DPS Body Cam Footage Confirms Dennis Bonnen Lies

[G.A. Heath]

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if you have a problem with how someone is doing business you visit them where they conduct business unless you know them personally.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if politicians don't want voters to contact them at home, they shouldn't contact voters at home.

Matthew 7:5

But the point is that Bonnen wasn't at home, if McNutt wanted to contact him then McNutt would have been in Austin. This wasn't an effort to contact Bonnen, at best it was a publicity stunt gone wrong and in politics publicity stunts backfire more often than not.

Uh, McNutt didn't do anything wrong.

Just because he didn't do anything wrong doesn't mean he was doing things right. Its kinda like the old saying "Just because you can doesn't mean you should."

[baytownb]

It's wrong when crowds of idiots surround Cruz or McConnell at dinner and it's wrong when one idiot shows up at a Bonnen's door. Those activities are personal and outside of acceptable political discourse and should be mocked and punished as necessary.

Bonnen's lies are immaterial to McNutt's foolishness.

Precisely what is "personal" and "outside of acceptable political discourse"? Passing out flyers to contact the speaker and other key politicians to support a gun rights issue or him walking up to DPS and handing them a flyer to put on his door along with the hundreds of others he was passing out while never stepping foot on his property? Which one of those two known actions is so horrible to you? Have you ever said it was "personal" and "outside of acceptable political discourse" when the same politicians come to our houses with political material? If not why do you think politicians have special privileges to engage in what you call "personal and outside of acceptable political discourse"?

[anygunanywhere]

Bonnen is a jerk little boy tyrant. His wife is the same except a little girl. Political lying tyrants, but then I repeat myself.

McNutt was framed by the press and every other tyrant regardless of political affiliation.

I'm certain the antis just love reading the infighting here and take extreme joy at how easy it is to get us at each other's throats while they hold a united front to drive their agenda.

[WildRose]

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if you have a problem with how someone is doing business you visit them where they conduct business unless you know them personally.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if politicians don't want voters to contact them at home, they shouldn't contact voters at home.

Matthew 7:5

I reacted badly to bad information when this story first broke.

Basically none of what Bonnen and his wife claimed in reaction to the visit was true other than the fact the activist did come to their neighborhood and their home but apparently never even set foot on their property.

There's something wrong when a citizen governed and directly affected by Bonnen's decision is deemed to be making some sort of terrorist threat by putting out fliers in the neighborhood and at his home but when politicians come knocking on our doors begging for our votes and support it's just "grass roots activism" and something to be lauded.

I don't want to see nutts threatenting and intimidating our elected officials at home or mobs showing up at their homes to protest, threaten or intimidate them but that isn't what happened here.

The way Bonnen and his wife defamed him and falsely made wild accusations with no basis in fact and used it as an excuse for his already having decided to kill constitutional carry for this term is as low as an elected official can go.

I hope he pays a huge price but doubt the republican caucus has the guts to even censure him over it.

[WildRose]

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if you have a problem with how someone is doing business you visit them where they conduct business unless you know them personally.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but if politicians don't want voters to contact them at home, they shouldn't contact voters at home.

Matthew 7:5

But the point is that Bonnen wasn't at home, if McNutt wanted to contact him then McNutt would have been in Austin. This wasn't an effort to contact Bonnen, at best it was a publicity stunt gone wrong and in politics publicity stunts backfire more often than not.

Uh, McNutt didn't do anything wrong.

May have not been wrong, but it sure wasn’t smart.

Au Contraire, now that the truth is out it has absolutely been to his and our benefit.

[MaduroBU]

It's wrong when crowds of idiots surround Cruz or McConnell at dinner and it's wrong when one idiot shows up at a Bonnen's door. Those activities are personal and outside of acceptable political discourse and should be mocked and punished as necessary.

Bonnen's lies are immaterial to McNutt's foolishness.

