Joyce Kaufman Quotes


If ballots don’t work, bullets will.


Context

She resigned her political job even before West took office. Although there were many in the Tea Party crowd who were enthused by her call to violence if they could not achieve political results, there were also many who did not applaud and were clearly distressed by her statement. The Tea Party is not a classical party and it includes a wide variety of people who have very different views on most issues.


Citations

Joyce Kaufman, Talk Show Radio Host, Chief of Staff to Tea Party Congressman Allen West, Speech, Tea Party Rally, July 4, 2010

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Joyce Kaufman is an American radio talk show host.