America's largest militia says it will refuse to recognise Biden as president and 'resist' his admin

[leftofthestorm]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-largest-militia-says-refuse-192813396.html

America’s largest militia says it will refuse to recognise Biden as president and ‘resist’ his administration

The largest militia group in the US will refuse to recognise President-elect Joe Biden as the nation’s duly elected leader when he is sworn in on 20 January 2021.

The Oath Keepers, an armed right-wing organisation that boasts tens of thousands of members with law enforcement and military backgrounds, was one of several groups to demonstrate in Washington over the weekend at the “Million MAGA March” in support of Donald Trump, whom news networks project has lost the 2020 election.

“I think about half this country won’t recognise Biden as legitimate. They won’t recognise this election,” Stewart Rhodes, who founded the Oath Keepers, told The Independent on Saturday in the nation’s capital.

“What that means is that everything that comes out of his mouth will be considered not of any force or effect, anything he signs into law we won’t recognise as legitimate. We’ll be very much like the founding fathers. We’ll end up nullifying and resisting,” Mr Rhodes said.
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[Squinch]

1. You mean America's largest white supremacist gang of thugs?

Because that ain't no militia.

[Botany]

15. 2 minutes with the google and it looks like Oath Keepers were started when that black guy was ...

... elected President because Obama was gonna get their guns. Nut ball racist inbreds.

[Lars39]

33. They go back farther than that.

I was seeing them about 30 years ago.

[NewJeffCT]

54. you mean

when Bill Clinton was going to take their guns?

[Lars39]

58. Yep

[lonely bird]

104. That was Promisekeepers founded by the former football coach of the University of Colorado.

Bill McCartney founded it in 1990. It is a conservative, RW, evangelical, husband is the head of the family bullshit organization.

Oathkeepers was founded in 2009.

[Lars39]

107. Maybe went nationwide then,

But I was seeing tshirts in east TN 30 years ago.

[COL Mustard]

103. Yep. The one they refer to as the Kenyan

They would show up at the Pentagon and accuse those of us who worked there of not following our oaths.

[HootieMcBoob]

56. Terrorist Organization

The nation’s largest white supremacy terrorist organization.

[beachbumbob]

2. will make it much easier for FBI to crack down on these terrorists

[maxsolomon]

92. don't hold your breath.

after ruby ridge, they're pretty loathe to confront these dudes.

look at how the Bundys have made a career out of defiance of the feds - no one paid a price for the Malheur NWR occupation.

[Celerity]

94. 'no one paid a price for the Malheur NWR occupation.'

Robert LaVoy Finicum was shot to death by Oregon State Police who were chasing him along with the FBI, who also shot at him.


Flight and death

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVoy_Finicum

About seven minutes after stopping his truck, Finicum drove away with his three remaining passengers at high speed. They were pursued by officers. About 1 mile (1,609 m) later, Finicum rounded a bend and spotted the roadblock. Trying to avoid a spike strip, Finicum braked and swerved. His truck plunged into deep snow, narrowly missing an FBI agent.

When Finicum's truck became stuck in the snow, he immediately exited the vehicle, just as two shots were fired by an FBI agent. One shot struck the roof of Finicum's truck and the other went wide. These shots became the subject of controversy because the FBI agents initially failed to disclose them.

Meanwhile, Finicum moved about in the snow, alternating between holding his hands above his head and seemingly reaching into his jacket, where officers later found a loaded semi-automatic weapon. OSP officers and FBI agents armed with rifles positioned themselves along the road, while an OSP officer, who had holstered his firearm and equipped himself with a nonlethal Taser X2, walked toward him from the treeline with the intention of subduing him. As Finicum moved his hands down, he turned towards the approaching taser-holding officer and repeatedly yelled, "You're going to have to shoot me!"

The troopers believed Finicum to be armed and considered his hand position to signal an imminent threat to the life of the taser-holding officer; Finicum was holding his jacket with his left hand and reaching for a pocket with his right hand. Two troopers fired a total of three times, and a third who was about to fire held back, realizing a fourth shot was not needed. Medical assistance was given to Finicum approximately 10 minutes after the shooting. Ryan Bundy received a minor shrapnel wound during the incident.

[maxsolomon]

95. I meant legally. Sorry I didn't specifically state that.

Finicum chose his fate; he would be a hero now if he hadn't been a paranoid fucking idiot with a death wish.

