The Oath Keepers founder cast himself as a general in an insurrectionist army. (via TheReidOut Blog)
have been charged with seditious conspiracy, among several other counts, over their alleged efforts “to overthrow, put down or to destroy by force the government of the United States.”: “Rhodes stood at the center of the seditious conspiracy — orchestrating plans to use force, recruiting and financing co-conspirators, purchasing weaponry and tactical gear, inciting support and action, and endeavoring to conceal his and other co-conspirators’ crimes.
Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., the chair of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, warned about this during a hearing back in March that focused on radicalized veterans who participated in the Jan. 6 siege.These groups value the leadership skills, combat experience, and the weapons training that veterans possess. Having veterans among their ranks also gives these groups an air of credibility.
“We need prior military, LEO, security professionals, skilled martial artists, emergency medical, communications, and intelligence personnel,”Monday’s episode of “The ReidOut,” former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove said Rhodes viewed his actions whipping up an army of pro-Trump extremists as “a road to authority and authenticity as a clandestine militia leader.”
In this case, Rhodes and his minions are on trial. But so, too, are the conservative movement’s mythical patriotism, the violence it begets and anyone — veterans included — who subscribes to it.
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