Woman Who Wanted Republicans Hounded Moans Over Being Hounded

Woman Who Wanted Republicans Hounded Moans Over Being Hounded

JAZZ SHAWPosted at 8:01 am on July 19, 2018


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Remember when Maxine Waters was saying that activists should haunt the steps of every person associated with the Trump administration and let them know they were “not welcome” in polite society? Well, the shoe is on the other foot now and the congresswoman isn’t very pleased. Oath Keepers has announced that they will be protesting Waters at her Los Angeles congressional office and she’s issuing a warning to her supporters to stay away from the dangerous “gun nuts” who will probably start a war or something. (ABC News)

Rep. Maxine Waters warned supporters on Wednesday of potential “armed protests” against her after an extremist group called for ongoing demonstrations outside her office in Los Angeles.

In a lengthy statement issued late Wednesday, Waters, D-Calif., said she’d been notified about forthcoming protests by the Oath Keepers, which she described as “an anti-government militia” that’s staged armed protests in cities across the country.

She warned her supporters against being “baited” into counter-demonstrations or confrontations with the organization, which she said has a track record of “violent and provocative behavior.”

Not so fun when you’re the one being “hounded” now, is it? But it’s also worth noting that there’s a key difference between what the Oath Keepers are planning and the liberal tactics Maxine Waters has publicly endorsed. The Oath Keepers want to protest outside of the congresswoman’s office. That’s her official place of business where she’s supposedly engaged in her job. Provided they keep to the sidewalks, don’t block traffic or prevent constituent access to the office, it’s nothing more than a typical political protest.

Conversely, Waters specifically endorsed tracking and chasing down members of the Trump administration when they went out for a meal, to go shopping, at their homes and in every other moment of private time they have outside of their government jobs. That’s not a political protest. It’s harassment.

Deciding to “warn” constituents that the Oath Keepers are there looking for an armed confrontation is, of course, over the top. I’ll grant you that Stewart Rhodes goes way over the top in terms of his rhetoric at times, but the group’s record has been greatly overblown in liberal panic rooms. The SPLC defines them as a hate group (of course, I think they said that about the Boy Scouts too), but actual incidents of open warfare and violence by the group are strictly vaporware.

The LAPD is going to be on hand when the Oath Keepers arrive so it should be an interesting scene. As usual, we’ll be keeping an eye out to determine if the group actually starts any physical confrontations or if it’s the “counter-protesters” who throw the first punches. Stay tuned.

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Oath Keepers 'bowed out' of planned protest at Maxine Waters' Los Angeles office

By NANCY DILLON
JUL 19, 2018 | 8:35 PM

The Oath Keepers failed to show at a planned protest outside Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ office.

The Oath Keepers broke their pledge.

The right-wing militia group failed to show at a planned protest outside Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ office in southern Los Angeles Thursday after publicizing the event online.

The group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, said the group “bowed out” at the request of Los Angeles police after Waters’ supporters started gathering at the office Thursday morning.

“They strongly advised us to not proceed,” Rhodes told the Daily News in a brief phone interview Thursday evening.

Rhodes said he never planned to attend the event in person and that it was organized by his group’s California chapter.

“It was peaceful. We didn’t have any issues,” a source with the LAPD told The News.


“I think that they probably made the smartest decision they’ve made in a long time,” community resident Cliff Smith said in phone interview after attending the counter-protest.

Smith, an organizer for a union representing hundreds of local roofers, wore his hard hat and carried a sign that read, “Down with Trump!”

“Don’t Mess With our Queen MAXINE,” read another sign held by a counter protestor, according to a live stream of the event from a Twitch.tv user who goes by the screen name imreaLLyimportant.

Smith said 15 members of his union showed up to support Waters and that the “two or three people” who appeared and “raised people’s antennas” with their right-leaning rhetoric were “shown their way out of the area.”

“There were a couple people who potentially might have been sniffing around (for the Oath Keepers), but nobody was really following through on the action,” he said.

Waters, known for being one of President Trump’s most outspoken critics, became a target of the group after she made comments urging people to confront White House officials they encounter in public.

In a statement Wednesday, Waters pressed her supporters to stand down.

“The Oath Keepers would like nothing more than to inflame racial tensions and create explosive conflict in our community,” she said in a statement posted on social media. “In order to ensure the peace and security of our community, it is best and preferable if no other demonstrations are scheduled.”

The Southern Poverty Law Center describes the Oath Keepers as “one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today.”


“While it claims only to be defending the Constitution, the entire organization is based on a set of baseless conspiracy theories about the federal government working to destroy the liberties of Americans,” the Center says.

Rhodes disputed that characterization Thursday, saying his group does not “foment violence” and is “completely non-racist.”

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The Southern Poverty Law Center describes the Oath Keepers as “one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today.”

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Personally, I don't know anything about the group called "Oath Keepers", however, we all know about the extremely weak credibility of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).