[Cha]

3. America's Largest Brainwashed Pieces Of SHIT.

White Nationalist Zombies.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Gang of thugs

[Sherman A1]

5. I suspect that

This will not work out particularly well for them.

[calimary]

64. Frankly, I hope it doesn't work out particularly well for them.

They’re flirting with high treason and sedition.

[Hortensis]

6. Hot air like before the elections, only post-defeat version.

The authorities who made them stay home, and mostly go silent, on election day are still watching them. And there's going to be a real, white-hatted sheriff in DC.

[Beachnutt]

7. Americas military will and they are the REAL OATHKEEPERS

So bring it you thugs.

[whathehell]

26. My sentiments exactly!

Bring it, assholes!

[Fritz Walter]

51. Or, in the words of Gen. Mark Milley

We are unique among militaries. We do not take an oath to a king or queen, a tyrant or dictator. We do not take an oath to an individual. No, we do not take an oath to a country, a tribe, or religion. We take an oath to the Constitution, and every soldier that is represented in this museum, every sailor, airman, marine, coast guard, each of us will protect and defend that document regardless of personal price. That has been true across generations that are on display in this building, in this great museum, and allows all of us to connect to be forever tied to those who came before us. We will never turn our back on our duty to protect and defend the idea that is America, the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic.

emphasis added.

Speaking at the dedication of the National Museum of the U.S. Army on Veterans Day and standing alongside the newly appointed (acting)defense secretary and Trump loyalist, Chris Miller, the top military officer did not mince words.

Source: The Moderate Voice

[Historic NY]

8. Eventually you have to cut the head off the snake....

[Hekate]

109. ... And then tread on it. Really stomp it with big boots....

“Don’t tread on me,” my rosy roseola.

[Takket]

9. They are terrorists and should be treated as such.

[dalton99a]

77. +1

[no_hypocrisy]

10. They aren't a militia.

They are Storm Troopers.

[jaxexpat]

38. Really just partly cloudy with steady drizzle troopers. 20% chance of light flurries.

[PJMcK]

60. They're Brownshirts

Storm Troopers had government authority. This losers are simply wannabes.

[Dem4Life1102]

11. It's not a militia

It’s a gang.

[raccoon]

12. Wouldn't that be treason? Bt

[OldBaldy1701E]

27. Yes. Yes it would. (n/t)

[keithbvadu2]

13. Militia/terrorists - a singular term

[sop]

14. Heavily armed Oath Keepers were the ones who showed up at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada,

threatened a "range war" with federal authorities and openly subverted the rule of law. They should have been dealt with then.

[pazzyanne]

43. I was just remembering when this happened.

I agree with "They should have been dealt with then."

For those who do not know about the Oath Keepers, here is a nutshell explaination.
"Oath Keepers is an American far-right[1] anti-government[2][3][4][5][6] militia organization.[7] The group describes itself as a non-partisan association of current and former military, police, and first responders, who pledge to fulfill the oath that all military and police take in order to "defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic".[8] It encourages its members to not obey orders which they believe would violate the United States Constitution. The organization claims a membership of 35,000 as of 2016.[9]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_Keepers

[Lonestarblue]

16. The media needs to use the FBI terminology qnd avoid the word "militia."

They are domestic terrorists, not unlike ISIS and Al Qaeda. Every state has some form of a law barring non-state militia groups. Those laws need to be strengthened and used, along with federal laws. The Second Amendment does not entitle groups like the Oath Keepers to call themselves a militia. Only governments may form legitimate militias.

People like this are why we will be unable to control Covid-19 because, like most of the Trump cult, they will refuse to wear masks or do anything to help stop its spread. I truly am about ready to have two different countries. These people are out of control and ruining the country for the rest of us. I think it was WaPo that reported an interesting statistic: the areas that voted for Trump account for only 29% of GDP and Biden over 70%. So the Democratic areas account for a bit under three quarters of the nation’s GDP, while the huge swath of red areas contribute less than a third. That says a lot.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. +1. . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Half the country? More like the most deplorable 5%. And they won't be doing much nullifying

But make radical extremists like that the face of the tRump-Republicon Party so that reasonable conservatives have to form a new party. Split the right.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. Then the US government should cut off any and all

payments they might be receiving, such as Social Security, military pensions, and Medicare. They should be banned from the use of all federally owned buildings, courts, highways, parks, and recreational areas.

