Arizona Tea Party Leader Talks About ‘You’re Dead’ Threat From Shooting Victim
- Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:27pm by
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The co-founder of the Tucson Tea Party is worried about the threats he is receiving, including the remark he says a shooting victim made to him at a televised town hall meeting.
Trent Humphries told The Associated Press on Sunday he was surprised when shooting victim James Eric Fuller took a picture of him and said “you’re dead.” The 63-year-old Fuller was arrested Saturday on disorderly conduct and threat charges and taken for a psychiatric exam.
Authorities say he began ranting at the end of ABC News’ forum, at one point calling the audience “whores.”
Fuller was one of 19 people shot when a gunman opened fire Jan. 8 at a meet-and-greet for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The congresswoman was critically injured and six people were killed.
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Christie reported from Phoenix.
Blaze editor note: To see our report from earlier today that includes video from the ABC News special, including Humphries on-air comments and the arrest of Fuller, click here.
TPM:
The tea party leader, Trent Humphries, told TPM he hopes that if Fuller needs help, he gets it — especially if it’s the kind of help the suspected shooter never got.
“If pressing charges is the only way to make sure he gets the help he needs, we’ll probably do that,” Humphries said in a phone interview Sunday. “I‘m not saying this guy’s Jared Loughner, but I can‘t tell you for sure he’s not a danger to himself, me or the community.”
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Comments (129)
Vince Foster
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:21pm.
Mr Fuller was just auditioning for a job on MSNBC.
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Report Post »jeffdubya
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:19pmA potentially great day for our nation, after evaluation will leftism FINALLY be categorized as a MENTAL DISORDER?
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:17pmThe Guy sounds fruitier than the assassin – And there is no doubt which ideological influence and politics is driving HIM!
It is now occurring to me that the LSM and the alinsky left (obama-pelosi) have been depicting the Tea Party as gun toters for the purpose of saying “They do it too” in a setup to depict their loons carrying guns to rallies as simple normalcy.. It’s straight up Alinsky!
Report Post »Socco
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:05pmThey’ve tried everything to get the right to act-out but have failed at every turn. Now, they are just going to let the left act-out, them blame he right for making them angry!
Report Post »McGarrett
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:17pmThe guy looks like a loon,where is sheriff Sputnick on this one?
Report Post »DeltaHawk
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:14pmDash- if it was Fuller ,He would be choking his chicken. Have you never petted a dog? Do liberals even have pets?
Report Post »I_can't_believe_this_stuff
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:09pmNow I understand why the progressives/leftists wanted 0bamacare so much; they need the mental health benefits. The first clue was pel0si herself.
Report Post »Texas woman56
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:09pmThis is when we are all going to have to pray and stand our ground. The left has let it all slip through their fingers: they had the house, senate and pres. The house has gone right, the senate is very close and the pres. has now started going to church on most Sundays. (good for him and his family)
Report Post »taebaggranny
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 11:19pm@TEXAS WOMAN56 Yes they are going to church now because he wants the People of America to buy into the GOOD CHRISTIAN FAMILY MAN scenero… OR if giving him the benefit of the doubt maybe the shooting in AZ scared the crap out of him…Either way don’t buy into the act..
Report Post »Paul -Indiana
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 6:46pmTaqiyya.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:01pmFuller must have read Ed Schultzs book Killer Politics.
Report Post »GoingBeck
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:00pmI have yet to hear what Obama’s FBI is doing about all of
Report Post »the threats against Sarah Palin and the Tea Parties.
If the left acts out on these threats, there will be hell to pay.
butler180
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:57pmSome Lawyer will get him off. Bet he could murder the Mr. Humphries and be acquitted.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:55pmThe media lied about the Tea Party inciting violence, and then incited violence against the Tea Party!
I use the term “media” VERY loosely, of course…
Report Post »Glenn in Virginia
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:53pmLooks like Loughner wasn’t the only nutcase at the meet and greet.
