WATIMES: Ammon Bundy, the Mormon rancher who famously led two armed standoffs against the feds in Nevada in 2014 and Oregon in 2016, has renounced the militia movement due to its hardline immigration stance and unwavering loyalty to President Trump.
“The vast majority seemed to hang on to what seemed like hate, and fear, and almost warmongering, and I don’t want to associate myself with warmongers,” Mr. Bundy told BuzzFeed News in an interview published Thursday.
“The time we find ourselves in now that is closest found in history is Germany in the 1930s, and they had a leader that was loved, and it was the same kind of following,” he said. “I don’t want to say there is that extreme similarity, but it very well could go that way, and people just give up their thinking, their rights, and they give up their government because they were so willing to follow [the president].”
Mr. Bundy said he is grateful for Mr. Trump’s presidential pardon of the ranchers at the center of the Oregon standoff, but said he can’t get behind the president’s immigration policies or the way he characterized the migrant caravan.
“I believe President Trump, the best way I could explain it, is that he’s a nationalist, and a nationalist in my view makes the decision that best benefits the nation, not the individual,” he said. “That is not freedom, and that is not what America was built upon.”
Mr. Bundy comments come after he sparked a fierce backlash from supporters in the militia movement when he slammed Mr. Trump’s rhetoric concerning the caravan. Followers who helped guard his father’s ranch in 2014 said they now regretted doing so, BuzzFeed reported. He said he also received death threats. more
What an absolute moron. And what’s up with the Mormon’s love of open borders?
He and his family led an entire nation on one goose chase after another, costing one man his life, under the guise of Don’t Tread On Me.
Well guess what ten gallon asshat, you and your States Rights militia are now detested by both sides. Oh, and don’t expect any support for your next grievance to come from the left.
He’s contradicting himself through the entire interview!
He’s shown himself to be a ‘fanatically loyal’ Romney mormon from Nevada. Typical Prog. Hates the government when they’re bothering him and his property, but he loves the government when they’re pushing illegals onto you and your property. He used the militia members all along.
Enjoy your blue state. New democrat gov will take everything you own. Prick.
Bundy: “…a nationalist in my view makes the decision that best benefits the nation, not the individual”
He is confusing a statist with a nationalist. What a maroon.
Ammon Bundy never lead shit. The Oath Keeper ruled the day that day. And that stories never been completely exposed. Pretty damn embarrassing to some Federal Para Military Orgs. Pussies. Ammon’s no hero. And he’s obviously a little brain damaged from the confrontation.
People like him are why Dem Harry Reid and RINO Dean Heller kept getting re-elected.
And now, Nevada is a Dem run state beginning in 2019. Assholes.
“He is confusing a statist with a nationalist. What a maroon.”
Exactly. I expect to see him in Portland hanging out with Antifa soon. lol.
“Mormon” says it all, no need to read further, anyone who has ever done business with them knows what I am talking about.
Bundy, commit suicide without us, thank you.
So he just “Mittens” riding a tractor then. Time for another locust plague.
Reid. Romney. Heller. Flake.
It’s a rare Mormon you can trust on the political scene not to lean left.
Anyone who compares Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler is a complete idiot.
And we certainly have a lot of idiots in this country.
Mr. Bundy is not alone, fer sure.
grool DECEMBER 8, 2018 AT 6:00 AM
Reid. Romney. Heller. Flake.
It’s a rare Mormon you can trust on the political scene not to lean left.
Huntsman?
Ann Barnhardt called it at the time. Stay away from a fight you know nothing about.
However stylistic, attractive, and seemingly protective of Western values, the Bundy Standoff attracted a lot of true believers that got chewed up in the shitstem’s aftermath.
Jerry Delemus answered the call and is still in prison if memory serves. What a shame on your house Bundy.
Please don’t be mad about the bus I am throwing you under after you came to my aid and quite likely saved my ass from prison. It is nothing personal, it’s just that the bus is full of illegal migrants and must be welcomed here.
Careful. This could be a fake news psyop.
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“…the Bundys’ ideology has always stemmed from their specific brand of Mormonism…”
FOUND the problem! BAD theology ALWAYS leads to bad PRACTICE. 😳
“The enemy of those that call me enemy, is my ally.”
Period. Full stop.
(Maybe that word does not mean what you think it means.)