MSNBC’s Hayes Compares GOP Congresswoman to Osama Because She Posed with Guns

HAYES Republican Congresswoman Lauren ░░░░░░░░ owner of Shooters Grill ░░░░░░░░ Rifle Colorado where guns ░░░░░░░░ welcome and seemingly encouraged ░░░░░░░░ the premises has built ░░░░░░░░ political identity around guns ░░░░░░░░ vowed to carry a ░░░░░░░░ around D C and ░░░░░░░░ Capitol Hill She released ░░░░░░░░ video to make sure ░░░░░░░░ we all knew it ░░░░░░░░ Thursday she Zoomed into ░░░░░░░░ virtual congressional hearing with ░░░░░░░░ a mess of guns ░░░░░░░░ on the bookshelf behind ░░░░░░░░ AR 15 style rifles ░░░░░░░░ handgun just laying across ░░░░░░░░ bunch of books Boebert ░░░░░░░░ s raising four young ░░░░░░░░ later tweeted the guns ░░░░░░░░ not in storage but ░░░░░░░░ quote ready for use ░░░░░░░░ she just leaves them ░░░░░░░░ because she fears she ░░░░░░░░ need to fire multiple ░░░░░░░░ of ammo for someone ░░░░░░░░ comes into her den ░░░░░░░░ know lots of people ░░░░░░░░ noted that the use ░░░░░░░░ guns in that way ░░░░░░░░ props and the implicit ░░░░░░░░ that comes with them ░░░░░░░░ a you know long ░░░░░░░░ necessarily great history among ░░░░░░░░ movements around the globe ░░░░░░░░ bin Laden for one ░░░░░░░░ to pose in front ░░░░░░░░ a bookshelf with a ░░░░░░░░ prominently displayed The Irish ░░░░░░░░ Army would display guns ░░░░░░░░ its propaganda posters and ░░░░░░░░ murals Cuban revolutionaries they ░░░░░░░░ with guns all the ░░░░░░░░ too And no single ░░░░░░░░ of the spectrum has ░░░░░░░░ monopoly on this aesthetic ░░░░░░░░ mean you can see ░░░░░░░░ all over the world ░░░░░░░░ is unquestionably the aesthetic ░░░░░░░░ armed struggle of revolution ░░░░░░░░ insurrection A movement or ░░░░░░░░ that puts images of ░░░░░░░░ the celebration of guns ░░░░░░░░ and center in its ░░░░░░░░ aesthetic is a movement ░░░░░░░░ s engaging in something ░░░░░░░░ than what we might ░░░░░░░░ the normal rhetoric of ░░░░░░░░ democratic politics You can ░░░░░░░░ escape the meaning of ░░░░░░░░ It communicates that they ░░░░░░░░ committed to or at ░░░░░░░░ very least open to ░░░░░░░░ possibility of violent overthrow ░░░░░░░░ the government or the ░░░░░░░░ order And now in ░░░░░░░░ Republican Party it seems ░░░░░░░░ it s becoming common ░░░░░░░░ unremarkable Over decades the ░░░░░░░░ has built up this ░░░░░░░░ ideology around the Second ░░░░░░░░ rooted in frankly the ░░░░░░░░ the ridiculous idea that ░░░░░░░░ U S government itself ░░░░░░░░ itself a monopoly on ░░░░░░░░ legitimate use of force ░░░░░░░░ the Founders had gone ░░░░░░░░ revolution themselves And the ░░░░░░░░ just doesn t bear ░░░░░░░░ out it s not ░░░░░░░░ Not now and not ░░░░░░░░ for instance the Whiskey ░░░░░░░░ way back in 1794 ░░░░░░░░ President George Washington got ░░░░░░░░ his old uniform and ░░░░░░░░ on a horse and ░░░░░░░░ in troops to violently ░░░░░░░░ a violent tax protest ░░░░░░░░ Republicans are now signaling ░░░░░░░░ retain the right to ░░░░░░░░ violence to overthrow the ░░░░░░░░ at any time and ░░░░░░░░ s actually the core ░░░░░░░░ part of their political ░░░░░░░░ in the Second Amendment ░░░░░░░░ they re willing to ░░░░░░░░ that claim as a ░░░░░░░░ in pursuit of their ░░░░░░░░ aims And it s ░░░░░░░░ some academic thing right ░░░░░░░░ mean right now the ░░░░░░░░ of violence and menace ░░░░░░░░ over our collective —“