Finally, someone with a pair shows up and the Dallas County GOP throws him under the bus. US Congressional candidate Stephen Broden stated that the overthrow of a tyrannical government was "not the first option" but it is "on the table." Broden is challenging Socialist Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) of Texas's 30th congressional district.
Broden is both a pastor and a prophet. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.
Republican congressional candidate says violent overthrow of government is 'on the table'To read the whole Dallas Morning News article, click on the blog post title or copy and paste this: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-broden_22tex.ART0.State.Edition1.33278a9.html
By MELANIE MASON / The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden stunned his party Thursday, saying he would not rule out violent overthrow of the government if elections did not produce a change in leadership.
In a rambling exchange during a TV interview, Broden, a South Dallas pastor, said a violent uprising "is not the first option," but it is "on the table." That drew a quick denunciation from the head of the Dallas County GOP, who called the remarks "inappropriate."
Broden, a first-time candidate, is challenging veteran incumbent Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson in Dallas' heavily Democratic 30th Congressional District. Johnson's campaign declined to comment on Broden.
In the interview, Brad Watson, political reporter for WFAA-TV (Channel 8), asked Broden about a tea party event last year in Fort Worth in which he described the nation's government as tyrannical.
"We have a constitutional remedy," Broden said then. "And the Framers say if that don't work, revolution."
Watson asked if his definition of revolution included violent overthrow of the government. In a prolonged back-and-forth, Broden at first declined to explicitly address insurrection, saying the first way to deal with a repressive government is to "alter it or abolish it."
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