Republican Congressman Clay Higgins assaults man on streets of DC

[HisArpy]

Dude. Show me the NBA game where a player would NOT be T'd up for moving another player halfway down the court! Shit. There was a DOUBLE T for a ball being put in a guy's face with some words. NO PHYSICAL harm at all!!
They sometimes get T'd up for just being upset at a call, and some words or tossing a ball.
If the guy had stepped back and laid the fucker out? OH, now we have a problem.
Don't put your hands on another person without some cause! And it best be a good reason!
Of couse, you figure that choking another person to death, is ok too, right?
A Michael Jackson impersonator.
TERRIFYING !

dude, chill. This kind of stuff ain't doing you any good at all.

 

[Lazaran]

I was wrong. I apologize.

Fair enough.

 

[kahalarich]

Please understand that the exception is never the rule.

Except when it is. A state can decide to make the exception the rule of that state's law. That was my point in citing Arizona's legislative action to substitute its version for the common law. Arizona is not an outlier; even the bigger state of New York, for example, has combined the offenses under "Assault." The legal research site FindLaw notes that many states have now abandoned the term "battery" in their statutes. FindLaw also has a state-by-state listing of assault statutes.
https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-charges/assault-and-battery-overview.html

 

[HisArpy]

Except when it is. A state can decide to make the exception the rule of that state's law. That was my point in citing Arizona's legislative action to substitute its version for the common law. Arizona is not an outlier; even the bigger state of New York, for example, has combined the offenses under "Assault." The legal research site FindLaw notes that many states have now abandoned the term "battery" in their statutes. FindLaw also has a state-by-state listing of assault statutes.
https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-charges/assault-and-battery-overview.html

Again, the exception is not the rule.

The fact that a "few" states have seen fit to change their laws doesn't make those changes into the mainstream definition. You can argue your false POV all you want, but the exception doesn't make the rule.

 

[Lazaran]

Except when it is. A state can decide to make the exception the rule of that state's law. That was my point in citing Arizona's legislative action to substitute its version for the common law. Arizona is not an outlier; even the bigger state of New York, for example, has combined the offenses under "Assault." The legal research site FindLaw notes that many states have now abandoned the term "battery" in their statutes. FindLaw also has a state-by-state listing of assault statutes.
https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-charges/assault-and-battery-overview.html

I was wrong. I apologize.

Fair enough.

 

[Rightguide]

The police detained his victim.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1659018496691372038

Typical unmannerly leftist engaging in disorderly conduct and expecting to be treated like an adult. Higgins, a former Sheriff, simply took out the trash.

 

[ll74]

Typical unmannerly leftist engaging in disorderly conduct and expecting to be treated like an adult. Higgins, a former Sheriff, simply took out the trash.

Vigilantism is the new law and order party.

 

[butters]

and now he's calling for 'insurrection at a local level'

“President Trump said he has ‘been summoned to appear at the Federal Courthouse in Miami on Tuesday, at 3 PM.’ This is a perimeter probe from the oppressors. Hold. rPOTUS has this,” Higgins wrote, adding:

Buckle up. 1/50K know your bridges. Rock steady calm. That is all.

best selling author and expert on right wing militia:

Sharlet, who penned the New York Times bestselling book “The Undertow: Scenes From a Slow Civil War,” was quick to explain:

Deep scary: 1/50 k refers to military scale maps & publicly available US Geological Survey maps of areas mostly surrounding military installations. This isn’t a metaphor. This isn’t slow civil war. This is a congressman calling for the real thing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1667162473021964290

 

[Rightguide]

and now he's calling for 'insurrection at a local level'


best selling author and expert on right wing militia:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1667162473021964290

The Democrats and the left are once again attacking the presidential election process. It's time to stand up to them. They want to cancel the votes of half the nation. Maybe they should conquer the nation first.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

The Democrats and the left are once again attacking the presidential election process. It's time to stand up to them. They want to cancel the votes of half the nation. Maybe they should conquer the nation first.

Do you agree with Representative Higgins, that the right should take up arms against the U.S. government?

 

[RobDownSouth]

Ole Clay Higgins sure had some second thoughts last night. He's carefully walking back yesterday's "To zee BARRICADES!" bluster. I'm thinking someone advised him of the consequences of inciting a riot, which shows greater legal acumen than, say, HisArpy.

 

[HisArpy]

Do you agree with Representative Higgins, that the right should take up arms against the U.S. government?

Every society holds the power to overthrow their government. Mostly it's violent and bloody.

The interesting thing about the US is that we have the chance to "overthrow" the government every 2, 3, 4, or 6 years. We call it "an election."

And you know why we get to do this?

Because we took up arms against a government which refused to hear the pleas of its people and ignored its own laws while it oppressed and abused those citizens for the benefit of the government and its administrators.

Right now the courts refuse to hear claims made by individuals, as well as states themselves, against either the government itself or other states. Claims which only want to put a stop to the madness and return to the rule of law. In response the government itself ignores or intentionally violates the law in order to continue to oppress a portion of the citizenry so that the administrators of the government can enrich themselves.

Sound familiar?

 

[HisArpy]

I also note that it's been 3 weeks and so far not a peep of any forthcoming indictment of, or lawsuit against, Congressman Higgins for his actions.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Every society holds the power to overthrow their government. Mostly it's violent and bloody.

The interesting thing about the US is that we have the chance to "overthrow" the government every 2, 3, 4, or 6 years. We call it "an election."

And you know why we get to do this?

Because we took up arms against a government which refused to hear the pleas of its people and ignored its own laws while it oppressed and abused those citizens for the benefit of the government and its administrators.

