The We The People Convention (WTPC) took out a full page ad yesterday in the Washington Times calling for martial law. This has been endorsed by the recently pardoned Michael Flynn, Trump lawyer Lin Wood and former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell.
The text of the ad is quite remarkable. Since I see a lot of people posting excerpts, I'm going to post the entire manifesto here. This is part 1.
You can see it on the WTPC website here: https://wethepeopleconvention.org/articles/WTPC-Urges-Limited-Martial-Law
You can see it on the WTPC website here: https://wethepeopleconvention.org/articles/WTPC-Urges-Limited-Martial-Law
The WTPC leader has an interesting background.
Ohio Tea Party leader says he did not try to 'extort' $1 million from Mary Taylor's campaign for governor https://www.cleveland.com/open/2018/03/ohio_tea_party_leader_says_he.html
Ohio Tea Party leader says he did not try to 'extort' $1 million from Mary Taylor's campaign for governor https://www.cleveland.com/open/2018/03/ohio_tea_party_leader_says_he.html
I'm kind of hoping that everyone actually reads the full text of the ad, not because I think any of this will happen, but because when it doesn't happen, it could stir up a number of violent acts from the true believers.
There's an added factor here that I'm not sure how many people know. Michael Flynn has been on a "patriot" pedestal for years. A quick scan of my data shows several militia/sovereign/tax protest references starting in 2005, with a significant uptick during the early Obama years.
A see a lot of people calling for criminal prosecution, but that's going to prove difficult. Now that fringe ideas have thoroughly mainstreamed, good luck getting anything but a hung jury when it comes time to indict and convict.
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