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Protesters Descend On Wisconsin Capitol To Send A Message: We’re Done Staying Home
The Federalist ^ | 25 April 20 | Kylee Zempel

Posted on 04/25/2020 6:02:04 PM PDT by Bruiser 10

Wisconsin stay-at-home orders were supposed to expire Friday. Instead, thousands of disgruntled Wisconsinites descended upon the capitol in protest after the Evers administration extended the Dairy State’s so-called Safer at Home order another month.

Endless blaring honks turned to white noise as vehicles backed up East Washington Avenue before circling the capitol, with many waving signs and flags out of windows and sun roofs. One man drove a Yukon decked out with Trump 2020 gear, pulling a trailer he had transformed into a “Trump Unity Bridge” and leading passersby in a chorus of “M-A-G-A” to the YMCA song.

One man played an audiobook of the Constitution from a boombox in his driver’s window. Somebody navigated a remote-control plastic virus, chasing people around the State Street intersection, and one man tossed out roll after roll of toilet paper, which a nearby woman scurried around to gather.

Some rally attendees donned masks and stuck to the periphery, while others packed in close to one another. Several counter-protesters straggled through — a woman in scrubs held a “Go Home” sign — but they were few.

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This is turning out to be a great Saturday evening.
1 posted on 04/25/2020 6:02:04 PM PDT by Bruiser 10
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To: Bruiser 10

Related...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3838741/posts


2 posted on 04/25/2020 6:04:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ping for your interest :)


3 posted on 04/25/2020 6:05:05 PM PDT by KC_Lion (I fear we are approaching the "American War of Liberation")
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To: Bruiser 10

Big latin protest in Miami today. Its spreading!


4 posted on 04/25/2020 6:07:28 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: rrrod

Good.

Let’s keep up the fire.


5 posted on 04/25/2020 6:08:14 PM PDT by Bruiser 10 (Will you Boogaloo?)
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To: Bruiser 10
Blaring horns and waving signs.

You people are going about this all wrong. If you really want to be taken seriesly you need to start smashing store windows and throwing rocks and bottles at cops and beating up defenseless old men and young girls.

You know. Like AntiFa. Now THAT'S a protest The Fake News Media can respect.

6 posted on 04/25/2020 6:09:28 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Bruiser 10

Right! We have hydroxychloroquine, which will cut most of the deaths down.


7 posted on 04/25/2020 6:10:40 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Ditto for this one, too.

Wonder what I’m doing wrong?


8 posted on 04/25/2020 6:11:10 PM PDT by Bruiser 10 (Will you Boogaloo?)
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To: Bruiser 10

No more attempts to flatten this meaningless curve.


9 posted on 04/25/2020 6:15:38 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: Bruiser 10

Democrats are starting to lose this battle too.


10 posted on 04/25/2020 6:18:37 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: Texas Eagle

Ima go loot the local Red Wing store. I need me some new work shoes


11 posted on 04/25/2020 6:19:55 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Socon-Econ

Just do what the ChiComs did.

Report the deaths so they make the line go so flat you could set your watch to it


12 posted on 04/25/2020 6:22:26 PM PDT by digger48
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Yeah, it’s too bad there aren’t Snap-On stores for us to loot, workingman can’t get in on the action like the homeboys do. Nobody wanna loot the Harbor Fright ;-)


13 posted on 04/25/2020 6:23:00 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: digger48

O, brother. You are Conservative to the core. Work shoes?


14 posted on 04/25/2020 6:25:57 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberaln would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: bigbob

I could use the motorcycle / ATV lift and a couple of large rolling tool chests.


15 posted on 04/25/2020 6:26:34 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: Bruiser 10

Just curious ...

How many corona cases have arisen because of these protestors crowding close together?

Answer - NONE, otherwise CNN would be gleefully broadcasting it 24-7

So if people can gather together and not get corona ... doesn’t that prove that it’s not as bad as thought? That the lockdown was overblown?


16 posted on 04/25/2020 6:28:19 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: Bruiser 10

A NY Times writer claimed on PBS yesterday that these are fringe people as seen by their Confederate flags. I have yet to see a single Confederate flag so I assume he made up that claim and told it as a bald face lie.


17 posted on 04/25/2020 6:30:51 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Texas Eagle

Say what you will about ditchdiggers, but we’re considered “essential” and haven’t missed a day


18 posted on 04/25/2020 6:31:47 PM PDT by digger48
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To: digger48

If you’re looting Red Wing, I’m backing a trailer up to the doors at Tractor Supply. Either that or a Bass Pro Shop. LOL


19 posted on 04/25/2020 6:33:00 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Why should I walk into the great unknown, when I can sit here, and throw my bones?)
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To: Midwesterner53

I thought the Wi legislature was going to do something about this.


20 posted on 04/25/2020 7:07:04 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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