Report Post »Furrystoat
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:48pmAlthough it’s great that this hard-Left, lunatic bigot is finally getting some psychiatric help, it’s only a small step in the right direction. There are, sadly, untold numbers of equally delusional Leftists running around loose who will eagerly seize upon any tragedy and attempt to cultivate that into leftwing political gain by telling any outright lie imaginable. The rank and file will mindlessly follow the cues given them by their masters, so the best way to do this is to cut off the head of the Beast; figuratively speaking, of course. Let’s start with all of the main Party members at the DNC, who aid, abet and promote this sort of violence and then let’s give all of the on-air staff and producers at MSNBC a good psych workup.
This garbage will only continue as long as the Left is able to spew its shrill hate 24/7.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:26pmAll he is getting is an evaluation…..no treatment implied. I am certain this is just a formality. Don’t get your hopes up.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 6:37pm338lapua -
He may be “just” getting a psych evaluation, but I would bet ready money that if he has had a psychotic break after only a few days out of the hospital, he’ll have another one in fairly short order unless he starts taking meds. Even so, he would have be declared mentally incompetent to evade the charges against him. That will bring more stress and could trigger another break.
Hopefully, Humphries will not drop the charges.
Report Post »starboard
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:41pmThe hate is becoming freighting, just once I would like to see some one stand up for what they believe in. Like spreading the wealth or welfare and entitlements, you know like they know better then me. You never hear a liberal stand up and tell us how much they enjoy being a liberal. But boy can they hate, it seems to me they hate the right more then there proud to be a lefty, go figure.
Report Post »beefjerky
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:50pmFive stars *****.
Report Post »Chip on the shoulder mentality, anti-everything, against everyone and every norm and every curent law till it’s all upside down.
Haters waiting for a cause. Without enemies would they exist?
Midwest Blonde
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:40pmYou can bet your behind that the lamestream media will ignore this guy – he’s a liberal.
Funny how the violence comes from the left while it is the right that’s getting all the blame.
Report Post »Eyeball
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:39pmPut him in Sheriff Joe’s jail. The one with the pink underwear.
Report Post »beefjerky
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:38pmSounds like Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury book and 1966 movie). Total disconnect from reality.
Report Post »stacybernardslay
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:37pmNice, man who claims Tea Party threatens the world, threatens Tea Party. Back to your regularly scheduled program
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:36pmI pray for the safety of Mr. Humphries and all our officials. I truly hope Fuller gets the help he needs to heal from this tragedy. The blame game needs to stop now and we need to start fixing the problems in this country starting with the out of control spending and our ever growing deficit!
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:36pmOgan said deputies decided he needed a mental health evaluation and he was taken to a hospital, which will determine when he will be released.
Wonder why they couldn’t do this to Loughner at any time before he killed people.
Report Post »Cthulu
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:43pmBecause the brain dead ,leftist Pima County Government Law Enforcement/Mental Health complex saw no problem with the psycho/nihilist shooter who in their view posed no danger to the public: unlike the Tea Party Brown Shirt Troopers who are the real menace in America.
Report Post »REVENANT
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:36pmThis violent leftist Fuller, I have no doubt will do something stupid if they release him.
Report Post »Socco
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:53pmYes. Thanks in part to reality-television, he is now a media whore. And he should be barred from attending ANY future political events.
He will become more and more bizarre when he doesn’t get the attention that he thinks he deserves. If left unchecked, this guy will try to do something so shocking that it forces the media to pay attention to HIM, rather than to Loughner.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:54pmexactly. well said.
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 11:23pmHe has already cemented an insanity defense for any future act of violence.
Report Post »Capt_Spalding
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:35pmI hope the Tea Party guy presses all kinds of charges against this dangerous psycho. All those folks at that taping just finished talking about how signs were seen about the killer but nothing was done. Well folks… here’s your sign. This Fuller guy has made it apparent he is hostile and out of control. Lock him in that same psych ward everyone is saying the killer should have been occupying
Report Post »Cute dog… shame he has to suffer living with this psycho.
cheezwhiz
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:45pmI’m not sure if the Sheriff Dumpnikers will even allow any charges to be filed against Fuller , specially by a TEA Party member.
