Posted on 03/02/2019 12:34:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The presidents El Paso rally should have been a tricky affair, with the wall, the shutdown, a counter-rally by local Democrat star Beto ORourke. But it was a night of wild surprises
At the end of Trump rallies, order breaks down and people are tired. To those seeking to shock, injure, annoy or make a point, its go time. In El Paso, on the USs southern border, at Trumps first campaign-style rally of 2019, two people unfurled the flag of the Soviet Union.
This happened inside the El Paso County Coliseum. I was outside in the parking lot, with about seven thousand others, shivering in the frigid desert night. Inside, Trump was winding down his speech and people were leaving. Suddenly there was a commotion at the exit. A pair of young people wearing black were hurrying out of the building, holding the large Soviet flag, being chased by a pack a posse of cowboys. I have seen some curious things at Trump rallies, but none stranger than the sight of four cowboys running after two people carrying a giant red USSR flag, hammer and sickle and all, through a parking lot in El Paso.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Very interesting article. Well worth the time to read all the way through.
brilliant piece, despite the fawning over Beto.
hard to believe it’s in The Guardian.
I give him credit. He didn’t like what he was seeing, but reported it anyway.
Four Cowboys,,,
GiddyUp!
Well the article did have a “Guardian” ending with a 60yr old Trump supporter “mock-shooting” a Beto supporter with his finger.
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