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Thanks, Maxine Waters: Idaho GOP lawmaker threatened with death over Facebook post — Video

On Sunday, Townhall reported that Idaho state Rep. Priscilla Giddings, a Republican representing the state’s 7th legislative district, was targeted with death threats after a Facebook post that triggered anti-gun leftists.

Townhall’s Beth Baumann explains:

Last weekend, the Idaho Republican Party held their annual convention. One of the main speakers during the event was newly-elected NRA President Oliver North. Naturally, Oliver’s presence brought gun control proponents out to protest.

During one of the convention’s breaks, Idaho State Rep. Priscilla Giddings (R) walked outside and noticed a group of protestors calling for gun control. Giddings read their signs and decided to pose for a picture with them. She then shared the following post on Facebook:

Giddings, by the way, happens to be a former combat pilot and currently serves as a major in the Air Force Reserve.  As Baumann noted, she has utilized firearms during multiple deployments in the Middle East.

Giddings, Townhall reported, said the anti-gun protest signs piqued her curiosity, so she went over to take a look.

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“I’m a very strong supporter of guns and the Second Amendment,” she said.

“The people in the Middle East, they’re not allowed to have guns. The Taliban controls all of them,” she added. “I think about that, about fighting for freedom. Freedom isn’t free, but what does that mean? My friends have given up their lives for freedom, for free speech.”

Baumann further reported:

Giddings carries a 30mm casing with her, because it saved her life overseas.

“I always share what my 30mm bullet looks like. All of my constituents have seen it,” she said. “I was the only woman in the Fighter Training Unit. I didn’t think I was doing well but then I won the ‘Top Gun’ award. I got closer to my target than any of the men.”

Giddings said the 30mm casing is symbolic of freedom in America, particularly because the average citizen in the Middle East doesn’t have the opportunity — or ability — to defend themselves against terrorists, like the Taliban.

“My 30mm bullet is a tool of symbolism,” she said.

But it seems that a number of leftists, including some in the so-called “mainstream media,” were triggered by the offer.

Keep in mind we’re talking about an empty shell casing.

Allow me to restate that: An. Empty. Shell. Casing.

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Even Chelsea Clinton and George Takei weighed in:

She also received death threats.

https://twitter.com/GregPruett2AA/status/1013825646248714241

“Giddings received a number of vile Facebook messages,” Baumann said. “Ironically, most of them involved threats of her being assassinated…with a gun.”

Here’s just a couple images Baumann posted.  There are plenty more.

death threat idahoidaho hateIronic, isn’t it?

Here’s a video with some of the voicemails she received:

The threats against Giddings made it to John Nolte’s growing list of media-sanctioned threats and targeted harassment of Trump supporters, egged on in part by the irresponsible rhetoric of Trump-haters like Maxine Waters and fake Washington Post “conservative” blogger Jennifer Rubin.

The situation has gotten so bad that a growing number of Americans now think a second bloody civil war could break out in the next five years.

In February 2011, I first opined that liberalism, at its core, is an ideology of rage and hate.  It’s only gotten worse since then and yes, increasingly bloodthirsty liberals prove that assertion correct on just about any given day.

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Joe Newby

A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Joe ran for a city council position in Riverside, Calif., in 1991 and managed successful campaigns for the Idaho state legislature. Co-author of "Banned: How Facebook enables militant Islamic jihad," Joe wrote for Examiner.com from 2010 until it closed in 2016 and his work has been published at Newsbusters, Spokane Faith and Values and other sites. He now runs the Conservative Firing Line.

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