Ammon Bundy’s Wife To Occupiers: Ammon Wants You To Go Home

Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks to reporters during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge after meeting with Harney County Sheriff David Ward Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016... Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, speaks to reporters during a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge after meeting with Harney County Sheriff David Ward Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Ward and two other Oregon sheriffs met Thursday with Bundy, the leader of an armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge and asked them to leave, after residents made it clear they wanted them to go home. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) MORE LESS
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The lawyers representing Ammon Bundy posted a brief statement from his wife Lisa — including audio — reiterating Ammon’s desire that the remaining occupiers at a federal wildlife center in Oregon should go home.

“This is Lisa Bundy, Ammon Bundy’s wife. I spoke with Ammon’s lawyers yesterday and heard from his voice that those were his instructions: he wants people to go home; to go to their families,” she said.

Even after the statement from Ammon Bundy — who was arrested Tuesday night — was issued Wednesday, a few of the militia men at the Malheur National Wildlife Center signaled they were planning on staying.

Here is the full statement Ammon Bundy put out through his lawyers:

First I want to address my beloved friend Lavoy Finnicum. Lavoy is one of the greatest men and greatest patriots I have ever seen. His love for this country ran deep through the blood he gave yesterday. And I mourn for him and his family. I’m praying for you fervently in every prayer.

We will have more to say later but right now I am asking the federal government to allow the people at the refuge to go home without being prosecuted.

To those remaining at the refuge, I love you. Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. This fight is ours for now in the courts. Please go home.

Being in the system, we are going to take this opportunity to answer the questions on Art. 1, Section 8, Cause 17 of the United States Constitution regarding rights of statehood and the limits on federal property ownership. Thank you and god bless America.

[H/T: OregonLive]

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  1. “I’m calling on the Feds to ignore all of the Federal laws you broke”…

    Good luck with that, hon.

    And start getting to know the prison-spouse support groups. They’ll be useful for your next few years.

  2. Shorter: If you screw this up any more than we already have, Ammon won’t be able to get a deal. Go home.

    She might want to move closer. The commute is likely to be a bitch.

  3. ammon says “send money and snacks… my $538,000 SBA Loan (from the greedy, overbearing, tyrannical Government is almost all used up”.

  4. Sorry, but there’s a sign out front of their little occupied clubhouse–“No girls allowed!”

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