Broun: Pelosi A ‘Domestic Enemy Of The Constitution’

Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA)
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At a town hall in Commerce, Ga., last week, Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “domestic enem[y] of the Constitution.”

“When I was sworn into the Marine Corps, I was sworn to uphold the Constitution against every enemy, foreign and domestic,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of domestic enemies of the Constitution and one of those sits in the speaker’s chair of the United States Congress, Nancy Pelosi.”

Athens Banner-Herald reporter Blake Aued was at the Sept. 28 town hall and forwarded his transcript to TPM. He had liveblogged the event, but the liveblog didn’t remain on the Banner-Herald‘s site afterward.

He also said the Second Amendment is “critical to prevent treason in America.”

Broun was responding to a woman who asked, “What would our founding fathers say about the mess that we have?”

“We’ve lost a lot of freedom in America,” he began, adding that the First and Second amendments are the “cornerstones of freedom.”

“I’m chairman of the Second Amendment Task Force fighting for Second Amendment rights. Those gun rights are actually critical to prevent treason in America,” he said. “These First Amendment rights, our freedom of speech and all the other things that are going on are just absolutely awful.”

In the past, Broun has compared President Obama to Hitler and said Obama, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are part of a “socialistic elite” who may use a flu pandemic to declare martial law.

(H/T Beyond The Trestle)

Late update: The reporter posted on this at his blog, pointing out that Broun has also accused Democrats “of wanting to ban Twinkies and bicycles.” He also unearthed his liveblog of the event.

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