Precisely what is "personal" and "outside of acceptable political discourse"? Passing out flyers to contact the speaker and other key politicians to support a gun rights issue or him walking up to DPS and handing them a flyer to put on his door along with the hundreds of others he was passing out while never stepping foot on his property? Which one of those two known actions is so horrible to you? Have you ever said it was "personal" and "outside of acceptable political discourse" when the same politicians come to our houses with political material? If not why do you think politicians have special privileges to engage in what you call "personal and outside of acceptable political discourse"?

State elected officials all maintain "contact me" options online. Mcnutt may not like that, but that's the accepted pathway. Showing up at a stranger's door from across the state is not "handing out fliers, and we would all condemn that behavior if anti gun nutters did it to pro gun Congressmen.

[Papa_Tiger]

It's wrong when crowds of idiots surround Cruz or McConnell at dinner and it's wrong when one idiot shows up at a Bonnen's door. Those activities are personal and outside of acceptable political discourse and should be mocked and punished as necessary.

Bonnen's lies are immaterial to McNutt's foolishness.

Precisely what is "personal" and "outside of acceptable political discourse"? Passing out flyers to contact the speaker and other key politicians to support a gun rights issue or him walking up to DPS and handing them a flyer to put on his door along with the hundreds of others he was passing out while never stepping foot on his property? Which one of those two known actions is so horrible to you? Have you ever said it was "personal" and "outside of acceptable political discourse" when the same politicians come to our houses with political material? If not why do you think politicians have special privileges to engage in what you call "personal and outside of acceptable political discourse"?

State elected officials all maintain "contact me" options online. Mcnutt may not like that, but that's the accepted pathway. Showing up at a stranger's door from across the state is not "handing out fliers, and we would all condemn that behavior if anti gun nutters did it to pro gun Congressmen.

Let me tell you about the "contact me" options that you have. Sending an e-mail is ignored. My wife has written several messages to committee members about a bill that we are particularly interested in AND our rep. No response. Nothing. Not even an automated "thank you for writing us". That doesn't mean that our feedback isn't being heard, but there is no indication that it has been heard or even received.

Call the office and you may get a person, but again, no guarantee that the info will actually get to the rep.

Snail mail? Unanswered.

The way our representatives and senators respond to us (or don't) sure makes it feel that our voice isn't being heard. I see nothing wrong in canvassing a neighborhood to try to get a message across to our representatives, particularly if previous communication has fallen into a black hole known as the State Capitol.

[flechero]

State elected officials all maintain "contact me" options online. Mcnutt may not like that, but that's the accepted pathway. Showing up at a stranger's door from across the state is not "handing out fliers, and we would all condemn that behavior if anti gun nutters did it to pro gun Congressmen.

Ahh... but so do the voters, it's called mail, email, text and voice mail- yet every cycle, I get a dozen or so "paid activists" show up at my door, looking to alter my vote to their guy. Should I call the news and police and be afraid for my life?

If it's accepted for the politicians, why not the voters?

[MaduroBU]

You have a vote and money. Tell a politician that you're a member of his or her party and that you're going to start voting and or donating to the other side as a result of a specific action.

I gave Cruz money vs. BETO and now his people contact me so often that I worry that his wife ought to know about it. DPS troopers escorting you off some guy's sidewalk has a zero percent chance of changing his mind to your cause and makes you look like a militant stalker. Further, when that behavior is publicized it paints your entire cause with that brush AND gives liars like Bonnen essentially free reign to throw your cause under the bus. Bonnen is now blameless before all of the gun owners who are only peripherally following his actions; McNutt's stupidity absolved Bonnen before most of his voters, even if Bonnen did turn his back on us and lied about McNutt's exact actions.

[canvasbck]

It's wrong when crowds of idiots surround Cruz or McConnell at dinner and it's wrong when one idiot shows up at a Bonnen's door. Those activities are personal and outside of acceptable political discourse and should be mocked and punished as necessary.

Please enlighten me on what is considered acceptable political discourse.

