{"id":15817,"date":"2021-04-19T10:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15817"},"modified":"2021-04-19T10:31:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T14:31:46","slug":"waco-anniversary-my-waco-riff-from-maryland-libertarian-party-convention-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/19\/waco-anniversary-my-waco-riff-from-maryland-libertarian-party-convention-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Waco Anniversary: My Waco Riff from Maryland Libertarian Party Convention Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>28 years ago today, the FBI launched a tank and toxic gas assault on the Branch Davidians that ended with 80 dead civilians.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke Saturday night to the Maryland Libertarian Party convention. Here is my riff from that speech on how Biden slapped a halo on the ATF and FBI after the Waco debacle and his nomination of David Chipman to head ATF.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15817-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Voice-006_sd-Waco-riff-Lp-MD-4-17-21-Part.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Voice-006_sd-Waco-riff-Lp-MD-4-17-21-Part.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Voice-006_sd-Waco-riff-Lp-MD-4-17-21-Part.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my recent article from American Conservative on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/biden-re-ignites-the-waco-fire\/\">Waco, Biden, and David Chipman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a piece I did for<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/civil-rights\/383407-bitter-lessons-25-years-after-waco-texas-siege\"> The Hill on the bitter lessons<\/a> from the 25th anniv. of Waco.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to some <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/19\/waco-redux\/\">Wall Street Journal articles<\/a> I wrote on Waco in 1995.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28 years ago today, the FBI launched a tank and toxic gas assault on the Branch Davidians that ended with 80 dead civilians. 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