anyone that knows me. we re full circle and that ends the show and the week for us. appreciate both of you david burn and bobby from american utopia. keep rocking. appreciate it. that does it for us. the beat is over. msnbc goes on. the reidout with joy reid goes on. hi, joy. the theme for the year might be same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was. we love the talking heads. thank you. great interview. have a wonderful weekend. cheers. good evening. we begin the reidout with a story you might remember about an armed militia that rose up against the u.s. government but not in washington, not at first. in 2014 nevada rancher bundy owed the u.s. government more than $1 million in fees for letting his cattle graze on federal lands without a permit
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and the bureau of management workers in nevada the report found that matt shay put out a social media call for militia members that resulted in, quote, turn out of approximately 115 armed members. and fast forward to idaho, veterans affairs workers were headed to the home of a veteran deemed ineligible to purchase firearms by a health care professional, and the report found shay participated in an operation that, quote, resulted in the use of armed militia members who blocked access to the veterans home and prevented the lawful retrieval of the guns. in 2016 when bundy s sun amon led the take over of an oregon life refuge matt shay, quote, created a detailed military style operation plan entitled operation cool reality. shay s full ideology has been on full display for years now. just last year he admitted to authoring an absolutely crazy document titled biblical basis
begun, the first battle had been a great and successful one. and now was the time to strike. you know, it really is remarkable that they re now these reports of taking over a courthouse and so on because we did see that very same situation in atlanta on friday of last week when another gunman also from the patriot movement apparently tried to do very same thing. arno, do you agree with what mark is saying is anti-government rhetoric of bundy and the supporters is essential and essential ingredient in this attack? yeah. absolutely. basically what we re talking about is cultivation of fear. you need to have an environment of constant fear to drive people to the point where they commit an atrocity like what happened in las vegas or like what happened in oak creek, wisconsin, august 5th, 2012. if you look at any mass shooting, in any kind of violence, this narrative of fear