Gun Nuts At RNC: Dems Will “Abolish The Suburbs”

Time Magazine reports:

On the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Mark and Patty McCloskey—a St. Louis, Missouri couple who became well-known after brandishing firearms at racial justice protesters—championed President Donald Trump as a defender of “law and order” while labeling the Democrats as a lawless radical mob.

“Whether it’s defunding the police, ending cash bail so criminals can be released back out on the streets the same day to riot again, or encouraging anarchy on our streets,” Mark McCloskey said, “it seems as if Democrats no longer view the government’s job as protecting honest citizens from criminals, but rather protecting criminals from honest citizens.”

“They are not satisfied with spreading the chaos and violence into our communities, they want to abolish the suburbs altogether by ending single-family home zoning,” Patty said. “This forced rezoning would bring crime, lawlessness and low-quality apartments into thriving suburban neighborhoods.”

I agree with the RNC that this couple really truly does represent the Republican party!https://t.co/mYHJ7nZDhJ

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) August 25, 2020

The McCloskeys, of St. Louis, speaking at tonight’s #RNCConvention2020, sued the Reform Jewish Congregation that is adjacent to their property in 2013 after Mr. McCloskey vandalized bee hives, where honey was going to be harvested for Rosh Hashana. https://t.co/upctBtwOA2

— Jennifer N. Victor (@jennifernvictor) August 25, 2020

Mark and Patricia McCloskey are facing felony charges for threatening racial justice protesters with guns.

They’re not at the RNC in spite of that. They’re there BECAUSE of it. #TrumpChaos https://t.co/fabHfjeZTh

— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) August 25, 2020

At GOP convention, St Louis’s gun-waving Mark McCloskey calls activist, nurse and pastor @CoriBush — the Democratic nominee for Missouri’s 1st congressional district — “that Marxist revolutionary.” Bush responds: https://t.co/ijf4eS5CEO

— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) August 25, 2020

Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who threatened peaceful protesters in June, echoed President Trump’s claims that Democratic policies would put Americans’ lives in danger and made several false claims about those policies https://t.co/2Hr5Z1t17t

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 25, 2020