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| Congressman suggests Second Amendment as means of opposing Trump |
| 2018-03-20 |
| [NYPost] A Democratic congressman from Long Island implied that Americans should grab weapons and oppose President Trump by force, if the commander-in-chief doesn’t follow the Constitution. Rep. Tom Suozzi made the remark to constituents at a town hall last week, saying that folks opposed to Trump might resort to the "Second Amendment." "It’s really a matter of putting public pressure on the president," Suozzi said in a newly released video of the March 12 talk in Huntington. "This is where the Second Amendment comes in quite frankly, because you know, what if the president was to ignore the courts? What would you do? What would we do?" A listener then blurts out, "What’s the second amendment?" The left-leaning Democrat says "The second amendment is the right to bear arms." The spectators laughed ‐ some nervously. Republicans were not amused. File under hypocrisy. Trump suggested something similar during his campaign and there was a "yuge" indignant, self-righteous outcry in protest by the left. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #9 Yeah, and the PE instructor used to be the closet pedophile. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-20 18:20 |
| #8 a fine example of our 'education' system A teacher told me the following anecdote: Years ago (that was my experience back in the Stone Age) the High School football coach taught Social Studies and Civics. Now they are the Math teacher because you don't step on any parent's political toes (Controversy be bad for job security) in Geometry class. Besides nobody teaches Civics these days... |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-03-20 14:14 |
| #7 That's a fine constituent you got there, CongressPerson. a fine example of our 'education' system |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-03-20 12:53 |
| #6 Interesting that a Dem actually understands the real reason for the Second Amendment - though it applies to the whole government, not just the President. Oh, they understand it alright. That's why they want to get rid of it. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-03-20 11:36 |
| #5 A listener then blurts out, "What’s the second amendment?" That's a fine constituent you got there, CongressPerson. |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-03-20 09:42 |
| #4 OK, I'm confused. Do we want the govt to confiscate all the guns to protect us or do we want guns to protect us from the govt? Actually, it's not the gov't or UniParty directly, it's their handsomely paid urban criminal surrogates. Everything is contracted out these days. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-03-20 08:48 |
| #3 OK, I'm confused. Do we want the govt to confiscate all the guns to protect us or do we want guns to protect us from the govt? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-03-20 08:45 |
| #2 Interesting that a Dem actually understands the real reason for the Second Amendment - though it applies to the whole government, not just the President. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2018-03-20 05:11 |
| #1 Like any good rule, it should work both ways. In reality, the soy children are not very firearm proficient. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-20 00:23 |