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Hundreds flock to US Capitol to protest money in politics, hundreds arrested
AP/Fox News ^ | 4/11/16

Posted on 04/11/2016 5:05:55 PM PDT by markomalley

Hundreds of protesters flocked to the U.S. Capitol Monday for a demonstration against the role of money in politics, prompting arrests of more than 400 by the Capitol police force.

The demonstration was part of a series of "Democracy Spring" protests planned in Washington this week by a coalition of groups.

The demonstrators chanted slogans like "one person, one vote" and "money out of politics" as they sat on the East Front of the Capitol. One sign read "Things go better without Koch," a reference to the billionaire businessmen David and Charles Koch, who have promised to lead an almost $900 million campaign to back favored candidates this election cycle.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: democracyspring; koch; ows; usefulidiots
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1 posted on 04/11/2016 5:05:55 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Well, money out of conservative politics maybe. Because the progs need money to fight for the right to not be offended and we all know how much it costs to install safe spaces for the snowflakes.


2 posted on 04/11/2016 5:08:53 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: markomalley

Most of them are left over Occupy Wall street idiots.


3 posted on 04/11/2016 5:11:41 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: markomalley
The demonstrators chanted slogans like "one person, one vote"...

So they support checking Voter ID at the ballot box? Huzzah!!

4 posted on 04/11/2016 5:17:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: markomalley

They should have gone on spring break instead.. Or gone to hawaii or some place .. But NOOOoOOOoOooO..


5 posted on 04/11/2016 5:19:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: markomalley

Good.

It helps those 2500 Capitol Poe-leece to earn their keep.


6 posted on 04/11/2016 5:28:55 PM PDT by Gasshog (Stay Tuned for further developments in the CUBAN MISTRESS CRISIS)
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If the bastard politicians want more revenue, why don’t they start fining all of these ***holes who participate in these illegal protests.


7 posted on 04/11/2016 5:29:23 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DNC's Boston Globe really sucks. All the BS about global warming and now more about Trump.)
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To: markomalley

This country is slowly but surely turning into a tinderbox.


8 posted on 04/11/2016 5:30:01 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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I guess the protesters learned the hard way that our Lourds and Masters are surrounded by their own little taxpayer provided Army.

Wonder why they are so fearful...humm?


9 posted on 04/11/2016 5:30:34 PM PDT by Gasshog (Stay Tuned for further developments in the CUBAN MISTRESS CRISIS)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

And dear fellow Freeper “Who will pay the fines?”


10 posted on 04/11/2016 5:31:54 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2016!)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I don’t like them unreasonable occupy types much, but if they’re givin’ the feds hell, good for them, for the day.


11 posted on 04/11/2016 5:35:28 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: TaMoDee

They can pass a law allowing the clowns to use their EBT cards. Works for me.


12 posted on 04/11/2016 5:35:46 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The DNC's Boston Globe really sucks. All the BS about global warming and now more about Trump.)
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To: rktman

Well, money out of conservative politics maybe.

Absolutely correct. Overturning the Citizens United supreme court decision, shutting up Republicans and enabling unions, is the goal.


13 posted on 04/11/2016 5:53:55 PM PDT by wita
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To: Don Corleone

Burn baby burn.


14 posted on 04/11/2016 5:54:31 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Dallas59
Most of them are left over Occupy Wall street idiots.

May as well be arrested; not doing anything anyway.

15 posted on 04/11/2016 5:56:41 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Ted Cruz was the man!)
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To: markomalley

One person one vote, the democrats would lose


16 posted on 04/11/2016 6:02:07 PM PDT by stockpirate (Rush is a low information talk show host concerning Ted sCruz and Marco foamboy Rubio.)
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To: markomalley

All staged Alinsky agitprop.


17 posted on 04/11/2016 6:02:54 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Rafael Cruz: Canadian-born, Cuban ancestry, ineligible for POTUS)
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To: NormsRevenge
But NOOOoOOOoOooO..

Dammit, don't write it like that. I spent a full five minutes trying to pronounce it the way you wrote it.

18 posted on 04/11/2016 6:03:20 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: markomalley

Arrested 400, released 400. There are no consequences for these parasites.


19 posted on 04/11/2016 6:32:26 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: markomalley

These people are being paid to agitate, just as people will be paid to agitate in Cleveland.

Please don’t be so quick to dismiss those being arrested. The FEMA sites are primed and ready for mass arrests. They didn’t prepare them to sit empty.


20 posted on 04/11/2016 6:34:46 PM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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