In the wake of the unexpected fallout sparked by an Aug. 8 media pitch, a military veteran has revised his plans to hold a protest at the FBI headquarters in Washington on Sunday, Aug. 14.
Following the unprecedented raid on the Mar-a-Lago residence of former President Donald Trump, an Aug. 8 media pitch announced that a 20-year military and former Special Ops veteran named Adam Hardage was “calling on fellow veterans and Americans of all walks to join him Sunday 8/14 at the FBI HQ in Washington DC to protest the out of control FBI and its actions against President Trump.”
However, the unexpected fallout that quickly ensued caused Hardage to revise his plans.
It all started with an Aug. 9 report about the proposed protest mentioned in the Aug. 8 media pitch.
The contact information was included in the media pitch for those who wanted to interview Hardage. While Hardage did receive requests for radio and podcast spots, the media relations company that sent out the media pitch confirmed that The Epoch Times was the only print/web news outlet to actually request and receive an interview with Hardage about his proposed protest.
In response to the Aug. 9 report, chatter on social media and right-wing blogs ranged from support to warnings the proposed protest could be “a trap.” Other comments on social media posts suggest everything from the inevitable win of Trump in 2024 because of the raid to suggestions that the FBI planted evidence at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence. An Aug. 11 report said Trump’s supporters were warning people to “beware of possible FBI agents urging rebellion.”
Another social media post warned of the FBI saying, “We advise individuals taking part in protest activities to remain aware of their immediate surroundings and to report any suspicious activity to local law enforcement.”
Warnings of entrapment were followed by misinformation. The host of one social media video wrongfully attributed a quote from “another concerned veteran,” mentioned at the end of one report, to Hardage, inaccurately insisting Hardage said he wasn’t even planning on attending his own protest.
“I am a 20-year retired navy commander and J6 attendee,” the unnamed “concerned veteran” said in the Aug. 9 story. “I am incensed by the FBI raid on DJT’s home yesterday. I will be protesting an end to the FBI on the busiest intersection in my town of Kingwood, TX in full uniform Saturday.”
Hardage lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.
According to Dave Scarlett, a Marine and pastor of His Glory ministries, the proposed Aug. 14 protest would “most definitely” wind up being another Jan. 6 “trap.”
“If you’re in the Washington, D.C. area, there go your rights,” Scarlett told The Epoch Times. “Do not go into Washington. D.C. If you want a peaceful protest, do it outside of Washington. D.C.
“If you are truly representing the nation, patriots, Christians, and the military in this country, that is not the place to do it,” Scarlett said.
“It’s a trap. Stay out of it. Do not go there,” Scarlett warned. “I have many military intel sources who are former generals and they said exactly that. Do not go into Washington D.C., because it’s a trap.”
It WAS a trap. They were going to arrest, (and KILL if necessary), any who resisted arrest or tried to flee. They were going to use it as an example of what would happen to ANYONE opposing ANYTHING the FBI or the White House would do or say.
EVERY FUCKING PERSON IN THIS ILLEGITIMATE ‘ADMINISTRATION’ DESERVES NOTHING LESS THAN A BULLET IN THE HEAD.
FIND THEM. KILL THEM. DONE!
WE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME FOR A PRESIDENT THAT WOULD HAVE (AMERICA FIRST) and not their own agenda for the USA AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT PRESIDENT AND ITS NOT BIDEN SO PLEASE DON’T DO ANYTHING LIKE J6!!!!
they’re TRYING TO MAKE US SO UNHAPPY THAT WE GO AFTER THEM BUT THAT IS THE TRAP! If we vote in midterm and lose Something is not right!!! THEY WILL HAVE CHEATED SOME HOW!!!