Operation American Spring: 5 Things to Know About the Rally to Overthrow Obama
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Tomorrow, Operation American Spring will attempt to flood Washington, D.C. with Tea Party activists committed to removing President Obama from office.
“[I]t will be painful, and some people may die because the government will not be non-violent; some of us will end up in a cell, and some may be injured,” organizer Harry Riley said, fearing that “patriots may be killed, wounded, incarcerated” in their effort to overthrow Obama.
One Operation American Spring endorser, former general Paul Vallely, has even floated leading a “revolution” against Obama.
This wouldn’t be the first right-wing rally that promised to occupy DC with millions of people until Obama leaves office, and we don’t expect tomorrow’s event to turn out any differently.
Here are five things you need to know about Operation American Spring:
1. Plans For 10-30 Million People To ‘Shut Down’ DC
Riley has insisted that “10-20 million people” will descend on Washington, and guaranteed a minimum of 10 million : “We’re trusting there’s going to be about 10 million or more people that are going to be there to back this up, verified, validated.”
“They will be all over DC. Wherever they can find a spot to stand, that’s where they’ll be. Around the White House, around the Capitol, on the Mall, all over,” Riley said. “We will wait, we will be there, we will interrupt the traffic, we will interrupt the commerce.”
“We’re going to shut the city down.”
Believe it or not, that is actually on the low side of estimates from Operation American Spring backers.
Jim Garrow, a far-right activist and conspiracy theorist backing the effort, told fringe radio host Pete Santilli that “they’re expecting 30 million people.”
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