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New Tone: Koch Protesters Call for Torturing, Hanging Conservative Supreme Court Justices

And for 'killing' Roger Ailes.

1:31 PM, Feb 3, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER
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At a rally aimed at the conservative Koch brothers this past weekend in Palm Springs, progressives called for Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas to be sent “back to the fields,” and they offered that they  “string him up,” “hang him,” and “torture” him.

Thomas was not the only target of their ire: One protester recommend that the easy way to do away with Fox News chief Roger Ailes would be to "kill the bastard."

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