Sounds like they were trying to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances,” and were denied.
Excellent observation. Of course today, the Tea Party folks are getting a bad wrap in the MSM, one bad apple means the whole group is bad.
Now there are congress critter’s needing extra protection because of threats.
I do not know anyone who would advocate violence to get their point across.
Folks are ticked off, they feel their voice wasn’t heard. It will be heard in Nov.
~FMC