Jerry DeLemus, a co-chair of Veterans for Trump in New Hampshire who was arrested on federal charges related to the 2014 Bundy Ranch standoff earlier this month, has been named as an alternative delegate to the Republican National Convention for the Trump campaign.
Gawker first reported Sunday that DeLemus’ name appeared on the list of Trump’s New Hampshire delegates. His wife, state Rep. Susan DeLemus (R), also is listed as an alternate delegate while Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is listed as a delegate.
DeLemus was arrested on charges that included “conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, threatening a federal law enforcement officer, attempting to impede or injure a federal law enforcement officer and several firearms charges,” the New Hampshire Union Leader reported at the time.
The standoff in Nevada came after federal officials moved to impound Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle, which he’d grazed on federal land for decades without paying fees. Bundy invited hundreds of followers, many of them armed, to his ranch to push back against the federal agents.
More recently, Bundy’s sons, Ammon and Ryan Bundy, occupied a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon for more than a month before they were taken into custody.
DeLemus had visited the refuge and Oregon and said that he wanted Trump to hear the “whole story” of the occupation. Though Trump never visited the refuge, he did say that he would have acted to end the standoff because “you cannot let people take over federal property.”
Offhand, I’d say that evincing a willingness to be a Trump delegate might result in another count on that indictment.
If he’s not already on the list of foreign policy advisers then he should be!
He seems well qualified to serve in multiple capacities in dRumpf’s administration.
**Even if they are not the ones to do the final walk across the stage, flowers in-hand and crown on their head, the duty of the first runners-up is just as vital.
“I think a lot of people feel that the first runner-up is lost in translation, that they’re forgotten about,” Jessica said, “when in this case, the Miss America Organization embraces them and encourages the fact that they’re the first runner-up. MAO encourages young women who are first runners-up to promote themselves and the scholarship pageant, and to embrace being first runner-up because it’s awesome!”**
I know this looks bad…but his first choice was LaVoy Finicum.
Don’t you wish you could attach appropriate sound clips to your posts here?