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Milwaukee sheriff says it's 'pitchforks and torches time' and stands by Trump
The Manchester Guardian ^
| October 15, 2016
| Lois Beckett
Posted on 10/15/2016 2:31:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It’s “pitchforks and torches time”, a prominent conservative sheriff tweeted on Saturday, with a condemnation of the government and media that echoes the increasingly heated rhetoric of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
David A Clarke, the elected sheriff of Milwaukee County, is a leading Trump supporter who has previously called Black Lives Matter activists the “enemy”.
Clarke paired what appeared to be an accusation of the corruption in most of the United States government with a photoshopped image of a crowd of people carrying burning sticks and pitchforks....
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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: lawenforcement; milwaukee; trump; wisconsin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Funny how they never mention he’s a democrat
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:34:51 PM PDT
by
onona
(Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:36:00 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(JFK: The first victim of the New World Order)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:36:02 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(JFK: The first victim of the New World Order)
To: onona
Of course , it is a UK newsie
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:36:04 PM PDT
by
onona
(Honey this isn't Kindergarten. We are in an all out war for the survival of our Country !)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This could get a lot more serious than pitchforks and torches
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:40:24 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(The fly on Hillary's foreheadknows)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
that’s what we need plastic pitchforks and torches (not real ones) and picket CNN etc..let them feel the burn
To: onona
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:44:28 PM PDT
by
Renegade
To: Bullish
With a leader like Sheriff Clarke at the front, yes it could.
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posted on
10/15/2016 2:44:44 PM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Them Rooskies done it 'cause I seen 'em!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have loved this brave man from the first time I heard him.
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Windflier
windflier’s tag line is one of my favorites on FR
Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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posted on
10/15/2016 3:09:21 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Defeat the DREEGs.
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posted on
10/15/2016 3:34:17 PM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: rolling_stone
that’s what we need plastic pitchforks and torches (not real ones) and picket CNN etc..let them feel the burn Oooh, that'll scare em. Pfft..
We should be surrounding their buildings and daring them to come out!
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posted on
10/15/2016 3:35:04 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: unixfox
Have to be careful to not incite a riot or falsely imprison someone (not letting them leave)
To: onona
I’m laughing so hard at the idiot Never Trump tweets - aka rick wilson, john podretz (sp) who are having a fit over Clarke’s comment.
These idiots will attach themselves to the thinnest threads just to make a point.
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posted on
10/15/2016 3:50:38 PM PDT
by
AllAmericanGirl44
(If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/15/2016 3:52:15 PM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: uncitizen
Let him replace Comey’ after a public tv “you are fired” moment in Jan 2017
To: Lurkinanloomin
Thanks, Lurk.
I ‘borrowed’ that line from a Treeper at Conservative Treehouse.
Hey, it wasn’t nailed down or nuttin’ LOL
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posted on
10/15/2016 4:22:37 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: onona
“Funny how they never mention he’s a democrat”
Whaaaaat?
Thump...
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posted on
10/15/2016 4:24:08 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
10/15/2016 4:26:50 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(~Questionable Hillary thinks Putin made me post this!~)
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