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Furious Amish in Pennsylvania get 'revenge' at the polls
The Daily Mail ^ | November 6, 2024 | Noa Halff

Posted on 11/06/2024 8:04:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Pennsylvania's traditionally private Amish community registered to vote in 'unprecedented numbers' after government agents stormed a local farm early in the year.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture raided Amos Miller's farm on January 4, sparking outrage among the state's Amish population, a source familiar with the matter told The New York Post.

'That was the impetus for them to say, "We need to participate,"' the source said. 'This is about neighbors helping neighbors.'

The raid by state officials came after reports of children falling ill from raw dairy products purchased at the farm in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania.

'If you think about Amish people and their connection to nature, I mean, some of these people work in the fields barefoot to be closer to the earth,' the source told The Post.

While exact numbers of Amish voters remained unclear as of Tuesday night, horse-and-buggy rigs spotted at polling locations in the state.

This comes as Donald Trump won Pennsylvania, the biggest 2024 election swing state.

Conservative activist Scott Presler, known for his outreach to Pennsylvania's Amish community, has been credited for the voter turnout.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: amish; election; pennsylvania; tyranny
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1 posted on 11/06/2024 8:04:18 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

God works in mysterious ways


2 posted on 11/06/2024 8:09:33 PM PST by Words Matter
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To: Words Matter
THANK YOU, AMISH PEOPLE!!!
3 posted on 11/06/2024 8:12:25 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Amen!!!!!!


4 posted on 11/06/2024 8:13:28 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Nessun Dorma.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Donald Trump and Scott Presler, architect of the Amish turnout in PA.


5 posted on 11/06/2024 8:13:45 PM PST by Drew68 (Today I'm thoroughly enjoying eating crow salted with liberal tears. Best meal I've ever had!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We love our Amish here in PA.


6 posted on 11/06/2024 8:14:09 PM PST by Windcatcher
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To: MinorityRepublican

I have great respect for the Amish people. The company I work with does some business with an Amish business. I enjoy working with them.


7 posted on 11/06/2024 8:20:26 PM PST by boycott
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To: Drew68

Pressler was such an amazing powerhouse.


8 posted on 11/06/2024 8:22:14 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Nessun Dorma.)
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To: boycott

“..I have great respect for the Amish people....”

Same here...very much respect. Also, their women are really, really good cooks!!!


9 posted on 11/06/2024 8:24:48 PM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

TERRIBLE, SLANDEROUS HEADLINE!
The Amish are one of the "historic peace churches" who obtain Conscientious Objector status from conscription and whose "fury" is not of the hot, passionate sort.
Passive aggressive, ja!

10 posted on 11/06/2024 8:30:21 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: MinorityRepublican
The raid by state officials came after reports of children falling ill from raw dairy products purchased at the farm in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania.

I think this is Bullsh**

First of all, Amos Miller operated on a subscriber basis. He only sold to people who pre-paid and came to pick up his product (or bought from a collectors co-op). It was not marketed to the public

Secondly, he had been warned by Penn dept of Ag previously. The goal of the raid was to shut him down, not investigate an illness

Third, I have never seen a report that anyone got sick from his products.

11 posted on 11/06/2024 8:30:36 PM PST by PGR88
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Raw milk is very interesting stuff. It’s like blood in that it is alive and has platelets. The breast reacts to the baby if it is getting sick and produces antibodies for it. “The Milk Book” is hard to find but is very interesting.


12 posted on 11/06/2024 8:44:18 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: MinorityRepublican

In a communist revolution, the Amish would be one of the first communities to be considered undesirables by the state.


13 posted on 11/06/2024 8:46:50 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

There is a wonderful WWII propaganda movie called the 49th Parallel. Nazis are trying to make their way to the neutral United States from Canada, and run into a Hutterite community (Hutterites have numerous similarities with Amish), and assume that the Hutterites are pro-Nazi because they speak German.

The Hutterites knew better, of course. High production values, and DEFINITELY worth a watch.

Link to Criterion edition on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtEtMUXjuKw


14 posted on 11/06/2024 9:00:15 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: SaveFerris

The Amish introduced Democrats to the Book of Levi.


15 posted on 11/06/2024 9:05:29 PM PST by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: alstewartfan
YAY Amish!!!!


16 posted on 11/06/2024 9:22:12 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: MinorityRepublican

When my now 36 year old daughter was a newborn, she had a problem with EVERY milk (either nearly instant vomit, or bad constipation). (And her mother was unable to produce enough milk for her). Skim, 2%, whole, goat, and every type of baby formula we could find. The soy based ones, everything. As a last ditch effort my inlaws visited some Mennonites in Lobelville TN and bought raw milk from them. Not only did it “agree” with her, she LOVED it. (And it made THE BEST homemade ice cream!). So, we’re indebted to them, and I don’t believe someone got sick from it.


17 posted on 11/06/2024 9:51:54 PM PST by FrankRizzo890
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To: Words Matter

And good or bad, questioning or defying them leads to very lousy things.

I can attest.


18 posted on 11/06/2024 10:10:31 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: SaveFerris

They figured out electing the better person is in their best interests as well. How does light help under a basket? If the salt loses its flavor, how do you make it salt again. IE if you retreat from society and civics and their battles, how are self-described Christians going to make any impact?

Glad they figured it out. You can vote and still retain your form of Christianity.


19 posted on 11/06/2024 10:53:51 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: boycott

I’m not keen on the accounts I’ve heard how they treat some of their animals. I think its a stifling kind of life, unnecessarily so, and it doesn’t stop any of them having the same temptations outside their communities, as we’re all fallen people. I think in many cases it increases their sufferings. But while there are lots of societal pressure on people to conform, people can leave and do leave, in small numbers.

Probably doesn’t help most of the time they have a generally negative view of outsiders, “English”. Kinda like the japanese view foreigners, never accepted no matter what.


20 posted on 11/06/2024 11:00:12 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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