[reACTIONary]

24. And confiscate their guns. nt.

[OldBaldy1701E]

29. Indeed...

Any licensure should be revoked. And, if they decide to try anything other than babbling their insane bullshit, they should be rounded up and charged with sedition and treason. They can run their idiot mouths all they want. It is any call to action that needs to be treated with the utmost seriousness. They are not freedom fighters. they are not patriots. They are traitors to their own country. They offered their candidate and he lost. Get over it. (Or better yet, don't. Run your mouths and make threats. Please.)

[johnp3907]

20. Crybabies.

[Cryptoad]

21. ZZZZZZZZZZ,,,,,,,

[oldsoftie]

61. Exactly. They didnt recognize the "illegal" Obama either. EITHER term!

[BusyBeingBest]

83. Only Democratic administrations are illegal.

Funny how that works.

[reACTIONary]

22. Who asked you? Who cares? FuhQ. nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

23. We must somehow divorce our law enforcement from these thugs.

If it means firing 90% of them and retraining new ones, so be it. The allegiance of cops must be to the well-being of the citizens rather than fascist overlords, terrorists and plutocrats.


KY.......

[OldBaldy1701E]

32. well...

See, back in the day... that is why 'police' forces were created. To protect those who had money. It had nothing to do with 'the people' in general. That mentality has not changed, I am afraid. So, yes if they won't stop being jack-booted thugs, then they need to go. ALL of them. There are other ways to 'police' the population that doesn't require a bunch of gung ho Barney Fifes with small genitalia walking around in full military garb waving full auto weapons. The right used the spectre of 'defunding the police' to scare some folks into voting for them. What they didn't say was that we can repurpose the concept and make it more equitable. The only thing that will change is the military-esqe make-up of what we now have. The only officers that would be in danger are the stupid, crazy ones. Which, in some cases, mean most of a given department. Guess they shouldn't have let those wannabe army guys join groups that are nothing but traitors then, huh?

[ooky]

72. They need to be out of policing, period. Any police who can be identified with

this or any hate group is unfit for serving the community and should be dismissed. We don't need to defund the police, we need to clean up the police.

[Sierra89]

25. Hope that pictures were taken of their faces

Any law enforcement officers in such a "militia" should be investigated for possible removal from their positions. The Oath they took to the Constitution comes before any other. If they are serving something else. they should part ways with any position as officers or agents. Those people are really confused, and need to take their bullshit elsewhere. Obviously they have limited critical thinking abilities, if they are so easily swayed by trump's disinformation. Someone so weak of mind needs to kick rocks on down the road, not be trusted to care and protect over citizens and follow the law.

True colors showing all over these days. Pay attention.

[Lars39]

28. According to the ACLU, militas are illegal

Treat them as domestic terrorists.

[NurseJackie]

30. Yes, please. Take them out. No quarter. No mercy.

[bdamomma]

31. Our

only militia is the recognized National Guard. Why are they giving these "right wing domestic terrorists" so much validity?

These are our "domestic terrorists" they can't face the truth and the majority of people have spoken. Arrest them all.

Fucking tRump.

[Demsrule86]

34. They should be designated a terrorist organization and any police or those in authority...military

any one...needs to be fired from their job immediately. Also, put those known ones on the no fly list. Treat them as the terrorists they are. Also they have threatened the president that alone is reason for an arrest. Make them own it...no hiding behind masks ...out them and if they lose their jobs...oh well.

[BlueNProud]

35. Self important flatulence from the Cabelas Cowboys

[blueinredohio]

36. You'll be recognized as an unlawful citizen and will be punished as such.

[NEOBuckeye]

37. Nazis

Fuck em.

[Blues Heron]

39. lol! Doughnut keeper's havin a sad

He has a special ammo pouch stuffed with snickers sewn into his "camo" gear - the other pockets hold power bars and M&Ms. These guys are a friggin joke.

[Always Randy]

40. please continue Oath Keepers

we fully appreciate the good work that you have done in Virginia ----you've taken the former bright red ---Republican stronghold and former capital of the Confederacy -----and made it BRIGHT BLUE ---when Trump said there are good people on both sides it infuriated a lot of Virginians -the removal of Confederate memorabilia on Monument Avenue in Richmond is a direct result-----on the campus of Virginia Military Institute you have successfully caused the removal of the Stonewall Jackson statute-----and the celebration of Confederate Heroes has been removed and now ELECTION DAY is a holiday there---- you actually have done more for FAIRNESS -----which you call "librul" ---than most of the leaders of the left----

[spanone]

41. domestic terrorism 'militia'

[rusty fender]

42. The Q Cucks Clan?

Yeah, like clockwork, whenever there’s a Democratic President

[smb]

44. Another Reason To Release Everyone Incarcerated For Minor Drug Charges

We're gonna need a lot of cells for these assholes.

