Labrador defends armed protesters as ‘peaceful’

Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador is drawing attention today for defending the armed protesters who took over an eastern Oregon wildlife refuge as “peaceful” practitioners of “civil disobedience.” At a “Conversations with Conservatives” event on Capitol Hill today hosted by the Heritage Foundation, Labrador was asked about the standoff. The Hill, a Washington, D.C. newspaper that covers Congress, reported that Labrador’s response “stood in contrast to those of many Republicans who have condemned the protests that began Saturday night at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge” near Burns, Ore. The paper quoted Oregon GOP Rep. Greg Walden, whose district includes the refuge, telling Congress he believed the takeover was “not appropriate” and calling on the protesters to “go home.” It also quoted GOP presidential candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, all of whom condemned the protests. “We don’t have a constitutional right to use force and violence and to threaten force and violence on others,” Cruz said/ Betsy Russell , Eye on Boise. More here .

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