Who are the Oath Keepers?

Question

According to the media they are far right-wing white supremacists who are a threat to American democracy. However, to others, they seem to be for the most part military veterans who swore the oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Back 2001 the US government carried out a false flag operation against its people called 9/11, it became obvious at that time that the US government was the enemy of the people and not to be trusted.

The government has been attempting to disarm its citizens for a long time and these events brought that sharply into focus.

People, fearing their own government, or rather the mafia who control it from the shadows, reached out to members of the police and armed forces asking them to stand by their Oaths to the constitution and that they not follow orders which would breach the constitution.

These people are known as Oath Keepers.

You find that the main stream media (which is controlled by the mafia) will take every opportunity to attack and discredit Oath Keepers and is trying to get people to see them as a threat to democracy etc when the reverse is infact true.

Guy13 · Accepted Answer

Democracy…they are a threat too. A Republic they are not a threat too. Media is Pravda. Look up Democratic Socialist. Democracy is the first step or code to Communist state.

abc3643 · Answer

They are traitors against the United States of America. They should be put up against the wall and shot while being broadcast live on YouTube in prime time.

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Elmer Stewart Rhodes III aka Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, is lucky. He and about a dozen other members are on trial right now and will be convicted, but none of the crimes they were charged with have the penalty of execution. It's a shame, really, because one of those crimes - seditious conspiracy - is one of those crimes for which executions exist. In most countries, seditious conspiracy warrants execution.

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This is seditious conspiracy:

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384

18 U. S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy

Broken down, that means:

UNITED STATES CODE
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I—CRIMES (§§ 1 – 2725)
CHAPTER 115—TREASON, SEDITION, AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES (§§ 2381 – 2391)
§ 2384 - Seditious conspiracy

If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

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Here is how, in January 2022, the US Justice Department summarized their indictment of those Oath Keepers. (I abridged it to focus on the answer to your question.)

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/leader-oath-keepers-and-10-other-individuals-indicted-federal-court-seditious-conspiracy-and

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As alleged in the indictments, the Oath Keepers are a large but loosely organized collection of individuals, some of whom are associated with militias. Though the Oath Keepers will accept anyone as members, they explicitly focus on recruiting current and former military, law enforcement and first-responder personnel. Members and affiliates of the Oath Keepers were among the individuals and groups who forcibly entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The seditious conspiracy indictment alleges that, following the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election, Rhodes conspired with his co-defendants and others to oppose by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power by Jan. 20, 2021. Beginning in late December 2020, via encrypted and private communications applications, Rhodes and various co-conspirators coordinated and planned to travel to Washington, D. C., on or around Jan. 6, 2021, the date of the certification of the electoral college vote, the indictment alleges. Rhodes and several co-conspirators made plans to bring weapons to the area to support the operation. The co-conspirators then traveled across the country to the Washington, D. C., metropolitan area in early January 2021.

According to the seditious conspiracy indictment, the defendants conspired through a variety of manners and means, including: organizing into teams that were prepared and willing to use force and to transport firearms and ammunition into Washington, D. C.; recruiting members and affiliates to participate in the conspiracy; organizing trainings to teach and learn paramilitary combat tactics; bringing and contributing paramilitary gear, weapons and supplies – including knives, batons, camouflaged combat uniforms, tactical vests with plates, helmets, eye protection and radio equipment – to the Capitol grounds; breaching and attempting to take control of the Capitol grounds and building on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to prevent, hinder and delay the certification of the electoral college vote; using force against law enforcement officers while inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021; continuing to plot, after Jan. 6, 2021, to oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power, and using websites, social media, text messaging and encrypted messaging applications to communicate with co-conspirators and others.

On Jan. 6, 2021, a large crowd began to gather outside the Capitol perimeter as the Joint Session of Congress got under way at 1 p. m. Crowd members eventually forced their way through, up and over U. S. Capitol Police barricades and advanced to the building’s exterior façade. Shortly after 2 p. m., crowd members forced entry into the Capitol by breaking windows, ramming open doors, and assaulting Capitol police and other law enforcement officers. At about this time, according to the indictment, Rhodes entered the restricted area of the Capitol grounds and directed his followers to meet him at the Capitol.

At approximately 2:30 p. m., as detailed in the indictment, Hackett, Harrelson, Meggs, Moerschel and Watkins, and other Oath Keepers and affiliates – many wearing paramilitary clothing and patches with the Oath Keepers name, logo, and insignia – marched in a “stack” formation up the east steps of the Capitol, joined a mob, and made their way into the Capitol. Later, another group of Oath Keepers and associates, including James, Minuta, and Ulrich, formed a second “stack” and breached the Capitol grounds, marching from the west side to the east side of the Capitol building and up the east stairs and into the building.

While certain Oath Keepers members and affiliates breached the Capitol grounds and building, others remained stationed just outside of the city in quick reaction force (QRF) teams. According to the indictment, the QRF teams were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into Washington, D. C., in support of operations aimed at using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. The indictment alleges that the teams were coordinated, in part, by Caldwell and Vallejo.

The charge of seditious conspiracy carries a statutory maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U. S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

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This is the actual indictment of Stewart Rhodes and 9 others.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1462481/download

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THEY SHOULD ALL BE EXECUTED.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
I WOULD CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE TO PERSONALLY EXECUTE THEM.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

I don't know much about them. From the little I know I don't see anything that makes them far right extremists or white supremacists either one. Their bylaws explicitly bar racists from their organization.

Yes, they are extreme in their methods. But extreme methods is not the same as extreme on the left-right scale. Someone exactly in the middle can advocate extreme methods.

I doubt if anyone here knows more about them than what you could easily find out yourself - as long as you choose your sources carefully.

HighValue · Answer

I've never heard of them, but the media claims that almost anyone that isn't a democrat are White supremacists. And they claim all non democrats are a threat to democracy.

The democrats are the only real threat to democracy.

jshm2 · Answer

What United States though? Clearly not the one with the state else they would be fulfilling their patriotic "oaths" Clearly they are wannabe terrorists moonlighting as "citizens"

USLegionary · Answer

According to the media and anti defamation league Kanye West, Dave Chapelle and Kyrie Andrew are all right wing white Supremacists.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

It's the kind of guys that aged without achieving anything of relevance, don't have a mind filling hobby or interests, are married to a boring wife and are boring themselves.

Anonymous · Answer

An FBI front to go after conservatives. Or at least that is what they turned into.

ArtemisSilver · Answer

They look like low teir white nationalists and are probably a reactionary development due to all the propaganda creating and escalating identity politics.

Anonymous · Answer

They are a far right militia group who has espoused racist views. They are also military veterans who swore an oath to the constitution….. which they soundly violated on Jan. 6th.

purplepoppy · Answer

Worst name for a group ever. Might as well be the oat eaters.

Anonymous · Answer

Outlaws they would have called them at one time. Unofficial self-righteous law defenders.. do as I say not as I do. BS.

Anonymous · Answer

these guys.

Dargil · Answer

The mass media are morons.

joeldalton · Answer

Mostly feds, lol.

Massageman · Answer

Supporters of the US Constitution.

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