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Student protests are not new. While there has been scrutiny for free speech violations this year, this is not the first time the administration at the University of Utah has pushed back against demonstrations. From walk-outs, sit-ins, marches and rallies to flyer posting and social media activism, U students have a long history of. ....
“To see these people dressed in militia outfits is a threat to our whole country,” says George Autobee, in one of the many ads for his organization, Rural Colorado United. “If these militia people are not suited up and armed to shoot other Americans, then what are they doing? What are they doing?” This prescient commercial was released weeks before the 2020 election, as part of RCU s opposition to Lauren Boebert, the pro-Trump and Q-friendly pistol-packing mama of four from Rifle who was running in Colorado s 3rd Congressional District. Autobee, a decorated Vietnam vet turned political and social activist, ends the ad with this: “If you can’t get elected to Congress without threatening someone else, maybe you don’t have anything to offer.” ....