Nevada Senator Harry Reid took a swipe at the protesters supporting rancher Cliven Bundy in his war against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Reid claimed that the rancher’s supporters were “domestic terrorists,” and challenged their patriotism. Meanwhile, radio host Glenn Beck cautioned against potentially violent protesters who were the “right’s version of Occupy Wall Street.”
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The issue in Nevada has deescalated in the past week, but as Senator Reid has said, it’s far from over. Bundy is still being ordered to pay approximately $1 million in grazing fees for his cattle that are on public land. Libertarian icons Senator Rand Paul and former congressman Ron Paul have joined the litany of voices that have offered some form of support for Bundy against the feds, but the elder Paul believes that the feds will be back with reinforcements.
This episode of the Freedom Report takes an objective look at the issues swirling around the standoff in the Silver state.
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