Republican Joe Pitts attacks those trying to stop right wing extremists
Channel: ColumnFiftyFive
Date: 2012-08-07

Republican US Rep. Joe Pitts attacking the Department of Homeland Security for accurately describing the source of right wing extremists. His petty, political speech to attack Obama in 2009 looks even more reprehensible in 2012 after a series of right wing terrorist attacks have taken place in the United States.

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In June, 2012, an Alaska militia leader and 2 associates were convicted on many counts, including conspiracy to murder government officials. Schaeffer Cox was a Republican delegate to this state Republican convention and ran in the Republican primary in Fairbanks for a state House seat in 2008. Source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2018468556_militia19.html

In October, 2011, a jury convicted a Georgia man of a federal firearms charge that was part of a plot to take over a Tennessee courthouse and force President Barack Obama out of office. Source: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/oct/25/georgia-man-convicted-plot-seize-courthouse/