Crepitus
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Are they a real threat?
Are they just overgrown kids playing "war"?
One thing I can say for sure is that they take themselves seriously.
From the leaders of one of the larger groups:
“The next election won’t be decided at a Ballot Box,” an AP3 leader wrote several months ago in a private Telegram chat. “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.” He has said he is ready to force his way into voting centers if need be, or “whatever it takes.”
“The Jan 6 event made the movement look weak and uncommitted,” one wrote a year and a half after the riot in a secret channel. “Had the house been taken for real and held we would all be in a different world.”
Personally I think people openly planning violence need to be in prison.
What do you think?
www.propublica.org
Are they just overgrown kids playing "war"?
One thing I can say for sure is that they take themselves seriously.
From the leaders of one of the larger groups:
“The next election won’t be decided at a Ballot Box,” an AP3 leader wrote several months ago in a private Telegram chat. “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.” He has said he is ready to force his way into voting centers if need be, or “whatever it takes.”
“The Jan 6 event made the movement look weak and uncommitted,” one wrote a year and a half after the riot in a secret channel. “Had the house been taken for real and held we would all be in a different world.”
Personally I think people openly planning violence need to be in prison.
What do you think?
![www.propublica.org](https://img.assets-c3.propublica.org/images/articles/AP3-OG.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=630&imgixProfile=propublicaAssets&q=90&w=1200&s=7b59b76fd00ae1d2f568acbe733916ee)
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia
Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3's journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One member predicts: “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.”