Oh, those Trumpsters! What a fun bunch they are!
Mother Jones is shedding some new light on all the exciting shenanigans planned for the upcoming Republican Convention in Cleveland. Are you ready?
James Klein is a Trump delegate from Pennsylvania. When asked about his plans for the celebratory convention weekend, he announced that he plans to bring his guns for self-defense.
Wait, what? Where are the silly hats and noisemakers?
This is the modern day Republican Party. This man has also been listening closely to the party nominee.
He’s scared to death. He’s afraid of what might happen in the big city. He says that he needs to have his gun defense on hand. He explains that he’s worried about terrorism, saying:
“We’re talking about ISIS.”
Apparently quite a few of the Trump delegates from Pennsylvania have bought into the candidate’s fear mongering hysteria. They’re afraid of protesters as well as terrorists. One delegate reminded reporters about protests outside of some of Trump’s rallies. He said:
“There are a whole bunch of things happening: You go to various events, receptions, whatever, outside the convention hall. And you walk on the streets and, you know, people know that you are a delegate, and who knows what the crazy people are going to do? So you’ve got to be vigilant about what’s going on and prepare yourself.”
These delegates are clearly not the bravest souls around. They’re going to be in Cleveland, Ohio in the presence of so much armed security that people will probably be arrested for spitting on the sidewalk.
They still plan to defend themselves with guns if someone gets rowdy at the local pizzeria.
Of course the people attending the convention won’t be able to actually bring their guns into the arena, because the Secret Service is not stupid. They have decided that the Quicken Loans Arena will be a gun free zone.
What? Why won't guns be allowed at the GOP Convention? This is a blatant violation of our Second Amendment rights.
— Bill Marin (@billmarin31) July 1, 2016
That ruling prompted an online petition demanding that the delegates be allowed to carry loaded guns into the arena. To date, almost 56,000 people have signed on. I’m serious! Can you even imagine tens of thousands of armed civilians terrified of protesters, Mexicans, gays, crazy people, and ISIS all crammed into one giant arena? What an image!
The Secret Service has held firm. No guns will be allowed inside the GOP Convention.
This makes me wonder where the gun carrying delegates think they’ll be leaving their loaded weapons while they are at the big event. Will they store them back in their hotel rooms, meaning that they’ll be without armed defense while waiting in line at Starbucks?
Will they carry them to breakfast and on the bus, then be turned away at the door of the Convention hall? Or will they just shoot their way inside yelling about the Second Amendment?
Yet another reason to be happy that I’ll never find myself at a GOP gathering.
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