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REP. STEVEN HORSFORD, (D) NEVADA: Well, thank you Ed for having me on and for bringing attention to this issue. And while Fox News and Sean Hannity may have abandoned Cliven Bundy, the militia arms separatists that are there haven`t. And that`s why the residents of Bunkerville and the surrounding communities feel unsettled. They are in a situation where they are literally fearing for their lives. We have local law enforcement who thought when they were going into the situation that they could very well die. This is a fuse that has been lit and while it`s calmed a bit it`s still very much a serious confrontation out there.

SCHULTZ: What are your constituents want? What are they telling you?

HORSFORD: What my constituents in Bunkerville and the surrounding area are telling me is that they want these arms separatists to leave the community. The local land issue is one that we can solve on our own. We are working with the local sheriff and other elected officials. I`m reaching out to the Governor and others to make sure that we work together to address the underlying issue, but as you said Cliven Bundy is a law breaker, he needs to pay up to the Federal Government. But most importantly the arms separatist need to leave our community.

SCHULTZ: You called them arms separatists. I`m curious about that definition.

HORSFORD: Well, one of my colleagues who serves here in the House is a decorated war veteran, says to use the term militia gives these individuals more credit than they deserve. The group that`s left is a French group that`s remaining. The oath keepers even left because they felt unsafe with the situation out in Bunkerville and at ranch.

So these are groups that are against the federal government, they have an alternative agenda, they`re not focused on Cliven Bundy, the cows or public land, they`re against the Federal Government but we don`t need their agenda in Bunkerville or Nevada we need them to leave our community.

SCHULTZ: And Congressman, what do you want Governor Sandoval and other officials to do to take action, what should they do?

HORSFORD: What I want Governor Sandoval and other elected officials is to send a united message with me and with the local residents of Bunkerville and the surrounding community that we want the arm separatists to leave our community. That we can solve this problem ourselves, the Governor, other elected officials stand with the people and ask these arm militia to leave our community.

SCHULTZ: All right. Congressman Steven Horsford, we will follow this story. It doesn`t sound like they`re going to be leaving the neighborhood anytime soon. But at the meantime, your constituents, sir, really agitated and concern for their security we will follow the story. Thank you so much for joining us tonight and thanks for sticking up for your folks, who you represent in that part of Nevada.

That`s the Ed Show. I`m Ed Schultz.

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