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Showing Original Post only (View all)Duer duhneece is targeted by a right-wing domestic terrorist. [View all]
I thought my friend Donna was a wee bit paranoid. She phoned me Thursday before last to tell me to be extra cautious as my name had been mentioned by the election-denier, grifter, attorney David Clements during a county commission meeting, packed full with right-wing supporters of Clements and Cowboys for Trump, Jan 6 criminal Couy Griffin. Clements complained bitterly that I had filed an official complaint against him with the New Mexico Supreme Court and my complaint had initiated an investigation.
Then over last weekend, he complained about me again in a Facebook post. I got a few more calls and folks tell me that they think our county is where the next civil war begins or next mass shooting.
Then he posted a video. He says in the video that he has over 100,000 followers and whines that my complaint is taking food from his childrens mouths.
Video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lgDzJapXp-pBpFQZZDELlipxjsRmgOOy/view
More about Clements here, including NPR, report: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216961511
Clements friend, Couy Griffin uses tactics of normalizing violence with his speeches he made when he joined Women for America First on the bus tour across the country. He urged Trump supporters to rally at the Capitol on Jan. 6, saying there should be martial law and we are a nation at war. He continued to speak favorably of the riot in the days after the attack in videos he posted on social media.
Witness at Couys 14th Amendment trial to remove him from office last week, Rachel Kleinfeld said during his trial that Griffin in those public statements consistently used tactics that can incite people to become violent.
Clements and his telegram followers use these same tactics during their recruitment meetings on his social media that normalize violence, by saying things like using terms like firing squads as seen in this telgram shot from his channel.
Remember, this is the county where our commissioners The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat video got retweeted by the former President. Same commissioner who has been banned by the Mescalero Apache reservation. Same commission district that my friend Stephanie DuBois is running for. We are doing all we can to stop this madness but we need your help. We need your support. This is what we have to counter.
Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufordubois22
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Thank you for your efforts. Hard to believe where we are these days in this country. Well, on second
dameatball
Aug 2022
#1
Because feeling threatened and at risk is a very 'alone' feeling. But you are NOT alone.
TygrBright
Aug 2022
#68
❤️ I just dropped off my donation at Act Blue. Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down.
Hekate
Aug 2022
#39
The judge who merely slapped Griffin's wrist should be made aware of this.
Hermit-The-Prog
Aug 2022
#67