“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It’s that simple.”
— FBI Director Kash Patel, 2026

“You can’t have guns, you can’t walk in with guns, you can’t do that.”
— Donald Trump, 2026

“If you approach law enforcement with a gun, there is a high likelihood they will be legally justified in shooting you.”
— U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli, 2026

“I don’t like it when somebody goes into a protest and he’s got a very powerful, fully loaded gun.”
— Donald Trump, 2026

“I don’t know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.”
— DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, 2026

 “I like taking the guns early. Take the guns first, go through due process second.”
— Donald Trump, 2018

“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines.”
—FBI Director Kash Patel

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You can go home now, MAGA. That’s quite enough of the pearl-clutching, fake outrage, and hypocrisy. You, and the Trump administration you keep running cover for, are clearly not serious people.

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