That should bring the madding crowds to a crescendo.
Posted on 05/05/2024 8:00:28 PM PDT by lightman
The Democratic Party is bracing for massive protests during the Democratic National Convention, comparing it to another chaotic event from the 1968 convention.
As pro-Hamas protests continue to rage through college campuses due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, concerns that similar protests will occur during the DNC convention this August in Chicago.
Former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff William Daley told the Washington Post that the chaotic college protests that have occurred in the past week have “taken the demonstrations to a different level.”
“It portends that you have the potential for big demonstrations. Whether they get violent — that’s more imaginable today than it was a year ago,” he said.
The DNC is reportedly taking no chances with the potential risk that pro-Hamas protesters will show up as they continue to harass President Joe Biden for supporting Israel.
“Peaceful protest is fundamental to American democracy, and has been a fixture of political conventions for decades,” DNC spokesman Matt Hill said in a statement. “While Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans stoke political violence, we support the ongoing security coordination at all levels of government to keep our convention safe.”
Despite the attempt to deflect the image of chaos onto Trump and the Republicans, strategists are increasingly concerned that protests at the convention could render the argument moot. The White Hosue has struggled to find an approach to the War in Gaza that would satisfy its traditional pro-Israeli cadres while also placating the younger liberals, who have been vehemently critical of President Joe Biden’s response. The scenes of chaos wrought by the latter have proven to be a major thorn in Biden’s side and threaten to tank his image as a figure of stability in contrast to Trump’s chaos. Via the Washington Examiner.
It is important to note that pro-Hamas demonstrators have already revealed plans to disrupt the DNC convention.
Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt is blaming Biden’s reckless policies for Democrat voters protesting in anger toward him.
Voters from both political aisles have wavered dissatisfaction with the president as the southern border continues to remain out of control and inflation sits at an all-time high. Add these issues to the violent campus protests, voters are increasingly abandoning the president’s side.
>> Here’s hoping the Chicago PD can offer lessons in respect and order taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick.
Brandon hasn’t defunded and fired the entire ChiCongo PD yet? Man, NOBODY keeps campaign threats any more!
Maybe the protesters and democrats are on the same team ...
Dems reaping what they sow. Chicago is going to be very interesting. It would be great to see members of The Squad hauled off to jail.
Preparing for the riots their own political donors are financing.
To deal with the pro-Hamas protests, the DNC should welcome them and offer them the stage as keynote speakers, one per day. That is one of the democratic party’s main constituent group, so, those Hamas/Hezbollah protesters should get nothing less than main speaking roles at the convention, but, in order for those violent protesters to feel welcomed, the DNC should be open their party and campaign platform to them and allow changes that reflect support for those groups. Officially showing support for those terrorist protesters would only take away the doubt from what most Americans already suspect about what the democrats have wanted all along.
CPD needs to study the 68 kerfuffle films.
There, fixed it.
Cancel the gop convention in Milwakee. No sense giving the left more ammo.
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The comparison being it's leftists attacking leftists? :)
Plus the whole format is kind of antiquated.
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I don't see anywhere in the article where anyone made this comparison.
Brandon will activate the National Guard and other US Armed forces to keep the Gaza Protestors away. They’ll build a great big security wall miles around their convention...
>> Brandon will activate the National Guard and other US Armed forces to keep the Gaza Protestors away. They’ll build a great big security wall miles around their convention...
Possibly, But because of the variety of species of dogs they’re in bed with, the ‘Rats are certain to wake up with serious fleas...
It’s theatre. They all drink from one cup.
Good. This should be interesting.
Are they going to crack down on them when it’s THEIR turn to be protested against?
Or will they let the anarchy escalate?
They do need to know that they are not immune to this monster they have unleashed against the American citizenry.
Just let all those protesters into the convention hall to let Democrats understand and experience what they’ve wrought.
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