Armed MAGA Freaks Plan To 'Guard' Ballot Dropboxes During Midterm Elections

Groups of angry MAGA weirdos have announced their intentions to monitor ballot dropboxes during the midterm elections, going as far as to say that some of the people doing the monitoring might be armed. This is nothing short of voter intimidation and interference, but these groups are so confident that nothing will be done about it that they are openly discussing their plans and sometimes even posting pictures on social media. Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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A recent report by Vice News highlighted a group in Arizona called Lions of Liberty. And this group, Lions of Liberty, was actually used to be an Oathkeepers chapter, but then they evolved. They want nothing to do with the Oathkeepers. They swear they, they haven't been involved in 'em for like four years. And then following the Capital Rios, they were like, Nope, we're changing our name. We're totally different people except they still wear their oathkeeper shirts when they do public events and things like that. But sure, yeah, you're a totally different group. But anyway, this group says that they're gonna be sending out people in the state of Arizona to monitor and guard ballot drop boxes during the 2022 midterms. Oh, and by the way, some of the people doing the guarding probably gonna be armed. Now, this project is the brainchild of a former oathkeeper by the name of Jim Arroyo and Mr.

Arroyo, let me, let me read this, this from Vice Aroyo who insists that his group is not a militia, led an August meeting in an oathkeepers hat and shirt. He explained to the crown that he would need volunteers to monitor ballot drop boxes, and that he was particularly concerned about the period between midnight and 6:00 AM If you saw the movie, 2000 Mules, he said that timeframe was when the bulk of the problems happened. That's when we will be on scene with a camera and a flashlight. Aroyo told Vice news that some volunteers might be armed. This is Arizona. Almost everyone is armed all the time. He said, That's not a big deal here.

It gets worse during the meeting. Arroyo also stoked fears of an imminent civil war. This is not the same as Black Lives Matter in George Floyd or Antifa. This is a direct confrontation with the federal government. He said, this is now the federal government of the United States of America in direct conflict with its own citizenry. For, for what? You sounded awful oathkeeper to me, by the way, just so you know. I know. You're like, No, we're totally not them, even though I'm wearing all their gear. Definitely still sounding very oathkeeper. Um, here's the other part. First of all, you know what, First of all, let's do with the ball drop boxes, right? If you show up armed with flashlights, shin a room of people's faces, that's voter intimidation. That's illegal. And he's openly said this, right? Like he's not hiding it. He's so confident in this that now he just feels like, Hey, I can say it out in the open. What does anybody care? Nobody's gonna do anything. Why are the police like not already involved? They should be.

Maybe they are. Maybe, maybe they're part of the group and we've seen that, right? I mean, that's not out of the realm of possibility. That the reason they don't go after these people is because they are these people. So certainly a possibility as to why these people can basically say, Yeah, we're gonna engage in voter intimidation. We're probably gonna have weapons on us, but whatever. And then nothing happens. Now, if I were to say that right now, I'd be arrested. But these people can say it out in the open. They can do interviews, respond to vice news, give 'em all the details of, Yeah, we're gonna do this, this, this, X, y, and Z, and all these box drop, uh, drop boxes. And the cops are like, Good for you. I'll see you when I get off. But the, this is now the federal government of the United States of America in direct conflict with his own citizen citizenry. Over what? Direct conflict with you. For what? Like the federal government has literally not done a thing to you. So you can't go out there and claim like they're, they're in conflict with us. Then we're talking about people. Voting is voting somehow in conflict with whatever it is. You're stupid little group, whatever you change their name to whatever they stand for. That's in conflict with a democratic style of government where people are allowed to vote for their leaders.