Right now the courts refuse to hear claims made by individuals, as well as states themselves, against either the government itself or other states. Claims which only want to put a stop to the madness and return to the rule of law. In response the government itself ignores or intentionally violates the law in order to continue to oppress a portion of the citizenry so that the administrators of the government can enrich themselves.

Sound familiar?

Which “madness” do you want to put a stop to?

 

[HisArpy]

Which “madness” do you want to put a stop to?

Lol.

It's like you're trying to say you don't watch the news without saying you don't watch the news.

Or aren't you aware of the cost to humanity and society going on at the southern border? Or the loss of economic prosperity going on in D run states and cities? Or the cost to society as a result of the bullshit political narratives which divide the nation on the questions of censorship, racism, equity, DEI/CRT/ESG?

And of course there's the question (not the "fact") of whether our elections are truly accurate and represent the will of the people.



And yet you don't know anything about any of it? Or whether any of it is harmful to the nation/society as a whole?

 

[Rightguide]

Do you agree with Representative Higgins, that the right should take up arms against the U.S. government?

Only if it takes up arms against us. We usually vote to remove corrupt or failed people from government but if that system is corrupted by the government in order to protect itself from the voters so that we no longer have a choice, we'll have two choices, either fight that system or prepare to be slaves under it. The defining principle of America is we have the sole right to determine who governs us, not the other way around.

PS: I didn't see Higgins say that, so I'm taking your word for it. This may be a defining moment for some people. This has never happened before in our history to a previous President, never, especially in the middle of a campaign and orchestrated by the opposition. In the 19th Century, this might very well have started a shooting war in the nation. It's different today, the testosterone levels of today's male is much less than it was then. We are a much tamer people today. That said, the Democrats always go too far. Now that they've arrived on the shore of the Rubicon they should think before wildly wading across about what happened to Caesar when he decided to do so.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

PS: I didn't see Higgins say that, so I'm taking your word for it. This may be a defining moment for some people. This has never happened before in our history to a previous President, never, especially in the middle of a campaign and orchestrated by the opposition. In the 19th Century, this might very well have started a shooting war in the nation. It's different today, the testosterone levels of today's male is much less than it was then. We are a much tamer people today. That said, the Democrats always go too far. Now that they've arrived on the shore of the Rubicon they should think before wildly wading across about what happened to Caesar when he decided to do so.

We never had a President break so many laws before.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Lol.

It's like you're trying to say you don't watch the news without saying you don't watch the news.

Or aren't you aware of the cost to humanity and society going on at the southern border? Or the loss of economic prosperity going on in D run states and cities? Or the cost to society as a result of the bullshit political narratives which divide the nation on the questions of censorship, racism, equity, DEI/CRT/ESG?

And of course there's the question (not the "fact") of whether our elections are truly accurate and represent the will of the people.



And yet you don't know anything about any of it? Or whether any of it is harmful to the nation/society as a whole?

So VOTE for that to change.

 

[Rightguide]

We never had a President break so many laws before.

You have yet to see any proof that he has broken the law. I think I've given you more credit for honesty than you actually deserve.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

You have yet to see any proof that he has broken the law. I think I've given you more credit for honesty than you actually deserve.

Even the evidence that’s been made public this week is incriminating. Ultimately the determination of guilt is up to the jury, but there’s definitely enough to justify a trial.

 

[HisArpy]

So VOTE for that to change.

I do.

And there's that question of whether the elections are accurate or not. And when lawsuits are brought to challenge/verify those results, the courts/politicians/political sycophants refuse to hear them or believe the evidence.

Why is that?

 

[HisArpy]

Even the evidence that’s been made public this week is incriminating. Ultimately the determination of guilt is up to the jury, but there’s definitely enough to justify a trial.

The "evidence" you're relying on is one-sided and doesn't include all the facts. Basically it's cherry picked by the Trump hating media to give people like you the impression that he's guilty and that there's no defense.

Unfortunately, there are more than a few laws which exonerate Trump for what he did. You aren't hearing about those because it defeats the narrative. Worse, I could list a few of them but then the trolls would come out and make their usual claims about my legal abilities.

And you would believe them.

Because it suits your preferred views as they exist once they've been manipulated by the media.

It must be nice to be a lemming. No cares, no worries, no having to think for yourself, just follow along with everyone else. Yay, go individuality!! Oh wait...

 

[HisArpy]

You have yet to see any proof that he has broken the law. I think I've given you more credit for honesty than you actually deserve.

She believes the things she's been told because they're easy to believe. The narrative has been polished and made easy to swallow. The only way to see past it is to go look for evidence and facts yourself. Which is hard. Much easier to just swallow.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

I do.

And there's that question of whether the elections are accurate or not. And when lawsuits are brought to challenge/verify those results, the courts/politicians/political sycophants refuse to hear them or believe the evidence.

Why is that?

Because the recent allegations of election fraud made by Republicans are specious. The truth is their candidates and policies are unpopular.

 

[HisArpy]

Because the recent allegations of election fraud made by Republicans are specious. The truth is their candidates and policies are unpopular.

Really?

I suppose those facts where Kari Lake proved in court that the Maricopa County election commission did more than a few illegal things are "specious"? Or that suing to bring those illegal acts into the light so that no one can do them again is "unpopular"?

BTW, what ever happened to "count every vote" when there are literally TENS OF THOUSANDS of votes still uncounted in Maricopa County? How does that stack up against your "truth"? Or even "free and fair elections"?

I don't really care who won because it's all water under the bridge at this point. I do care that we make sure that none of this uncertainty happens again.

The question is why you and the rest of the D's don't want that too.