Cliven Bundy Egging Standoff Militiamen To Keep Going In Oregon

Rancher Cliven Bundy speaks at a protest camp near Bunkerville, Nev. Friday, April 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher)
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Cliven Bundy is encouraging the four individuals still known to be at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge to stay put and keep fighting, according to a report from Oregon Public Broadcasting.

OPB is reporting that Bundy wrote to County Sheriff David Ward and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown that “We the People of Harney County and also We the People of the citizens of the United States DO GIVE NOTICE THAT WE WILL RETAIN POSSESSION OF THE HARNEY COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER.”

In what OPB identified as a “notarized” letter, Bundy also demanded that all “state and federal” law enforcement agents leave the area. Bundy’s letter ran counter to the message coming from his detained son Ammon Bundy who led the initial takeover of Malheur, but since his arrest has called for the remaining occupants to give up and leave the refuge.

Cliven Bundy became a household name after a high-profile standoff against the Bureau of Land Management in 2014. Many of the same individuals who stood with Cliven Bundy then participated in the Oregon refuge standoff.

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  1. Gee, Cloven Blunder, I don’t think they can hear you now. The power’s been cut, no phone, no pool, no pets, they ain’t got cigarettes. But thank’s for sharing.

  2. Cliven Bundy became a household name after a high-profile interview in which he claimed that “negroes” would be better off picking cotton instead of all being on welfare.

    FTFY

  3. Avatar for okay okay says:

    It’s time for the Federal Prosecutor in Nevada to file the FBI/BLM case against this freeloader, allegedly in arrears of paying his grazing fees to the taxpayers in the amount of 1 mil…

  4. It’s time to put this welfare queen in jail where he belongs. He is stealing from the American people. He is also a coward. He is not going to end well.

  5. I wonder if Cliven realizes that he is giving the judge yet another reason to keep his kids in jail until their trials? After all, if Daddy is pulling this shit, why would his spawn refrain?

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