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A sheriff, a felon and a conspiracy theorist walk into a hotel. They’re there for the same conference. (www.nbcnews.com)
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The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association is urging lawmen to form posses, seize voting machines and investigate baseless claims of voter fraud.

A conference for a far-right sheriffs group this week drew a parade of felons, disgraced politicians, election deniers, conspiracy theorists and, in the end, a few sheriffs. 

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, or CSPOA, met in Las Vegas’ Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel conference center to publicly counter reports of extremism within the group and set a course for the coming election — one that involves sheriffs’ investigating what they claim, despite a lack of evidence, is rampant voter fraud. 

The group sees sheriffs as the highest authority in the U.S., more powerful than the federal government, and it wants these county officers to form posses to patrol polling places, seize voting machines and investigate the Democrats and foreign nations behind what they claim is a criminal effort to rig the vote by flooding the country with immigrants who vote illegally.  

Critics of the group — including voting rights advocates and extremism researchers — fear the CSPOA’s new focus will amount to interference and legitimize disinformation about U.S. elections.

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[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The conference opened a little behind schedule; the Pledge of Allegiance was delayed when organizers couldn’t find a flag. After he searched the conference center’s rooms, Tom Hamner, a Colorado man who served over two years in prison for the felony “interfering with law enforcement” on Jan. 6, 2021, came forward with the scarf from his wife’s neck. It wasn’t exactly a flag, but it was emblazoned with stars and stripes. “That’ll work!” emcee Alex Newman, an Epoch Times contributor, said before he led the crowd of dozens in the pledge.

I'm not sure what's funnier; that only dozens of people showed up, or that they performed the Pledge of Allegiance to a scarf owned by the wife of a felon because nobody planning the event brought an American flag.

[-] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago

In a couple of clear violations of the US Flag Code of 1928 no less. If these chucklefucks want to worship a piece of cloth (something about not having idols too, though the context evades me at the moment) at least get it right.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

These are the same fuckers that desecrate the flag with thin blue line slogans and shit.

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