Cliven Bundy: My Son’s Arrest Is a ‘Wake up Call to America’
Cliven Bundy Says Son’s Arrest Is a ‘Wake Up Call to America’ (Mediaite)
Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who led an armed standoff against federal officials last year, gave a video interview to the Las Vegas Review-Journal regarding his son Ammon‘s seizure of a wildlife refuge in Oregon, which ended Tuesday night in a confrontation with federal and state authorities that left Ammon and six of his followers arrested, and one of his followers dead.
The whole affair, Cliven said, would be a “wake up call to America.”
“This whole battle is over a constitutional issue,” he added, “where the federal government has no rights within the states.” Bundy appeared to be expanding on this thought when the video dissolves to another part of his speech. He continued:
