
I just read about CO-15 and felt deeply sorry for the Hortensis Jun 2020 #56
Like you, lots of churches here, including some megas (new life, first Pres) , and, of course Fungus niyad Jun 2020 #60
Back in California, a PTA friend was in charge of Hortensis Jun 2020 #61
I was appalled when they moved here. Used to call dobby several times a week to express my outrage niyad Jun 2020 #62
Oh, I would have been also!. In SoCal we were at least used Hortensis Jun 2020 #63
Democrat alone should be all we need to see malaise Jun 2020 #3
The immediate give away that this is fake. scarletlib Jun 2020 #19
Yep malaise Jun 2020 #21
AND it was the first word! PatSeg Jun 2020 #46
There's wingers will say it's a conspiracy.. Maxheader Jun 2020 #36
and here I thought Matt Gaetz was nutz onethatcares Jun 2020 #4
He is! Along with Scarsdale Jun 2020 #48
They misspelled "troglodytes," and "racists." raging moderate Jun 2020 #5
LOL! They also misspelled "guaranteed" Trailrider1951 Jun 2020 #7
You are right. FOUR times! raging moderate Jun 2020 #8
That's bizarre PatSeg Jun 2020 #47
Also misspelled "assimilate" and "assassinate." yardwork Jun 2020 #12
They also misspelled "prosicution" AZ8theist Jun 2020 #24
. Soxfan58 Jun 2020 #29
BOOM! Stood out like a sore thumb, and proved that this was straight out of bullwinkle428 Jun 2020 #41
Don't forget your "nieghbors". theaocp Jun 2020 #43
and the misspelling of troglodytes Celerity Jun 2020 #49
Wow, there's a view into the warped and twisted minds of Republicans. Dread Pirate Roberts Jun 2020 #6
That's a Klan flyer with "Democrat!!!" Pasted on the top. yardwork Jun 2020 #13
That was so full of mistatements and complete fabrications UpInArms Jun 2020 #9
Unlikely. Video is their preferred horseshit delivery system. JHB Jun 2020 #16
"Gaurenteed" Cracked.com history sop Jun 2020 #10
Yeah, right? The A-bombs on Vietnam and Korea made me laugh out loud!! AZ8theist Jun 2020 #33
Where to begin? Seriously. Where? This is peak crazed and dangerous. chia Jun 2020 #11
"God approves of killing them"---I thought 'liberals' were atheists?? Maeve Jun 2020 #14
All of the misspelled words are a give-away. panader0 Jun 2020 #15
I have to wonder if the misspellings are deliberate... JHB Jun 2020 #17
Whoa that's hecka disturbing. dewsgirl Jun 2020 #18
Written by a rube for rubes Major Nikon Jun 2020 #20
Well, spelling and grammar are atrocious, NellieStarbuck Jun 2020 #22
You're close... this looks a lot more like Russian disinformation. infullview Jun 2020 #26
"THE brown people" -- You KNOW that was written by a racist Repub berni_mccoy Jun 2020 #23
Did Jacob Wohl help him write that? Generic Brad Jun 2020 #25
I'm wondering if it is boogaloo propaganda adjusted to the protest participants. pazzyanne Jun 2020 #51
LOL that's hilariously stupid tishaLA Jun 2020 #28
I can, gab13by13 Jun 2020 #32
Exactly what I was thinking. OneBro Jun 2020 #39
Which "DEMOCRAT!" was the author of this ridiculous screed referring to? And it looks like catbyte Jun 2020 #30
Rep Dave Williams: What a DOUCHEBAG AZ8theist Jun 2020 #31
Damn, he got us, sorry Hav Jun 2020 #34
I Read Just the First Page of It panfluteman Jun 2020 #35
Not laughable at all. OneBro Jun 2020 #37
We're talking about people who bought the birther crap for 5 years... Wounded Bear Jun 2020 #42
Sue him for libel. His twitter posts aren't privileged struggle4progress Jun 2020 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Jun 2020 #40
This entire thing, all of it solara Jun 2020 #44
Look at the info in another post, outlining some of dave's activities. And understand that niyad Jun 2020 #57
Ha! Home-schooled Republiscums wrote this tripe, mis-spellings and all! Don Jr.? His dumber bro? machoneman Jun 2020 #45
CO-15 Rep. Willaims was elected in 2016 by over 67%. He marketed Hortensis Jun 2020 #50
I have been living under the false belief Chainfire Jun 2020 #52
I am sorry to report, but this guy is NOT A CONGRESSMAN..he's a member of Colorado State Legislature Stuart G Jun 2020 #54
I'm not sure what the "???" is for. Nance was simply mistaken about what kind of Rep Williams was... JHB Jun 2020 #67
Ye shall know them by their spelling. July Jun 2020 #55
In my humble opinion, the upcoming election is going to be one of the dirtiest we've ever seen. Frustratedlady Jun 2020 #58
SOMETHING PHONY ABOUT THIS...please look at post 54 for explanation. Stuart G Jun 2020 #59
I agree and have said as much see #44 solara Jun 2020 #64
ftr, tho mopinko Jun 2020 #65
CAPSLOCKGIVES ITAWAY superpatriotman Jun 2020 #66

