Episode 7: The Future

Bundyville: The Remnant

Oregon Public Broadcasting

News

4.7 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Bundys walked free in January 2018, but the story is far from over. The family has drawn large crowds on a multi-state speaking tour. Ryan Bundy is running for governor of Nevada. The national debate over public lands has tilted decidedly to the right. And in other forgotten corners of the West, momentum is building for another armed standoff.

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0:00.0	What do we do now?
0:03.0	That is the question that we bring before this office today.
0:06.0	At some point, this is all going to have to be resolved.
0:10.0	We're not done with this.
0:12.0	You've got to have an opportunity to come here and stand.
0:20.0	At this point, you know almost everything about the bunnies that I know.
0:24.0	About their followers, the trials, their long family history of clashing with the government.
0:30.0	And so, you're probably thinking the same thing I am.
0:34.0	What the hell is going to happen next?
0:37.0	At the Bundy Trials, there was a sense I got that the family was done for.
0:42.0	They'd hang up their cowboy hats and go to jail, game over.
0:46.0	But then, Cliven Ryan and Ammon walked, making it seem like their ideas had merit.
0:52.0	And so, from far away, it's probably really easy to think the bunnies are a fluke.
0:59.0	But, I'm sorry. If you beat the government twice in their own courts, something's up.
1:05.0	I think the bunnies were a bellweather of the anger and resentment building in America toward the government.
1:11.0	Nearly two weeks after a jury acquitted Cliven's sons in Oregon, Donald Trump was elected president on an anti-government platform.
1:19.0	Fingers crossed, Fingers crossed, Fingers crossed.
1:24.0	I remember thinking it was like this storm had been gathering, and everyone just ignored it.
1:29.0	Thinking these rural people were just a fringe piece of the tea party, and they'd fade from the spotlight.
1:35.0	But when those people are a self-righteous group like the bunnies, they don't just ride off into the sunset, never to be heard from again.
1:43.0	From Long Reads and Oregon Public Broadcasting, this is Bunnieville. I'm Leah Sotili.
1:56.0	Coat in Nevada, and you start seeing this phrase everywhere. Battleborn. It's the state's unofficial motto.
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