Park Slope Rally to Call for Total Obstruction of Trump Agenda

Patch ^ | January 5, 2017 | John V. Santore

[2ndDivisionVet]

"Play ball with dangerous, amoral people and we will devote ourselves to your political demise," the organizers wrote.

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Brooklynites determined to stop President-Elect Donald Trump's agenda in its tracks will deliver their message to New York Senator and Park Slope resident Chuck Schumer on Jan. 7.

A rally planned for 1 p.m. outside Schumer's 9 Prospect Park West apartment building had been signed up for on Facebook by 169 people as of Thursday afternoon, with nearly 300 more saying they were interested.

"We, the people of NYC and New York State, vow to hound you day and night if you give so much as ONE INCH to Trump, congressional Republicans and their greed- and hate-filled, corporation-loving, civil-rights-hating agenda," the Facebook event posting explains.

The event's organizers, Tim Murphy and Adam Baran, also wrote that they expect Schumer to "obstruct the Trump agenda with the same ruthless thoroughness that Republicans in Congress have obstructed Obama's agenda the past eight years."

"You have a moral obligation not to let the ill-gotten, Russia-aided Trump presidency have ONE CRUMB of success," it continues. "This is exactly how Tea Party-driven Republicans treated Obama the past eight years--AND IT WORKED FOR THEM. Now it's time for the Dems to dig in."

"We need you now more than ever," the post concludes. "Stand up for your country and we will stand up for you. Play ball with dangerous, amoral people and we will devote ourselves to your political demise."

In his first Senate floor speech as Minority Leader, Schumer expressed a willingness to work with Trump and Republicans, so long as Democrats agreed with their legislative proposals.

"There are those who suggest that our baseline posture should be to work with the President-Elect and have him pass his whole agenda," Schumer said. "But it is not our job to be a rubber stamp. If the President-Elect proposes legislation...on issues like infrastructure and trade and closing the carried interest loophole, for instance, we'll work in good faith to perfect and potentially enact it. But when he doesn't we will resist."

[gibsonguy]

This isexactly how Tea Party-driven Republicans treated Obama the past eight years—AND IT WORKED FOR THEM.

It did? Well either l’m crazy or they are because it seems like Obama was unopposed. Make no mistake this Russian BS is going to be used to try kill Trump’s legitimacy. I just saw that worthless traitor McCain basically saying the election was rigged by the Russians. Despicable creep, is there any doubt that he wanted Clinton to win? Look for Linda & Mctraitor to work with the Rats to block Sessions.

[DaxtonBrown]

So dangerous, amoral people plan to save the world from dangerous, amoral people. Does anyone see a problem here?

[EEGator]

I’ll be making money while these losers accomplish nothing.

[Wuli]

“We, the people of NYC and New York State”

arrogance that THEY represent ALL the people of NYC and NYState

[bgill]

Hope it’s freezing that day.