Couy Griffin says he plans to take guns to the inauguration – KRQE News 13

NEW MEXICO(KRQE) Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin says hes planning on taking guns to Washington D.C. for president-elect Joe Bidens inauguration, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Griffin told the Albuquerque Journal he plans on leaving Friday and will bring a rifle and handgun with him to embrace my second amendment.

Griffin made the statements during the Otero County Commissioners meeting Thursday. Griffin was in Washington, D.C. at the U.S. Capitol building on the day of the riot. He says he was only there to hear a speech by President Trump.

Last week, there were calls for Griffin to be removed from being Otero County Commissioner after a video he posted on Facebook. Theres going to be blood running out of that building, which are the wordsCouy Griffin said in a Facebook video. Hes getting a lot of backlash about it, even from fellow Republicans and a group who wants him to resign from his elected position. You wanna say that that was a mob, Griffin said in a Facebook video thats now been taken down. Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, who also spearheads the Cowboys for Trump organization, talks about the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week.

The states Republican Party is pushing back, saying they dont endorse or condone Griffins statements.

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