Report Post »Thats not how thy roll in Pima county.
Thats why its time to release ALL of Fuller’s military records NOW ?
Why was he kicked out ?
How violent has he been in the past ?
The cover-up needs to stop
Socco
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:54pmAnd what kind of meds is he on….
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:02pmThis guy was just shot a week ago by a raging madman and could be suffering from PTSS. He said he hadn’t slept in a week, so we need to cool our criticism for now. On the other hand … if it turns out he has a history of threatening remarks, then we can chastise him. Until then, let’s not behave like libs by jumping to conclusions before we have the facts.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:14pm@ Look4DBigPicture
Report Post »How long do we wait and what exactly should we wait for before the public , specially TEA Partiers are provided protection from Fuller and others like him ?
1TrueOne55
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:11pm@CheezWiz
Patience is until hell freezes over. Like what has been said, lets not turn into the enemy that we rant against, then we are no better than they. Don’t give them fuel for their fire.
I blame ABC and Christianne Amanpur for this unfortunate incident with Mr. Fuller, it apparently did not end up like they were sub consciously hoping for between Mr. Humphires (T.E.A. Party co-founder) and shooting victim Mr. Fuller whose angry words about the T.E.A. Party what do you think was going to happen?
I think they were hoping that Mr. Humphries would create a scene and he did not.
Report Post »allenovercomer
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 3:42pmthat would just make way to much sense , and therefore does not fit into this agenda.
Report Post »What would make sense it to turn this guy into the neo-patriot, you know the one who stood up to the evil and insidious Tea party.
TheRealElvis
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:35pmThe left has totally succeeded in brainwashing the weaker individuals. They have successfully placed a square peg in a round hole. Unbelievable!
Report Post »butler180
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:53pmI believe that the news media wants us to think so, but I believe the average American knows the truth
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:35pmThe 63-year-old Fuller was arrested Saturday on disorderly conduct and threat charges and taken for a psychiatric exam.
Authorities say he began ranting at the end of ABC News’ forum, at one point calling the audience “whores.”
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If he fails the psychiatric exam , he will move to NYC to become the newest member of PMS-NBC lineup
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:03pmOnly then I will watch PMSNBC to see the progress with the “Leg Tingling Syndrome”
Report Post »chazman
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:27pmAh … thanks UPSTATE!
Report Post »petey
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 10:40pmFuller will move to Florida and run for Congress.
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:32pmWhy is the crazy man chocking the dog?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:36pmHe should be worried. A threat against anything conservative, Republican, Tea Party or Christian is valid according to the liberal progressive culture in this country. Now when the shoe is on the other foot then its a different story. Get ready to fight folks…politics want get us out of this mess. Self-Reliance. No Compromise. Stand Firm. No Surrender.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:43pmThe progressives (see the “entitled”) are becoming scared and desparate as they see the rise of the conservative tea party (see those who produce). They are scared because their meal ticket is being threatened by personal responsiblity, so like a child whose behavior you are trying to change they are lashing out.
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rubintheartist
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 3:43pmWe need humor to defuse the liars on the left. Watch tihis new animated web video and you will be able to laugh the left into submission. After all, America is the tea party and the left just ain’t!
Report Post »http://www.marcrubin.com/Hairmerica.ivnu
chazman
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:00pmI think the man choking the dog is Humphries … ? The man the cops are taking away does not look like the dog choker … ?
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:05pm@DashRipRock
You beat me to it! *LOL*
I mean, the look on Fuller’s face with that feral grin, and the dog’s eyes soft and almost desperate as if pleading for help…
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:08pm@chazman
Please meet Mr. Fuller:
http://www.hypnothoughts.com/profile/JamesEricFuller
Report Post »bs2722
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 4:28pmHe has “non-physical disability, unable to resume career”, probably on our dime. There are people with real disabilities, physical and “non-physical“ who can manage to get up every morning and say ”Welcome to Wal-Mart”….. and get paid for it to support themselves. God bless them.
