January 27, 2016

Reporter JJ McNab posted McVeigh associate Gary Hunt's call to arms to Twitter Tuesday night.

Apparently from an email blast, it calls for "all good men to come to the aid of their country, after claiming that Lavoy Finicum was "murdered by the FBI" and Ryan Payne was shot. Payne was not shot, but Ryan Bundy suffered a minor gunshot wound and was treated before being released to federal custody.

Here's the image:

For more about Gary Hunt and the origins of what we're seeing today, read Matt Osborne's in-depth discussion of militants participating in the Oregon occupationhere.

Can you help us out?

For nearly 20 years we have been exposing Washington lies and untangling media deceit, but now Facebook is drowning us in an ocean of right wing lies. Please give a one-time or recurring donation, or buy a year's subscription for an ad-free experience. Thank you.

Discussion

We welcome relevant, respectful comments. Any comments that are sexist or in any other way deemed hateful by our staff will be deleted and constitute grounds for a ban from posting on the site. Please refer to our Terms of Service for information on our posting policy.
Mastodon