In the past week, Republican lawmakers nationwide have faced hostile town halls. But when private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out in Idaho, it raised questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what. - ThreadSky

newrepublic.com • 3 days ago

In the past week, Republican lawmakers nationwide have faced hostile town halls.

But when private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out in Idaho, it raised questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.

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pnwcoffeeswiller.bsky.social•3 days ago

Civil rights in Idaho have been under attack for years. Idaho is the land of gun slinging immature man boys who grew to be men physically but not mentally. They have nasty control over people there.

hopelong.bsky.social•3 days ago

GW Bush would hold rallies. Deny entrance if you had anti-Bush t-shirt. That was two decades ago. First time I ever read of a President or candidate holding a closed speech of that nature.

shieldmaiden7.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wait until they're empowered to just shoot dissenters in the head with a Ruger.

stefsvoice.bsky.social•3 days ago

It amazes me that all those people watched that happen. No one had the guts to stand up and intervene. People need to stop being bystanders.

trukforever.bsky.social•3 days ago

Orange turd’s brown shirts.

oldsf.bsky.social•3 days ago

It was a horrific display of how empowered the ultra right Republicans are in northern idaho. Pushback isn't something they're used to. Amazingly, the private security company had its license revoked in Coeur D'Alene. I'm waiting to see if there's even a token action taken against the sheriff.

stevetownsend0.bsky.social•3 days ago

see also
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/politics/elon-musk-private-security-deputized-marshals-service/index.html
trump has the J6 pardonees, why would the others not want their own private army? Shades of PMC Wagner and other quasi-corporate PMCs in rus
These paramilitaries will transition nicely to policing the network states the broligarchs are planning.

n1bbl4r.social•3 days ago

Lawsuit for assault?

zelbel.bsky.social•3 days ago

Your article says they were hired by the town hall organizers. That's different from deputization.

They were acting as private security, not law enforcement, weren't they?

I thought that was why the police made them let Teresa go; they didn't have the authority to detain her.

marcusca.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ummm. This was not a public town hall. It was a Republican organized meeting.

They have complete authority to kick out anyone they want here. For any reason.

Republicans are also limiting all public town halls.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republicans-town-halls-blowback-trump-cuts-rcna193766

marcusca.bsky.social•3 days ago

Here is a link to talk about this meeting being private or public. It was declared as private, but perceived as public. It goes to court.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/feb/25/was-it-public-or-private-the-fate-of-the-kootenai-/

montork.bsky.social•3 days ago

so... no free speech, only what they want to hear.

marcusca.bsky.social•3 days ago

When private, sadly, yes.

First rule of an authoritarian party and their king, control the media and kill all dissent.

She was warned, and she continued to interrupt. So, they were well prepared to remove anyone for any reason.

ods91.bsky.social•3 days ago

Lefties are disruptors and we are going to start treating you as deserved

n2916s.bsky.social•3 days ago

Must be gratifying to not even have to pretend your not a Nazi anymore.

ods91.bsky.social•3 days ago

You people..........so obedient

kennyv.bsky.social•3 days ago

Disruption is patriotic.

ods91.bsky.social•3 days ago

This thing was patriotic?

jackbeingbad.bsky.social•3 days ago

Republicans and the wealthy are preparing for dictatorship America.

Private forces allowed to "arrest" complainers and protect "patriots"

montork.bsky.social•3 days ago

........ "tolerance for dissent" is a wild way to say free speech.

aarondanieldean.bsky.social•3 days ago

"In the good old days, they'd be carried out on a stretcher."

democratrick.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yeah, I saw that video and it was NOT good. Random guys, no identification, putting their hands on a woman to take her out because she was exercising her 1A rights? That's the shit you see in autocracies.

I wish that were my mother and I were in there. They'd never touch another human!

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