{"id":120644,"date":"2021-08-30T23:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=120644"},"modified":"2021-08-30T23:09:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T23:09:14","slug":"gop-candidate-suggests-forcibly-removing-school-board-members-over-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/gop-candidate-suggests-forcibly-removing-school-board-members-over-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Candidate Suggests Forcibly Removing School Board Members Over Mask Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Republican running for office in Pennsylvania is under fire after threatening to physically remove school board members who attempt to enact mask mandates.<\/span><\/p>\n

This past weekend, Steve Lynch, who is running for Northampton County Executive, gave a speech at a \u201cFreedom Rally\u201d in Harrisburg where he chillingly suggested forcibly removing elected officials who don\u2019t do things his way.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cForget going into these school boards with freaking data. You go into these school boards to remove them,\u201d Lynch said, later adding, \u201cI\u2019m going in with 20 strong men and I\u2019m gonna give them an option \u2014 they can leave or they can be removed,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynch then turned his threat into a call to arms to other dudes who apparently think \u201cmight makes right\u201d is a valid legal argument.<\/span><\/p>\n

He suggested that forcing school board members to resign over a rule designed to help public safety would \u201cmake men men again\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Men, where are you? Men. Wake up, smell the coffee. Let\u2019s go. Make men great again. Make men men again. Men, men. Let\u2019s go, men, I need you. I need you in the coming weeks because when we walk into those school boards, we\u2019re gonna have everything we need to do to go in there with those 9-0 school boards that voted to put these masks back on the children with no scientific \u2014 it\u2019s done.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He added: \u201cThis is how you get stuff done.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lynch told the audience of 200,\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWhen I see criminals trying to take my rights and my beautiful children and everything they are going to do, you\u2019re going to have to take my life. I\u2019ll die on this hill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And speaking of hills: The Pennsylvania Capital-Star\u00a0noted that Lynch attended Trump\u2019s \u201cStop the Steal\u201d rally on Jan. 6, which preceded the storming of the U.S. Capitol.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although Lynch said he didn\u2019t engage in violence at the rally, he has spread discredited conspiracy theories that the riot was fomented by left-wing groups. He also said he does not believe Joe Biden fairly won the 2020 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lamont McClure, who is Lynch\u2019s opponent in November, told the Capital-Star that law enforcement needs to investigate Lynch for the remarks.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that since Lynch \u201cparticipated and tried to incite a coup to overthrow our nation,\u201d it \u201cdoesn\u2019t surprise me at all that he\u2019s threatening local school boards with violence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

HuffPost reached out to Lynch for comment but he did not immediately respond.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Twitter users had some thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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