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WEBVTT PHONE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS THE FACEBOOK GROUP ORGANIZER OF THE FACEBOOK PAGE CALLED ORANGE VEST MOVEMENT. THE PERSON SAID THEY CREATED T PAGE AND ORIGINALLY THE PAGE HAD SHARED THIS POST THAT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THE PAGE ORGANIZER SAYS THEY DO NOT CONDONE THIS POST AND THIS POST I NOT WHY THE ORANGE VEST MOVEMENT WAS CREATED. WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? THE FACEBOOK POST HAS THE SUN HIGH ALERT, ASKING ABOUT AN ARMED TAKEOVER OF THE VERMONT STATEHOUSE. >> I DON’T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT LANGUAGE BEFORE. CAPITOL POLICE ARE WORKING WITH CITY, STATE AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS ALL JUST HOURS AFTER THE GROUP SHARED THIS POST . THE SAY THEY ARE NOT SURE WHY IT WAS POSTED BUT THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. PEOPLE SOMETIMES GET FRUSTRATED WITH POLITICS AND THINGS THAT GO ON IN THE BUILDING. THEY NEED AN AVENUE TO VENT. I WISH THEY WOULD DO IT IN A MORE POLITE WAY. RENEE: WE REACHED OUT THE NAME OF THE NEW CREATED THE POST RUSHFORD DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH US. THE MOVEMENT REPLIED THROUGH A FACEBOOK MESSAGE THAT THE POST IS NOT THE OPINIONS OF MOST ON THE PAGE, AND THAT THE GROUP WAS CREATED TO PUT FOCUS ON VERMONT’S SUPERMAJORITY LEGISLATURE, AND TO ORGANIZE PEACEFUL PROTEST IF NECESSARY. THE PRESIDENT OF GUN OWNERS OF VERMONT SAYS HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF T ORANGE VEST MOVEMENT. >> I DO NOT ENDORSE IT IN ANY WAY. IT IS A CHOICE OF WORDS. RENE FIREARMS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE STATEHOUSE AND THE CHIEF SAYS, WHILE HE CANT GO INTO DETAILS, THEY’RE CONSTANTLY ADJUSTING SECURITY HERE, TRYING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE OPEN, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, KEEPING EVERYONE INSIDE SAFE. WE WALK A VERY FINE LINE. WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO BALANCE THE NEEDS. WE ALSO GET WORRIED WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT AN ARMED TAKEOVER OF THE BUILDING. RENEE: CAPITOL POLICE TELL ME THERE IS NO CURRENT THREAT HERE IN THE STATEHOUSE. THEY ALSO TELL ME THE INVESTIGATIO

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A Facebook post reading "Who's ready for an armed takeover of the Statehouse?" has police on high alert."I don't know that we've seen that language before," Capitol Police Chief Matthew Romei said Thursday.Capitol police started working with Montpelier city police, Vermont State Police and the FBI just hours after a Facebook group called the "Orange Vest Movement" shared the post Wednesday morning.Police told NBC5 they don't know why it was posted, but they have to take it seriously."People will sometimes get frustrated with politics and things that go on in the building (the Statehouse), and they need an avenue to vent," Romei said. "I wish they did it in a more polite way."NBC5 reached out to Dana Rushford, the name on the Facebook profile that created the post, and the Orange Vest Movement.Rushford replied but declined an interview.The organizer of the Orange Vest Movement page did not wish to be identified, but told NBC5 the page does not condone Rushford's post, and that sentiment was not why the Vermont-based Facebook group was created. The organizer wishes to keep group members informed of upcoming legislation, and possibly organize peaceful protests in the future.The organizer told NBC5 Rushford used to live in Vermont, but now lives in Florida.Gun Owners of Vermont president Ed Cutler told NBC5 he'd never heard of the Orange Vest Movement."I think it's a stupid statement. I don't endorse it in any way. I think he … it is a bad choice of words," Cutler said.Vermont Traditions Coalition firearms policy analyst Bill Moore sent the following statement to NBC5:"Threatening statements on social media can easily be misunderstood. People like this have no respect for the power of words. If this was meant as a joke or hyperbole, it shows immaturity and disrespect for those of us who do the real work of engaging with legislators to protect Vermonters constitutional rights. We stand against such dangerous and damaging rhetoric. These folks should be shunned and ignored by those of use who work to defend lawful exercise of Vermonters' lawful firearms rights."Evan Hughes, of The Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, said he has never heard of the Orange Vest Movement and the federation does not condone statements made in Rushford's post.Firearms are not allowed inside the Vermont Statehouse, and Capitol police constantly adjust their security measures to keep everyone inside safe."It becomes a balancing act between First Amendment rights -- a right to talk. You don't have a right to yell 'fire' in a crowded theater, " Romei said. "So we walk a very fine line. We do the best we can to balance those needs. We also get very worried when people start talking about an armed takeover of the building."Capitol police said there is no current threat to the Statehouse, but this investigation is far from over.