[HuskyOffset]

45. Melty melty, you snowflake dumbasses (NT)

[weissmam]

46. with out Trump

they will fall apart like wet tissue paper

[Vivienne235729]

47. Why does every crackpot white supremacist group make the news?

[warrior1]

48. The law doesn't care what they think

[olegramps]

49. Here is what I suggest and believe would be effective:

Photograph everyone of them and identify them and especially their places of employment. The last could be the most effective because of the repercussions. Then publish them on every media source including Facebook, newspapers and fliers identifying them as an armed threat to anyone who opposes them. In essence make them the enemy of the nation reversing the propaganda they spread.

[Maxheader]

50. I think a little...

minigun mounted in a blackhawk will dissuade any unauthorized

gatherings. Take the leaders out and run tape on them. Turn them

into docile labor....

[Marcuse]

52. Vanilla Isis

[Dopers_Greed]

53. What a bunch of snowflakes

Not happy about Biden winning?

What are you going to do...CRY ABOUT IT?

[Rizen]

55. Right Wing Terrorism

Call it what it is.

[FreepFryer]

57. Then the Federal government will ensure the q cucks klan militia is "well-regulated." (Nt)

[KG]

59. SORE LOSERS FOR TRUMP 2020!

[James48]

62. 18 U.S. Code § 2384. Seditious conspiracy

18 U.S. Code § 2384. Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

[spooky3]

65. Thank you. This should be sent to every one of them. Nt

[crickets]

88. +1000000

[spooky3]

63. Fine. We will release several hundred low level drug offenders

To clear space for your new residences in our nations’ finest prisons. After your first offense, pack your toothbrush.

[C_U_L8R]

66. No worries. The FBI recognizes them.

[WinstonSmith4740]

67. So they're going to "resist" Biden's administration?

Can't wait for them to "resist" the largest, best equipped, and best trained military the world has ever seen.
It will be fun watching them run like the fucking cowards they are, and then whine when their useless asses are thrown in jail for sedition.

[MoonRiver]

68. And the FBI will be watching their every move.

Thanks for the reveal Idiots!

[matt819]

69. You mean...

Largest domestic terrorist group...

[marmar]

70. These "nullification" nuts.....

..... as they told us in 2016, "Get over it. He's your president."

[They_Live]

71. I refuse to "recognise" the Oath Creepers

as Americans.

[octoberlib]

73. Break the law and their asses will be sent straight

to prison. Fuck these assholes.

[dreamland]

74. We keep calling them militias, what they are, are terrorists.

[Bengus81]

75. Gosh a whole 10k of them?? What are they going to do, overthrow the Guberment?

Blowhards that will disappear when Jan hits.

[niyad]

76. Yawnnnnnnnnnnnn

[malaise]

78. Hope the FBI is watching

Fuck them

[Norbert]

79. The Oath Keepers, an armed right-wing organisation that boasts tens of thousands of members

So is this like the Million MAGA March having 1,000,000 of them marching Saturday or are they statistically challenged too?

[gollygee]

80. They should never be called militias. They are white supremacist terrorist cult gangs.

People need to stop legitimizing them by calling them something other than what they are.

[mtnsnake]

81. Not much difference between them and the GOP

The GOP refused to recognise Obama and even had their members pledge not to go along with Obama on anything.

[BusyBeingBest]

82. "Militia" lol.

These are pathetic little manboys play-acting with their gunz.

[apnu]

84. Gonna be fun to see these asshats frog marched to prison for treason.

[Happy Hoosier]

85. Who cares?

It doesn't matter if they recognize him or not. Whether or not they recognize a law as legitimate, they are still subject to it.

[MineralMan]

86. Just investigate them and prosecute every felon in that organization

who possesses firearms. That would certainly decimate the membership numbers, at the very least.

Simple. Make that one of the first jobs of Biden's DOJ.

There are photos of Oath Keepers carrying firearms. Just ID the people in them and check their records. Easy peasy.

