Two rifles are propped up near a "Recall Moty" sign in Clendenen's barber shop.
I have a friend from high school who lives in Shasta County, California, who sent me a local article about Republicans attacking their own.Shasta County is small, and Republicans have outnumbered Democrats 2-1 for decades. But something sinister is happening there.
Traditional Republicans are being cannibalized by ultra-conservatives and a local militia. The rebels turned against the leadership of the party and are busy canceling them.
The rebels campaign began with recalling a longtime Republican supervisor and inserting one of their own which effectively gave them control of the five-man board.
But how? Where did the money come from? The answer is damning. From a wealthy alt-right donor in Connecticut, Reverge Anselmo.
What was his stake in a tiny California county? Why did he give the rebels so much money? No one knows for sure because Anselmo isn't talking after numerous requests from various press organizations.
The Republican that got ousted, Leonard Moty, who barely had $30,000 for his campaign didn't stand a chance against a war chest of $450,000. What followed was a firehose of attack ads on local television and in mailers.
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One of the leaders of the group to overthrow Moty, is Woody Clendenen whose barbershop has become a Defacto headquarters for the group. It's festooned with extremist rage, with rifles and ammo next to the barber chair and Let's Go Brandon flags on the walls.
He also has a couple of Confederate flags that he flies whenever he feels like it.
Another of the instigators, Carlos Zapata, is a local militia member of the so-called California State Militia, a loosely organized band of armed para-military members.
Zapata and Clendenen (who is also a militia member) wanted the county to return state and federal funds, so it would have freedom to defy the health orders (as in masking).
When the Board of Supervisors didn't respond to their threats at public meetings, the extremists took that as an act of war.
Zapata who became a viral video star for disrupting public meetings is not stopping with infecting just Shasta County. He has plans for a video-campaign called Red,White & Blueprint to take over other counties nationwide.
His template for alt-right wackos promises a 10-episode indoctrination on how to overthrow local government bodies.
What's happened in Shasta County is just part of an overall campaign financed by ultra-conservative wealthy donors and dark money.
Extremist groups are threating to turn the nation into an authoritarian government. Their leader is a twice-impeached traitor who has divided the nation with the Big Lie.
God save America which is under siege.
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