{"id":48226,"date":"2021-01-17T09:36:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48226"},"modified":"2021-01-17T09:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:36:48","slug":"martial-law-if-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=48226","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Martial Law If Necessary\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell brings notes to White House that suggest calling for \u2018martial law if necessary\u2019<\/h1>\n<h3>It comes after Mr Lindell tweeted, then deleted, calls for Donald Trump to impose martial law in the seven battleground states that delivered Joe Biden the presidency<\/h3>\n<p>Justin Vallejo | INDEPENDENT<br \/>\nNew York<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48227\" style=\"width: 894px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48227\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48227\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-17-at-8.34.12-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"884\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-17-at-8.34.12-AM.png 884w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-17-at-8.34.12-AM-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screen-Shot-2021-01-17-at-8.34.12-AM-768x569.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-48227\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This thing works. It\u2019s the miracle of all time,&#8217; Mike Lindell claims about oleandrin<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>One of Donald Trump\u2019s fiercest supporters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/mypillow\">MyPillow<\/a>\u00a0CEO Mike Lindell, went to a meeting at the White House with notes suggesting \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/martial-law\">martial law<\/a>\u00a0if necessary\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>The notes, captured by a photographer as Mr Lindell entered the Oval Office on Friday, come after Mr Lindell tweeted then deleted calls for the president to \u201cimpost martial law\u201d in the seven battleground states that won the election for Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>The page is curved and not fully visible, but the heading is titled \u201c[illegible] taken immediately to save the [illegible] constitution&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>It references a \u201ccyber\u201d attorney and \u201cKraken\u201d attorney Sidney Powell, while recommending \u201cKash Patel to acting CIA\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>\u201cInsurrection Act now as a result of the assault on the\u2026 martial law if necessary upon the first hint of any\u2026\u201d, it read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>\u201c\u2026 foreign interference in the election trigger [ineligible] powers. Make clear this is China\/Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted tweet in December, Mr Lindell repeated Mr Trump\u2019s attacks on Arizona governor Doug Ducey and Georgia governor Brian Kemp that they were \u201ccrooked\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look @dougducey you made the list and your crooked buddy @BrianKempGA! @realDonaldTrump please impose martial law in these 7 states and get the machines\/ballots!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 19 December tweet was deleted an hour later but was memorialized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mypillow-ceo-tweets-then-deletes-call-trump-impose-martial-law-7-states-1556218\" rel=\"nofollow\">Newsweek<\/a>, which reported that the tweet appeared to be in response to attorney Lin Wood\u2019s calls for a military and government-led crackdown in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-pLxQr dlxlap\">\n<p>Before the election, Mr Lindell spoke at the Republican National Convention to blame Democrats for the riots in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd in police custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, the terrible Democratic leadership in Minnesota made some of the worst decisions in history,\u201d Lindell said at the convention. \u201cThis manifested into so much of the destruction of my great state and country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-election-2020\/mypillow-lindell-white-house-martial-law-b1788176.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-election-2020\/mypillow-lindell-white-house-martial-law-b1788176.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}