[JackHughes]

87. The "Oathkeepers"

So all their sanctimonious blather about honoring their oaths to "support and defend the Constitution" was only if their preferred candidates win elections?

That's not how it works, you seditious bastards.

[roamer65]

89. Biden's FBI will hunt them down.

[bluecollar2]

90. The situation could easily deteriorate

I remember England and Northern Ireland during the early seventies. Between the IRA, UDF, Ulster police and the British Army things got ugly.

The Good Friday agreement was the best way to make the violence dissipate but the oathkeepers dont have the intellectual capacity.

[VA_Jill]

91. They can now

be OFFICIALLY designated as a "terrorist group" by the FBI. And no doubt will be as soon as President Biden is sworn in, if not before.

[lettucebe]

93. I smell another stand-off

[struggle4progress]

96. "I'm such an inarticulate chickenshizz I have to grab my gun whenever somebody disagrees with me"

[Initech]

97. Fuck them! Trump lost get over it!

We've been hearing the same thing about Hillary for four years. You assholes get to eat that shit now.

[jmowreader]

98. I didn't expect them to react any other way

And as long as they just kick and scream about how they hate President Biden...no problem, it is still a free country.

But when they start acting out on their beliefs and try to overthrow the duly and popularly elected president...arrest them, try them, convict them, and sentence them to destroy their own guns in the presence of law-abiding government officials.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

99. The Oaf Keepers wouldn't last a minute against a real military force.

They've been handled with kid gloves so far.

[Quixote1818]

100. Well, I never recognized Trump as President either. nt

[Crunchy Frog]

101. And if they break the law, they can fucking go to prison.

We can't afford to coddle these people in hopes of mollifying them to "keep the peace". That only emboldens them.

[COL Mustard]

102. Oaf Keepers

Gotta spell it right. And they are a bunch of (well-trained, well-armed) thugs.

[LanternWaste]

105. These guys believe if they close their eyes, they're invisible.

What they deign to recognize is irrelevant. What recognizes them however, is.

Kinda like the patients dying of the covid virus telling themselves it's fake.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

106. Not how it works here Stewie.

I mean you can certainly not like the fact he's the President but if he signs laws into effect, how are you going to justify not following those? He can't sign 'em unless they get through Congress or don't you remember your Civics class? Maybe you never studied Civics?

this is from their website- tin foil hat stuff !!
WE NEED YOUR MOST GENEROUS SUPPORT TODAY!
WE ARE IN A BATTLE FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE REPUBLIC.
Your contribution to Oath Keepers makes a real difference in the fight to defend the Constitution. The money you give goes directly to support the Oath Keepers mission.

Oath Keepers has been on the ground across the nation defending free speech, life and property against communist/Antifa violence(most recently in Louisville, KY defending 3 businesses and a residence from arson threats); preparing our communities as part of our Community Preparedness Team (CPT) initiative; performing disaster relief; and backing up our local police (so long as they honor their oath) against far-left terrorism and cop killers, with our Back the Blue and Family Safe Operations. We also sponsor billboards outside of military bases and other educational and outreach efforts, as well as holding public webinars on community security and preparedness. Your donation makes all that possible and we appreciate every bit of support you give us.

Our immediate mission is:

Provide covert overwatch of polling places to prevent voter fraud, intimidation, or terrorism by the radical left
To continue to counter the ongoing violent communist insurrection across our country
Thank you for all you do with your time and money to support Oath Keepers.

OATH KEEPERS IS CONTINUALLY UNDER ATTACK BY THE RADICAL LEFT. THIS HAS INCLUDED DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS AND OTHER INTERRUPTIONS OF OUR ABILITY TO FUNCTION ONLINE. WE ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO DEFEAT THEIR ATTEMPTS.

[Skittles]

108. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

bunch of incels who never grew up

[Hekate]

110. Oh, the armed gang of white thug domestic terrorists...

There, I fixed it

[disalitervisum]

111. Is this similar to my refusal to accept Amy Barrett

as a legitimate associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, and that anything that comes out of her mouth will be considered not of any force or effect? Be still my beating heart.

[twodogsbarking]

112. Perhaps if they are unhappy

they should move to another country. Just trying to help.

[llashram]

113. these people are not militia

they are white supremacist/terrorists who seditious threats are not really addressed by our law enforcement. IF this was an African-American militia, they would be dead and/or incarcerated by now.