He’s also in favor os social justice…. and common sense, Ummmmmmmmm……
Report Post »Tucsonan
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:44pmChazman…the guy with the dog is the guy who issued the threat against Humphries. The title to the picture is misleading.
Report Post »SoCalWalt
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:19pm@cobrablue:
Report Post »“A threat against anything conservative, Republican, Tea Party or Christian is valid according to the liberal progressive culture in this country.”
My observation is that, according to the progressives, there is no such thing as a threat against anything conservative, etc. That sort of stuff only comes FROM them; the left is far too intelligent and noble to engage in anything that crass.
Sam I am
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:46pmI‘m sure it was Sara Palin’s fault,………….or soon will be.
Report Post »The media has their collective heads together now.
godlovinmom
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:52pmdoes this guy look like he’s enjoying all this or what?
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:54pmTake a look at Mr Fuller’s web page. Wack Job?
Report Post »http://www.hypnothoughts.com/profile/JamesEricFuller
Wolf
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 6:54pmLOL- he isn’t choking the dog- he’s rubbing it under the chin. Sheesh- get a dog and learn what it likes- especially rubbing under the chin and behind the ears. LOL, funny people. We gotta remember, folks- just because it looks odd doesn’t mean it is.
Report Post »Shy III
8jrts
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:02pm@upstateNY Checked out his page, thanks. He only has one friend. Just goes to show you just how many of them there are…..we surround them!!
Report Post »Poor doggie!!
OlefromMN
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 7:18pm“military service leading to non-physical disability, unable to resume career,” That explains why he would choke that conservative dog. I need to commend UpstateNYConservative for the link to this nutjob’s page.
The man? is a permanent victim. What the heck is a “non-physical disability”?
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:02pmHave we not learned anything from what happened seven days ago?
Someone in this mans family or the Sheriff’s Department who arrested him needs to have him evaluated immediately!
NORMAL people do not look someone in the eye and tell them they are “dead”….
Eric Fuller gave EVERYONE present including a NATIONAL TV SHOE THIS WEEK “ABC”
A “clue” to his mind set.
Eric Fuller is a walking powder keg… where’s the Main Stream Media?
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on January 16, 2011 at 8:46pmNon-physical disability mean he was deemed mentally unsound to fly I’d be willing to bet. The Navy doesn’t let nutjobs or even potential nutjobs fly their jets.
Report Post »And he is being evaluated. This is the guy that kept the “Palin made it happen” schtick running even after the memorial and his Deal Leader’s speech.
Didn’t someone recently equate progressivism to a mental defect?
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Posted on January 16, 2011 at 9:15pmSo the story is:
Leftist Arizona gunman … kills Democrat Arizona politicians … and injures liberal bystander … who death-threats a patriotic American citizen.
Yep. Crazy leftists are the trouble in America.
sheriff BART [reaches for gun-belt]: “I better go check out this Mongo character.”
Report Post »town drunk JIM: “Oh no, don’t do that. Don’t do that. If you shoot him, you’ll just make him mad.”
-Blazing Saddles
click4cheapandeasyweb
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 12:24amFascinating video… http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Dupe
Its a little over an hour long but well worth the time invested.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 2:08amneo…speaking of whack jobs…have you seen the video some nut made of all the breaths that sarah palin took during her response about the tuscon shootings….sarah better watch out…they’re coming out of the woodwork…God help us…
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 7:40amAnd the Conservative Tea Party movement is spreading all over the world… The Progressive experiment is failing globally as more and more people with common sense are rising up. The political pendulum is definitely swinging back to the right, and it’s about time!
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 8:39amNo mention that Humphries blames Gabby Giffords for getting shot? hhmm…go figure.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on January 17, 2011 at 2:51pmafter reading a little about Ms.Giffords…I don’t think she would be very proud of some of her fellow democrats…she just might switch back over…and we would welcome here with open arms..what a miracle she survived…Amen to that..
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