Arizona lawmaker speaks to white nationalists, calls for violence — and sets fundraising records

[j brown's body]

"Midway through a white nationalist’s conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors” after excoriating critics of the “honorable” Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and proponents of the “bioweapon” coronavirus vaccine.

“We need to build more gallows,” the speaker said, adding that such a deadly fate would “make an example of these traitors who’ve betrayed our country.”...it was delivered by Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican lawmaker who represents tens of thousands of constituents and has found a rising national profile as a face of the radicalized wing of the GOP.

Rogers’s trajectory shows the political and financial incentives of going to extremes. After losing her earliest races as a mainstream Republican, she moved farther and farther right until she beat an incumbent by campaigning as the more conservative choice. Now, after a year of fanning bogus allegations about election fraud and other false claims, she is the most successful fundraiser in the Arizona state legislature."

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Get ready for the white wave?

 

[Credence]

These people are dangerous. No words

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Should be grounds for removal from office.

 

[Bodi]

"Midway through a white nationalist’s conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors” after excoriating critics of the “honorable” Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and proponents of the “bioweapon” coronavirus vaccine.

“We need to build more gallows,” the speaker said, adding that such a deadly fate would “make an example of these traitors who’ve betrayed our country.”...it was delivered by Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican lawmaker who represents tens of thousands of constituents and has found a rising national profile as a face of the radicalized wing of the GOP.

Rogers’s trajectory shows the political and financial incentives of going to extremes. After losing her earliest races as a mainstream Republican, she moved farther and farther right until she beat an incumbent by campaigning as the more conservative choice. Now, after a year of fanning bogus allegations about election fraud and other false claims, she is the most successful fundraiser in the Arizona state legislature."

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Get ready for the white wave?

Unless you think that their numbers are growing then it is just the same ones that are getting more vocal. Not a big deal.

 

[Bodi]

Should be grounds for removal from office.

Freedom of Speech is grounds for removal from office?

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

Unless you think that their numbers are growing then it is just the same ones that are getting more vocal. Not a big deal.

I expect their numbers are growing.

Economic hardships among other things help extremists grow in number. The US has had plenty of issues over the last 5 years, which would allow for their growth

 

[Credence]

Unless you think that their numbers are growing then it is just the same ones that are getting more vocal. Not a big deal.

They are working very hard and spending a lot of money to get more of them in office come the midterms

 

[Gateman_Wen]

Freedom of Speech is grounds for removal from office?

Calls for violence are not protected speech.

 

[Bodi]

They are working very hard and spending a lot of money to get more of them in office come the midterms

I was referring to the racist white man out there... I doubt their numbers are growing much. Their representatives might be though.

 

[Bodi]

Calls for violence are not protected speech.

I think she is an idiot but she is not "calling for violence" in the quote from the OP. Traitors can get death in the USA.

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000

US Code: Traitor

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim#:~:text=Whoever%2C%20owing%20allegiance%20to%20the,not%20less%20than%20%2410%2C000%3B%20and

 

[Common Sense 1]

Local reporting on the story!

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers censured amid controversy over white nationalist conference speech​

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers censured amid controversy over white nationalist conference speech

Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers has been censured by the State Senate amid controversy over her embrace of white nationalism.

www.fox10phoenix.com

PHOENIX - The Arizona Senate voted March 1 to censure Republican Wendy Rogers, whose embrace of white nationalism and calls for violence drew condemnation from across the political spectrum.


The censure was approved in a 24-3 vote, with all Democrats and most Republicans in support. Rogers stood as Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray read the censure aloud.
"We do support First Amendment freedom of speech," said Republican Senate President Karen Fann. "We absolutely support it. We fight battles over it. But what we do not condone is members threatening each other. To ruin each other. To incite violence. To call us communists. We don’t do that to each other."

 

[SCrider]

Freedom of Speech is grounds for removal from office?

At the very least the good people of AZ need to get her out of office. Unfortunately there are too many who think like her in the state.

 

[Bodi]

At the very least the good people of AZ need to get her out of office. Unfortunately there are too many who think like her in the state.

Agreed...

 

[madman]

Should be grounds for removal from office.

or a political promotion from some "politicians"

 

[madman]

Local reporting on the story!

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers censured amid controversy over white nationalist conference speech​

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers censured amid controversy over white nationalist conference speech

Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers has been censured by the State Senate amid controversy over her embrace of white nationalism.

www.fox10phoenix.com

PHOENIX - The Arizona Senate voted March 1 to censure Republican Wendy Rogers, whose embrace of white nationalism and calls for violence drew condemnation from across the political spectrum.


