At long last, Idaho’s insufferable Ammon Bundy got a taste of what he deserved. After months of causing trouble where nobody wanted it — such as him and his posse breaking their way into legislative sessions or filling rooms past their limits for proper social distancing — he got himself arrested for two misdemeanors twice in 24 hours.
Ryan Suppe, a reporter for The Idaho Press, shared a photo of Bundy being rolled out of the Capitol in an office chair by Idaho State Police (ISP) on Twitter Aug. 25. He and two other protesters had refused to leave the building after the second day of Governor Brad Little’s special session, where they discussed the election and civil liability during the pandemic.
Bundy was taken to Ada County Jail and charged with trespassing and resisting arrest, both times he was taken into custody.
“Troopers were forced to physically remove Bundy from the Senate Gallery, take him through a stairwell, place him in a wheelchair and then into a patrol vehicle,” the ISP tweeted. “A second individual, arrested with Bundy for trespassing at the Statehouse yesterday, was also personally served the No Trespass Notice. He voluntarily left the property without incident. Idaho State Police will continue to carefully balance people’s right to participate in the legislative process while ensuring that the process remains peaceful.”
The Bundy family has a reputation for hosting standoffs on government-owned land. So far there hasn’t been any serious consequences, but hopefully the double arrest is a start.
Despite his father, Cliven Bundy, making headlines in 2016 for the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge along with the numerous headlines he has made in 2020 for his insane behavior toward Idaho’s representatives, Bundy is still as attention-starved as ever it seems.
Bundy has been in and out of the news all summer. He will likely continue his antics, no matter how unreasonable or laughable, until the pandemic nears its close. When that happens he will find something else to complain about because it doesn’t align with his views. It might even be something that is “unconstitutional,” like a mask mandate.
Whether the attention is negative or positive doesn’t matter to Bundy, as long as he is being talked about. The poor bloke is just trying to stay relevant in a society that is drifting away from more traditional ways of thinking.
Anteia McCollum can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @antxiam5.
Peter Pan
Wow! Clearly Mrs. McCollum does not care about constitutional rights! Just read the Constitution once, and maybe then you can understand why such protests are happening...