Gabe OrtízApr 29, 2024

Stephen Miller planning the Great Purge: Recruit ‘red state’ deportation army of law enforcement and National Guard to round up immigrants, rip them from their homes and community, and forcibly deport them.

https://americasvoice.org/blog/stephen-miller-planning-the-great-purge-recruit-red-state-deportation-army-to-round-up-immigrants-rip-them-from-their-homes-and-community-and-forcibly-deport-them/

Stephen Miller Planning the Great Purge: Recruit ‘Red State’ Deportation Army To Round Up Immigrants, Rip Them from Their Homes and Community, and Forcibly Deport Them - America's Voice

Fringe sheriffs who believe they’re totally unaccountable to any state or federal authority hosted a right-wing conference in Las Vegas last week, where they made explicit calls for vigilante gangs “to patrol polling stations and stop the ‘expected flood’ of ‘illegal’ immigrant voters,” WIRED reports. Of course, this is a non-existent issue: non-citizen voting is already… Continue »

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Show threadGabe OrtízApr 29, 2024

A preview of this deportation army is happening right in front of our eyes.

WIRED this month: “Far-right sheriffs want a citizen army to stop ‘illegal immigrant’ voters.” Of course, widespread non-citizen voting isn't a real thing.

On sheriff “told the audience that he already had a ‘posse’ of 150 deputized citizens.”

https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-deniers-immigrants-voting/

Far-Right Sheriffs Want a Citizen Army to Stop ‘Illegal Immigrant’ Voters

Speakers at a conference for Constitutional Sheriffs claimed that militias need to patrol polling stations to stop the “expected flood” of immigrant voters.

WIRED
Show threadFrances LarinaApr 29, 2024

@tusk81

CSPOA (Constitutional Sheriffs and Police Officers Assocation) are a huge sleeper danger to America. Sheriffs in many counties are accountable to nobody, with the possible sole exception of voters every x years. They also are convinced that only they are tasked with interpreting the US Constitution.

Show threadRobert TaylorApr 30, 2024
@Frances_Larina @tusk81 CSPOA is a thang?!
Show threadFrances Larina

@allynkhine @tusk81

https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/10/10/constitutional-sheriffs-association-ceo-doubles-down-hate-group-associations-south

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/constitutionalist-sheriffs-wont-enforce-coronavirus-restrictions/

https://www.americanoversight.org/investigation/the-constitutional-sheriffs-movement-and-election-denial

https://politicalresearch.org/2019/06/14/the-national-sheriffs-association-alignment-with-far-right-groups-undermines-public-safety

https://irehr.org/2023/02/17/roots-in-far-right-conspiracism-cspoa-on-the-ground-in-illinois/

https://politicalresearch.org/2013/11/22/profiles-on-the-right-constitutional-sheriffs-and-peace-officers-association

Constitutional Sheriffs Association CEO Doubles Down on Hate Group Associations in the South

Sam Bushman, CEO of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), attended a barbecue this summer hosted by a known white nationalist. Bushman also guested on a radio show syndicated by his online network alongside a host who praised Hitler.

Southern Poverty Law Center
Apr 30, 2024 at 4:42pmWeb