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. Repub U.S. congressman trying to incite race war and civil war.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:43 AM
Jun 2020

He's not alone, of course. And as Nance has been pointing out all along, Russia and other foreign enemies are engaged in the non-military destruction of our nation.

niyad

(113,259 posts)
53. Dave is a state rep here in CO. Unfortunately, he represents CO 15, Colo. springs.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:42 AM
Jun 2020

Lots of reichwingers here., along with a lot of wonderful Dems.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
56. I just read about CO-15 and felt deeply sorry for the
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:54 AM
Jun 2020

obviously long-suffering 33% who voted against him. It's pretty much like that here in our Bible Belt GA district, deep red, strongly white, most of the worst indecency restrained by precepts of religion, no one's called us "Crazy Hollow," but in the end the political effect is much the same. Our rep is Doug Collins, who's leveraging his bizarre impeachment persona (which no one here had seen before) for a run for senator. 'nuf said?

niyad

(113,259 posts)
60. Like you, lots of churches here, including some megas (new life, first Pres) , and, of course Fungus
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:09 AM
Jun 2020

(Aka focus on the family, or focus on fascism).

Our congress critter is, alas, doug lamborn.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
61. Back in California, a PTA friend was in charge of
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:18 AM
Jun 2020

letter writing for Fungus when Dobson headquartered it there. Lovely and fun woman in other respects, but sadly I could never get her to give me any insights into the organization, even the most benign. Her husband was an assistant football coach for USC, always politically sensitive, so that probably had something to do with the zipped-and-buttoned lips. She left after a couple years, also don't know why. I'd like to think it was because she realized how politically extremist they were, with all the ruthless dishonesty and lack of principle that extremism always means.


niyad

(113,259 posts)
62. I was appalled when they moved here. Used to call dobby several times a week to express my outrage
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:27 AM
Jun 2020

Over whatever bs was being spewed that day. Place is guarded like a fortress.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
63. Oh, I would have been also!. In SoCal we were at least used
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:39 AM
Jun 2020

to having literally everything in the world there also, even proud of it. Much harder to pick out, or even notice, all these RW religious extremist whackjobs, and we accepted them as part of SoCal's scenery in a way we never could have had we moved to beautiful Colorado.





Maxheader

(4,372 posts)
36. There's wingers will say it's a conspiracy..
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:54 AM
Jun 2020

by the left to sow the seeds of a govt takeover after nov..

They did the same thing for obama..when it was pretty clear McCain

would lose...Loosed the sub prime lending fiasco and created, with

certain OPEC countries, an artificial oil shortage..

raging moderate

(4,297 posts)
8. You are right. FOUR times!
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:04 AM
Jun 2020

They misspelled "guarantees" once and "guaranteed" three times. I stopped reading too soon.

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)
47. That's bizarre
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:28 AM
Jun 2020

as I assume it was typed on a computer which would tell him/her that the words were misspelled. Unless it was intentional, meant to look ignorant.

AZ8theist

(5,454 posts)
24. They also misspelled "prosicution"
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:29 AM
Jun 2020

Laughable...
This flyer is so bad it reminds me of the "Chick Tracts".....

Only a fucking moron would see this as an actual ...well......er...SOMETHING...

theaocp

(4,236 posts)
43. Don't forget your "nieghbors".
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:13 AM
Jun 2020

How did this much shit escape a spell check? You'd think they'd zoom in on the red underlining. It's fucking RED.

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
6. Wow, there's a view into the warped and twisted minds of Republicans.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 07:52 AM
Jun 2020

I'm surprised the flyers weren't crawling with the same spiders and cob webs that are inside their heads.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
13. That's a Klan flyer with "Democrat!!!" Pasted on the top.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:50 AM
Jun 2020

Since they seem to have at least a rudimentary word processor, you would think they would run spell check but maybe that's too advanced.

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
9. That was so full of mistatements and complete fabrications
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:07 AM
Jun 2020

(As well as being IN ALL CAPS)

I wonder if Project Veritas put it out?

JHB

(37,158 posts)
16. Unlikely. Video is their preferred horseshit delivery system.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:03 AM
Jun 2020

Not everything traces back to the "big names." There are plenty of freelance yahoos.