The censure was approved in a 24-3 vote, with all Democrats and most Republicans in support. Rogers stood as Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray read the censure aloud.
"We do support First Amendment freedom of speech," said Republican Senate President Karen Fann. "We absolutely support it. We fight battles over it. But what we do not condone is members threatening each other. To ruin each other. To incite violence. To call us communists. We don’t do that to each other."

but,but,but her "freespek!!!!"

 

[Gimmesometruth]

she is not "calling for violence"

Uh, she is calling for the hanging, capital punishment, of those who "de-banked and de-platformed" Fuentes and the orange asshole.

begins at 4:25

wendyrogers.org/wendy-rogers-full-afpac-speech/

She is a racist rw shit bird who just might loose her seat due to GOP gerrymandering.

 

[The AntiDonald]

Local reporting on the story!

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers censured amid controversy over white nationalist conference speech​

Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers censured amid controversy over white nationalist conference speech

Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers has been censured by the State Senate amid controversy over her embrace of white nationalism.

www.fox10phoenix.com

PHOENIX - The Arizona Senate voted March 1 to censure Republican Wendy Rogers, whose embrace of white nationalism and calls for violence drew condemnation from across the political spectrum.


The censure was approved in a 24-3 vote, with all Democrats and most Republicans in support. Rogers stood as Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray read the censure aloud.
"We do support First Amendment freedom of speech," said Republican Senate President Karen Fann. "We absolutely support it. We fight battles over it. But what we do not condone is members threatening each other. To ruin each other. To incite violence. To call us communists. We don’t do that to each other."

Wow. Finally at least a tiny bit of repercussion. We haven't seen much of that at all.

 

[Common Sense 1]

but,but,but her "freespek!!!!"

The censure was approved in a 24-3 vote, with all Democrats and most Republicans in support. Rogers stood as Senate Majority Leader Rick Gray read the censure aloud.
"We do support First Amendment freedom of speech," said Republican Senate President Karen Fann. "We absolutely support it. We fight battles over it. But what we do not condone is members threatening each other. To ruin each other. To incite violence. To call us communists. We don’t do that to each other."

 

[beefheart]

Wendy is pure psychotic racist trash. She ran several times for office and lost, so she bought a trailer and moved to the dipshit part of the state and finally got elected after running an inane campaign. She needs to be expelled.

 

[rickc]

Arizona lawmaker speaks to white nationalists, calls for violence — and sets fundraising records​

Another example of how the republican party is the party of racist.

Inciting violence among those misinformed, poorly educated, angry white working class racist.

 

[SenorXm/Sirius]

I didn't even have to click on the article to know this politician was a Republican..

More and more the saying. 'not all Republicans are racist, but all racist are Republicans' is true...

 

[Gateman_Wen]

I think she is an idiot but she is not "calling for violence" in the quote from the OP. Traitors can get death in the USA.

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000

US Code: Traitor

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title18/part1/chapter115&edition=prelim#:~:text=Whoever%2C%20owing%20allegiance%20to%20the,not%20less%20than%20%2410%2C000%3B%20and

This:

“We need to build more gallows,” the speaker said, adding that such a deadly fate would “make an example of these traitors who’ve betrayed our country.”

is indeed a call to violence.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

"Midway through a white nationalist’s conference in Orlando last month, one speaker drew applause calling for gruesome violence against “traitors” after excoriating critics of the “honorable” Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and proponents of the “bioweapon” coronavirus vaccine.

“We need to build more gallows,” the speaker said, adding that such a deadly fate would “make an example of these traitors who’ve betrayed our country.”...it was delivered by Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, a Republican lawmaker who represents tens of thousands of constituents and has found a rising national profile as a face of the radicalized wing of the GOP.

Rogers’s trajectory shows the political and financial incentives of going to extremes. After losing her earliest races as a mainstream Republican, she moved farther and farther right until she beat an incumbent by campaigning as the more conservative choice. Now, after a year of fanning bogus allegations about election fraud and other false claims, she is the most successful fundraiser in the Arizona state legislature."

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Get ready for the white wave?

She gets to promote random violence on law abiding citizens but we don't get to give her a taste of her own rhetoric.
Crikey, I'm even worried about saying that here.

 

[The Mark]

Freedom of Speech is grounds for removal from office?

Freedom of speech has limits, and I think calling for violence is one of them.

Would need to check on that to be sure though.

 

[MaryP]

Freedom of Speech is grounds for removal from office?

Calling to hang your opposition sounds like a good platform to you?