"The war has begun! Citizens take arms! Freedom must prevail! We must defend our constitution to the death!"

Santa Clara County GOP Central Committee Member Phil Reynolds has no intention of resigning or removing certain posts he made on his Facebook page while watching the January 6 riots at the U. S. Capitol.

Instead, he wants those calling for his resignation to resign saying they are ineffective in office.

"I spoke from the heart, I was emotional and I'm not retracting comments, it did not incite violence," said Reynolds.

Reynolds denied that Trump was responsible for the January 6 insurrection. He added, "I felt the storming of the capitol was wrong I denounce that."

Screenshots and some information in this post is from KTVU Fox 2. Other information is from ABC7 Bay Area.