They did, however, have the foresight to make sure the found their way into Rep. Williams' hands.

sop

(10,156 posts)
10. "Gaurenteed" Cracked.com history
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:23 AM
Jun 2020

Things I never knew about American history: Republicans started the Civil War to keep savery. Republicans founded the KKK. Republicans started all three World Wars. Republicans dropped atomic bombs on Japan, Vietnam and Korea.

Maeve

(42,279 posts)
14. "God approves of killing them"---I thought 'liberals' were atheists??
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 08:51 AM
Jun 2020

This is so koo-koo on so many levels; it would be laughable except some assholes (like the fool on the hill that tweeted it) will fall for it.
OK, it IS laughable in its sheer stupidity...

infullview

(981 posts)
26. You're close... this looks a lot more like Russian disinformation.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:30 AM
Jun 2020

I have no doubt it was printed by a republican, and spread by a republican, but the cadence, syntax, topical form are all Russian in my opinion.

Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
25. Did Jacob Wohl help him write that?
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:29 AM
Jun 2020

This reads like a Q'Anon diatribe where they swapped out Republicans for Democrats.

pazzyanne

(6,547 posts)
51. I'm wondering if it is boogaloo propaganda adjusted to the protest participants.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:37 AM
Jun 2020

Had never heard of the boogaloo movement before the protests, but have been researching them and they are not the most intelligent people. However THEY are hell bent on starting a civil war in our country. Just thinking.

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
28. LOL that's hilariously stupid
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:33 AM
Jun 2020

I can't imagine how dumb someone would have to be to believe that's authentic.

gab13by13

(21,304 posts)
32. I can,
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:42 AM
Jun 2020

they believed that Hillary had a hole in her tongue, had a brain tumor and only 6 months left to live and ran a child trafficking ring out of the basement of a pizza shop that didn't have a basement.

Don't underestimate their stupidity when combined with hatred.

catbyte

(34,373 posts)
30. Which "DEMOCRAT!" was the author of this ridiculous screed referring to? And it looks like
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:41 AM
Jun 2020

their boys in Moscow need a better translation app. "Brown men?" Give me a goddamned break.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
34. Damn, he got us, sorry
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:47 AM
Jun 2020

That's a slam dunk, unfortunately. It says it right there, endorsed by the Democratic Party. It's also approved by everybody else! So there!

It has to be true because the supposed policy proposals of the Democrats seem very believable:
- Training your faggot children
- "Gauranteed" paradise
- Shielding everyone from "prosicution" for killing Republicans. It's also approved by God.
- Join us or die

panfluteman

(2,065 posts)
35. I Read Just the First Page of It
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:50 AM
Jun 2020

And immediately came to the conclusion from its editorial slant that it could NOT have been written by any Democrat - but only by a Republican to incite right wing hatred and violence against Democrats. The guy who wrote this doesn't really know Democrats because he isn't one. But alas - the vast majority of the American voting public is probably not educated or intelligent enough to figure that out.

OneBro

(1,159 posts)
37. Not laughable at all.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 09:59 AM
Jun 2020

Lots of us thought it was laughable when republicans spread the mind-numbingly ridiculous rumor that Hillary was part of a pedophile ring being run out of the basement of a pizza parlor in New York. I remember thinking NO ONE would believe such a goofy accusation. Fast forward through Q-Anon and Facebook, and the next thing we see is a guy walking into the pizza parlor with his gun so he could save those poor kids. The harsh reality is that Republicans know their people better than we ever will, so when they pass out a flyer like this, they know that millions - yes, millions - of their supporters will pass it on, either gleefully aware that it’s bogus, or woefully unaware as they grab their guns and prepare for they day they’ve heard talk of their whole dad, hate-filled lives.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
42. We're talking about people who bought the birther crap for 5 years...
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:11 AM
Jun 2020


Never underestimate the idiocy we are fighting.

Response to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

solara

(3,836 posts)
44. This entire thing, all of it
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:13 AM
Jun 2020

including the response by Nance, smacks of bot.

"Dirty deeds by a Dem, hero Nance steps in.. You can be a hero too!"

The flyer is so terribly obvious, so laughable and pathetic with all the misspellings and such..and it sounds like something that someone who only gets sensationalized lies about our respective political parties would think to say. It reads like an imagined psychopathic bucket list written by someone who knows very little about the US.

So, it is just hard for me to think that someone like Nance would take it so seriously.

Maybe I'm just very cynical now so it's hard to believe anything like this..

But, this is certainly what they do, it's what they have been doing for years now to sow discord & anger & violence among us and we keep falling for it.

niyad

(113,259 posts)
57. Look at the info in another post, outlining some of dave's activities. And understand that
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:00 AM
Jun 2020

he represents a district filled with reichwingnutjobs Dems are working hard here, but it is still fundieville in so many ways.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
50. CO-15 Rep. Willaims was elected in 2016 by over 67%. He marketed
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:37 AM
Jun 2020

himself as Hispanic through his mother, but pleases his "arch-conservative" "Crazy Hollow" district by pushing all Trump's anti-immigrant messages and things like introducing legislation against sanctuary cities. He's believed to be a shoo-in for reelection.

