{"id":32966,"date":"2020-06-11T14:49:32","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=32966"},"modified":"2020-06-11T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:57:19","slug":"republcian-rep-matthew-grossell-be-prepared-to-defend-the-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/11\/republcian-rep-matthew-grossell-be-prepared-to-defend-the-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Republcian Rep Matthew Grossell: Be prepared to defend the Republic!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Matthew Grossell, of the Minnesota Legislature, tells us to \u201cbe prepared to defend this republic\u201d from protesters calling for racial equity and criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_32967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32967\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32967\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/11\/republcian-rep-matthew-grossell-be-prepared-to-defend-the-republic\/matt_grossell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Matt_Grossell.jpeg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Matt_Grossell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ex cop Grossell calls for citizens to take up arms against anti-racism protests. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Matt_Grossell.jpeg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Matt_Grossell.jpeg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Matt_Grossell.jpeg?resize=200%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32967\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ex cop Grossell calls for citizens to take up arms against anti-racism protests.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Grossell is a rep from District 2A, which is one of the most famous districts in Minnesota because it is where we find International Falls, often cited in national weather reports as having the lowest temperature in the connected 48 states.<\/p>\n<p>Grossell has deemed the George Floyd Protests Are \u201cEvil\u201d &amp; &#8220;Not About Race,&#8221; \u201ca coordinated attack on our God given freedoms\u201d, \u201ca springboard for an alter agenda to destroy this republic and any other free nation around the world\u201d, \u201cnot about race\u201d, \u201can attempt to divide us as Americans\u201d, and \u201cthe lies and deceit of evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grossell&#8217;s gross sell is being criticized by the Minnesota DFL (Democratic) party, who call this an &#8220;unhinged social media tirade &#8230; in which Grossell attacks the protests calling for justice and reform that erupted in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s murder and appears to call for violence to be used against protesters.<\/p>\n<p>We know Grossell is a typical Republican, and he proves it with his remarks. My question is, does his expressed point of view reflect the thinking of the good people of his district? I know several people who live in 2B, and no, it does not as far as I can tell. Grossell is out of step and needs to be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Just so you know I&#8217;m not cherry picking, here is the full text of Grossell&#8217;s Facebook post:<\/p>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s on my mind is this folks, as I look at what is going on across the state, across the nation and across the world. One thing stays in my heart and mind, this is a coordinated attack on our God given freedoms as written in the Constitution of these United States. The tragic death of one man has been used as a springboard for an alter agenda to destroy this republic and any other free nation around the world. This is not about race though it is being used in an attempt to divide us as Americans. We must not let the lies and deceit of evil divide us and we must stand ready to defend this nation, this republic, the land of the free the home of the brave. I took an oath as a soldier, a law enforcement officer and now as a state representative to uphold the Constitution and I have never been relieved of that oath nor will I ever give it up. I call upon my brothers and sisters across this state, this nation and around the world to stand ready to face this evil, which will never be appeased by compromise nor will it ever stop taking until it has taken every freedom we hold dear, and stop it dead in its tracks. It was said somewhere by a wise individual &#8216;all evil needs to get a foothold is for good men to do nothing&#8217;. So I call upon my brothers and sisters to first and foremost pray and secondly to be prepared to defend this republic, the land of the free the home of the brave! We are one nation under God and it&#8217;s time for us to stand ready to defend this nation this republic which God has so graciously given us. Please share this as far and wide as you possibly can. Thank you, God&#8217;s blessings and protection cover us all.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is a state representative calling for his fellow citizens to take up arms against those who want change.  I think he should be censured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representative Matthew Grossell, of the Minnesota Legislature, tells us to \u201cbe prepared to defend this republic\u201d from protesters calling for racial equity and criminal justice reform. Grossell is a rep from District 2A, which is one of the most famous districts in Minnesota because it is where we find International Falls, often cited in national &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/11\/republcian-rep-matthew-grossell-be-prepared-to-defend-the-republic\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Republcian Rep Matthew Grossell: Be prepared to defend the Republic!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5972,5026,5046],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/john-simon-1.jpg?fit=850%2C478&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-8zI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32968,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32966\/revisions\/32968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}