But wasn't that the plan in the first place? To raise awareness so that our politicians could do something? To even become politicians ourselves? Donnelly, now an Assemblyman, is leading KashKari by a large margin in pre-primary polls in the race for Governor. The MinuteMen are still very active even if they aren't spending their weekends in the desert.
That was exactly the plan.
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No, the main purpose was a simple civilian watch of the border because we had lost faith in the politicians. We were all hoping it may cause concern to the populace and politicians, but it was much like the recent Bundy gathering of patriots who got tired of the Fedgov not doing it's job, or in the Bundy case, over-reaching their mandate. Remember the wall that was funded? and then further work was cancelled when Obambi soiled our WH?
Of course, it was reported as armed vigilantes, when in fact we just sat there with binoculars in lawn chairs and watched and reported to Border Patrol. BTW, Border Patrol was very supportive of our efforts and even thanked us. It was a great grassroots project in the beginning. Too bad egos got in the way.