He's posted this inflammatory disinfo on Twitter alone several times now, and apparently he's been spreading lies as SOP all along. This was after a 2017 attack on Dems in CO's state house:

DAVE WILLIAMS JUST MAKES STUFF UP: Democrats in Colorado’s state legislature accused a Republican member from Colorado Springs of inventing a fake controversy Friday involving a “planned protest from Democrat Legislators who intend to ‘take a knee’ during the beginning of the special session” which [began] on Monday.

State Rep. Dave Williams (R-Colorado Springs) blasted out a mass email, without including any evidence to support what he said, claiming to “expose” the “despicable political stunt” being planned by Democrats. Democrats say there is no such plan and the only political stunt involved is Williams attempting to stir up a divisive hot topic for his own political gain.”

Our sources all confirm that nothing of the kind was ever in the offing, and was never going to happen. Rep. Dave Williams just made this stuff up out of whole cloth to agitate his Republican base in arch-conservative House District 15–gaining a reputation as “Crazy Hollow” after producing such luminaries in Colorado politics as Rep. Doug Bruce and Rep. Gordon “Dr. Chaps” Klingenschmitt, in addition to Rep. Mark Waller and former Senate President “Raging” Bill Cadman. Williams, described as personally unpleasant and professionally treacherous by more than a few of his colleagues, seems bent on adding his own unique lowlights to this district’s not-so-stellar record.

In less than a year in office, this isn’t even the first time that Williams has latched on to controversy in hope of elevating his own profile. From mendaciously attacking local governments in Colorado for an adoring FOX News audience to his too-gleeful “identity politics” food fights with fellow legislators, it’s clear that Rep. Williams shares his immediate predecessor Rep. Klingenschmitt’s relish for stoking controversy as a vehicle for career advancement.

https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/99878/rep-dave-williams-just-makes-stuff-up

He's running for reelection by leading the local effort to reelect Trump and with stuff like this.

'Rep. Dave Williams, Facing Primary, Goes Hard “Anti-Vaxxer”'

Wikipedia: During the first year of his first term (2017), Williams introduced a bill (HB17-1134) titled the "Colorado Politician Accountability Act". The bill was designed to crack down on sanctuary cities by allowing public officials of sanctuary cities who had not sought to overturn the local sanctuary law to be sued by citizens if an illegal alien committed a crime, and also by making elected officials of sanctuary jurisdictions liable to penalties for "rendering assistance to an illegal alien".[6][7][8] The bill was defeated in the House but Williams and two Senate co-sponsors reintroduced it with few changes in 2018 as HB18-1178.

Stuart G

(38,416 posts)
54. I am sorry to report, but this guy is NOT A CONGRESSMAN..he's a member of Colorado State Legislature
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:48 AM
Jun 2020

There is something very wrong with this ??? If you look at post # 50...it is clear, A quote from post # 50 in this thread........."State Rep. Dave Williams".........

State Rep. Dave Williams (R-Colorado Springs) blasted out a mass email, without including any evidence to support what he said, claiming to “expose” the “despicable political stunt” being planned by Democrats. Democrats say there is no such plan and the only political stunt involved is Williams attempting to stir up a divisive hot topic for his own political gain.”.....................but................

The Original Post...says this guy is a.." Congressman"...Look at the original post...Something smells about all of this...????

JHB

(37,158 posts)
67. I'm not sure what the "???" is for. Nance was simply mistaken about what kind of Rep Williams was...
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 08:10 AM
Jun 2020

...and the OP took the wording from Nance.

It's still a Republican elected office-holder spreading extreme disinformation for political gain.

July

(4,750 posts)
55. Ye shall know them by their spelling.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 10:48 AM
Jun 2020

And by their hair on fire messaging.

And by their deep paranoia and fearmongering.

Have I left anything out? Exclamation points and bolding, I guess.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
58. In my humble opinion, the upcoming election is going to be one of the dirtiest we've ever seen.
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 11:02 AM
Jun 2020

I'm sure the Republicans who haven't caught on have gotten their assignments and will carry them out like good little sheeple.

This is scary as hell.

solara

(3,836 posts)
64. I agree and have said as much see #44
Sun Jun 7, 2020, 12:56 PM
Jun 2020

I may have a bit of tinfoil going on, but still.. this does not ring true. If it seems bogus to someone like me, why would someone like Malcolm Nance take it seriously?

mopinko

(70,078 posts)
65. ftr, tho
Mon Jun 8, 2020, 07:08 AM
Jun 2020

i have to say that aside from pretending to be a democrat, every word i have the stomach to read here is true about them.

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