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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes

Yes, I'm not sure if people remember this from their school history textbooks, but when Americans tried to take up arms as a means of vetoing policy (a whiskey tax) Washington got back on this horse to lead the army into battle to put them down. (They dispered without a shot) — PolitiTweet.org

@chrislhayes In case anyone wonders what George Washington felt about this https://t.co/SGTe9WY6hZ

Posted June 3, 2022

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That's why, of course, as Stevens' dissent in Heller so persuasively shows, the "well-regulated militia" stuff in the text of the amendment isn't just throat clearing. The Founders were smart enough not have their new government cede its monopoly on the legitimate use of force. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 3, 2022

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RT @ExumAM: Do people think we veterans leave active duty and just wander the Earth like Caine from Kung Fu? I have a J-O-B, as does every… — PolitiTweet.org

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