The guy was passing out flyers in a neighborhood. He didn't even set foot on Bonnen's property. I admit that had the troopers not volunteered to place the flyer, he probably would have left one on his door. OK...........aaaaaaaannnnnddddd???

Flyers are left on my vehicle all the time, I have never felt threatened because of it. They aren't left on my door because I have gates on my driveway, flyers have been left on my gate. I either read them or throw them away. No harm, no foul.

The other side is encouraged BY LAWMAKERS to harass members of POTUS' administration "wherever you see them", yet passing out flyers is too extreme for "our" side??? This attitude is the way to lose in the court of public opinion.

[Papa_Tiger]

You have a vote and money. Tell a politician that you're a member of his or her party and that you're going to start voting and or donating to the other side as a result of a specific action.

I gave Cruz money vs. BETO and now his people contact me so often that I worry that his wife ought to know about it. DPS troopers escorting you off some guy's sidewalk has a zero percent chance of changing his mind to your cause and makes you look like a militant stalker. Further, when that behavior is publicized it paints your entire cause with that brush AND gives liars like Bonnen essentially free reign to throw your cause under the bus. Bonnen is now blameless before all of the gun owners who are only peripherally following his actions; McNutt's stupidity absolved Bonnen before most of his voters, even if Bonnen did turn his back on us and lied about McNutt's exact actions.

Did you even watch the video or did you just buy into the lies told by the MSM? I would hope that people who are passionate about an issue would take the time to be informed rather than just taking what was said at face value. Get the facts (in this case, watch the raw video), perform your own analysis and come to a rational decision on where the truth lies.

[fringe]

Please enlighten me on what is considered acceptable political discourse.

It depends who you are. If you're a decent hardworking person, you're supposed to keep your mouth shut and donate money to the GOPe candidates while they chip away at your constitutional rights.

If you're Bonnen and his antifa homeboys, it's acceptable to call the NRA a fringe group of extremists or even terrorists. It's acceptable to riot and throw temper tantrums if you don't get your way. It's acceptable for Pancho to threaten the life of another legislator who reported illegal aliens. Sorry, not just acceptable, he was rewarded with a committee chair for his death threats. It's the Bonnen way.

[DynamicDan]

The only person out of line is Speaker Bonnen and his wife. He was never going to let this bill get out of committee, because he thinks that the 16 states that have it don't know what they are doing. He is completely out of touch with reality on this issue.

[MaduroBU]

It's wrong when crowds of idiots surround Cruz or McConnell at dinner and it's wrong when one idiot shows up at a Bonnen's door. Those activities are personal and outside of acceptable political discourse and should be mocked and punished as necessary.

Please enlighten me on what is considered acceptable political discourse.

The guy was passing out flyers in a neighborhood. He didn't even set foot on Bonnen's property. I admit that had the troopers not volunteered to place the flyer, he probably would have left one on his door. OK...........aaaaaaaannnnnddddd???

Flyers are left on my vehicle all the time, I have never felt threatened because of it. They aren't left on my door because I have gates on my driveway, flyers have been left on my gate. I either read them or throw them away. No harm, no foul.

The other side is encouraged BY LAWMAKERS to harass members of POTUS' administration "wherever you see them", yet passing out flyers is too extreme for "our" side??? This attitude is the way to lose in the court of public opinion.

Antifa attacking Cruz and McConnell during the Kavanaugh hearings was obscene. Taking a firm stand against that sort of ludicrous behavior is important, and to me, that stand includes condemnation of folks who show up at the homes of government officials.

[flechero]

Antifa attacking Cruz and McConnell during the Kavanaugh hearings was obscene. Taking a firm stand against that sort of ludicrous behavior is important,

I agree with you 100% on that part!


and to me, that stand includes condemnation of folks who show up at the homes of government officials.

There is a big difference in showing up to deliver a flier and showing up to intimidate, disrespect, yell at, etc.