OAN Goes Full Fascist, Pearson Sharp Calls for Mass Executions Over 'Election Fraud'
Category: News & Politics
Via: hal-a-lujah • 4 years ago • 23 commentsBy: Justin Baragona (The Daily Beast)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
One America News personality Pearson Sharp unleashed an openly fascistic fantasy this week, calling for the mass executions for thousands of Americans based on his belief in the outright false claim that widespread voter fraud amounted to a "coup" against former president Donald Trump.
Since last November's election, in which Joe Biden handily defeated Trump, OAN has led the charge in peddling unhinged conspiracy theories in order to push the ex-president's "Big Lie" that the election was stolen from him. In recent weeks, the fringe network has sponsored the so-called Arizona election "audit," with OAN host Christina Bobb fundraising for the effort while also serving as a legal adviser to Trump.
The GOP-led recount in Arizona—a state Biden narrowly won—has led right-wing media figures to push for other audits in battleground states that Trump lost, resulting in the false belief that the ex-president will eventually be reinstated this summer. (Trump has, naturally, latched onto this insane theory.)
During an on-air essay that first aired Tuesday night, Sharp—who has repeatedly lied about the 2020 election and Jan. 6 insurrection—embraced these latest attempts to discredit Biden's victory to call for harsh retribution against Democrats.
Citing long-debunked claims that there were "widespread problems with voting integrity" in 2020, Sharp claimed that "the radical Democrats left fingerprints all over the country, providing a trail of evidence that the 2020 election was not only tampered with, it was actually overthrown." He then said this "raises questions" over the level of involvement in the nonexistent election fraud.
"How many people were involved in these efforts to undermine the election? Hundreds? Thousands? Tens of thousands?" Sharp dramatically asked. "How many people does it take to carry out a coup against the presidency?"
The OAN windbag continued: "When all the dust settles from the audit in Arizona and the potential audits in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Wisconsin, what happens to all these people who are responsible for overthrowing the election? What are the consequences for traitors who meddled with our sacred democratic process and tried to steal power by taking away the voices of the American people? What happens to them?"
In a hauntingly calm manner, Sharp answered his own question.
"Well, in the past, America had a very good solution for dealing with such traitors: Execution," he bluntly declared.
"Treason is considered the highest of all crimes and is the only crime defined in the U.S. Constitution which states that anyone is guilty of treason if they support America's enemies," Sharp added.
"So far, there have been numerous indications that foreign governments including China and Pakistan, meddled in our election to install Joe Biden as president," he concluded. "Any Americans involved in these efforts from those who ran the voting machines to the very highest government officials—is guilty of treason under U.S. Code 2381, which carries with it the penalty of death."
One America News did not respond to a request for further clarification of Sharp's remarks appearing to call for mass executions.
After first sharing the clip of Sharp's essay online, The Daily Beast's Will Sommer noted that adherents of dangerous far-right conspiracy QAnon see this commentary "as proof that the mass executions are right around the corner." Q followers have long waited for prominent Democrats, who they believe to be part of a Satanic child-sex cabal, to be executed en masse.
Meanwhile, as Sharp contends that other audits will finally provide overwhelming proof of widespread voter fraud, a new report spearheaded by Michigan Republicans comprehensively debunks the array of false election claims made by Trump, his legal team, and other right-wing figures. The report even calls for the state's attorney general to consider investigating those who peddled false information about vote counts in the state "to raise money or publicity for their own ends."
Execute thousands. This guy is a blast at parties I bet. Does this mean that when those pushing for this can’t produce the evidence of a stolen election that they themselves should be executed? Please?
Has he and The Pillow Guy been drinking from the same water fountain?
They've been sucking from the same... er... spigot... as it were.
Please tell me that they don't advertise themselves as fair and balanced? A legit news agency does not "sponsor" partisan bullshit and a legit news journalist certainly does not fundraise for the bullshit and serves as a legal advisor to the man behind all the bullshit
that's a lot of bullshit...we need an air freshener
OAN saw an opening the moment Fox and Friends didn’t reflexively gush over Donald Trump and his sophisticated political discourse.
They may have to make a disclaimer like Fox...
...we're not really a news agency...we're entertainment
As entertaining as a root canal … while being raped with a broken beer bottle.
While we have insane "news" programs like OAN, most Americans twiddle their thumbs. We probably deserve all the bad things that are bound to happen.
Crack head? Meth head?
Fox lies because that's what their viewers want. Fox goes to court saying "we cannot be held accountable if someone takes our 'entertainment' too seriously".
Does anyone imagine that OAN is not simply out-Foxing Fox?
Fascism sells!
He left out Italy ... I'm very disappointed.
So how will they handle these mass executions? In a football stadium like the Taliban did?
If this Ahole wants to execute traitors, how about we start with every seditious traitor that invaded the capitol.
Not to worry, I am sure "someone" on this site will say that it's the left that is fascist.
Incitement to violence including unlawful executions against ones fellow citizens and against the lawful government of the United States of America is NOT protected speech.
It is pieces of shit like him that can cause violence.
Funny that they all know there is proof yet never have any.
Any so called proof out of Arizona is already tainted.
Meanwhile a 55 page report from the Republican Senators of Michigan states emphatically that there was no fraud at all.
But they are going ahead with the new laws already in the pipeline to combat the non-existant fraud.
Rather than criticize that behavior ( or applaud it ), Mr. Trump is calling the report a "cover up" by two Michigan Senators, Shirkey & McBloom.
Michigan Republicans Debunk Voter Fraud Claims in Unsparing Report - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
You are too kind. I would never include Mr. in a title to him.
Unbelievable. And some republicans will all fall in line and claim the same things.
If he can't provide unquestioned proof will he be shot?
The executions will, of course, be carried out by space lasers...
At least we (CA) will get a respite from fires.
Will the first to be executed the guy who just got busted for using his dead father's ballot with a forged signature?
Hell no, he would be exonerated because he was tired from all of the hard work he was doing saving white American history