"Stop the Steal" Organizer Called for "Execution" of Trump's Foes

[brooklynite]

Source: Mother Jones

Weeks before the murderous mob of insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol on January 6 to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory, a leader of the so-called Stop the Steal movement stood before a crowd of angry Donald Trump loyalists in California and called for the “execution” of those who had supposedly plotted against Trump. Afterward, he posted video of his demand for blood on YouTube.

On December 12, Trump supporters, ahead of the official counting of electoral votes, staged protests across the country, with the main demonstration in Washington leading to violence, as the Proud Boys rampaged through the district and clashed with Antifa activists. A smaller gathering occurred in Huntington Beach, California. One hundred or so Trump devotees, some waving Trump and “Fuck Biden” flags, assembled at the town’s picturesque pier. The man leading that protest was Alan Hostetter, a police-chief-turned-yoga-instructor who last year became a prominent opponent of COVID shutdowns in the Golden State.

“There must be long prison terms, while execution is the just punishment for the ringleaders of this coup.”
Hostetter, who heads a group called the American Phoenix Project, praised the Trumpers, “as America from the ground-up fights back agains this communist takeover of our country.” Reading from a prepared text, he declared, “Both foreign and domestic enemies and traitors surround us. They are protected and enabled by a corrupt and evil…mainstream media. And this mainstream media joined forces with an even more corrupt group of tech tyrants in the Silicon Valley.”

As the demonstrators cheered, he said, “President Trump and his ground troops here with the patriots—we’re going to fix this….There must, absolutely must be a reckoning. There must be justice. President Trump must be inaugurated on January 20.”

Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/01/key-stop-the-steal-organizer-called-for-execution-of-trumps-foes/

[onecaliberal]

1. Why isn't he in jail?

[brooklynite]

3. Guessing they're working from the inside out...

If there's no evidence he entered the Capitol Building, he's lower priority.

[onecaliberal]

4. Okay, that makes sense.

[Warpy]

10. Also, he might have had a "knock and talk" by the FBI

which is something that has been credited for keeping that riot far less destructive than it could have been by keeping the various movers and shakers away from it.

[msongs]

2. one suspects most ppl under age 50 have no clue what a communist is nt

[Aristus]

5. "Communism is when the gubmit hates corporations, people work together ta git stuff done,

and they don't pay fer their health care!"

"Sounds good to me!"

[bullimiami]

6. naa. communist, liberal, antifa. all just catch words the fascist right uses to label their enemies.

they dont need to have any meaning.

[DENVERPOPS]

11. And, more importantly, the entire Trump Crowd

hasn't a clue that antifa stands for Anti-Fascist, much less what a Fascist is........

[Bayard]

7. Paging the FBI

This crap has got to STOP! Its not free speech, its hate speech with threats to officials lives. And as we saw on Jan. 6, its not just talk anymore.

[hadEnuf]

8. Hey Hostetter, how about you first?

You traitorous asshole.

[Grokenstein]

9. I'll bet it sounded better before the riot, bub.

Hostetter: “There must be long prison terms, while execution is the just punishment for the ringleaders of this coup.”
Karma: (uncontrollable braying laughter)

[EndlessWire]

12. I believe there is an actual law

against this murderous talk.

What is wrong with these people???

[ck4829]

13. K&R