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The CEO of “Crowds on Demand” tells me he was offered $20,000,000 to recruit demonstrators for the anti-Trump protests on Thursday (Video)
1 posted on 07/16/2025 8:50:34 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Did they make a followup offer for a different deal?


2 posted on 07/16/2025 9:00:46 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: yesthatjallen

Seems like a occupation tax should be imposed on organizations like this to pay for police needs.

Say, 100% of money paid and also make professional protestors get a license.


3 posted on 07/16/2025 9:01:05 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: yesthatjallen

Rent-a-mob companies, NGOs, whatever, need to be forced to put up a very large Bond to cover the potential damage their hired thugs cause for each and every event. Peaceful and no damage then the bond is returned. Burn cars and loot? Every single loss must be covered by the bond.


4 posted on 07/16/2025 9:05:01 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: yesthatjallen

They’re planning more racist nonsense and called on the same guy who helped out with providing stereotypicalmy dressed mobs at Charlottesville.


5 posted on 07/16/2025 9:06:21 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: Fedora

ping


6 posted on 07/16/2025 9:06:40 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: yesthatjallen

He couldn’t be persuaded, since Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.


7 posted on 07/16/2025 9:07:33 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: yesthatjallen

How interesting that this article about “crowds on demand” is published in the Hindustan times. I wonder if it is getting any publicity in the USA. I have always suspected that there were people paying others to attend riots and demonstrations, but never knew there was an actual business called “crowds on demand”.

The left is so phony but they are protected by the propaganda media. The right, at least those in DC, are so willing to be like the Washington Generals losing every time to the. Harlem Globetrotters (Democrats). Why didn’t we know about this organization and others like it?


8 posted on 07/16/2025 9:08:08 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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He claims he had nothing to do with Charlottesville but others say they spotted his ads:

So what is “Crowds on Demand?” According to their own website, they’re in the business of sourcing large crowds of people to “provide clients with protests, rallies, [and] flash-mobs” all over the country. They even have an entire page on their website dedicated to “Protests and Rallies.”

Are you looking to create a buzz anywhere in the United States? At Crowds on Demand, we provide our clients with protests, rallies, flash-mobs, paparazzi events and other inventive PR stunts. These services are available across the country in every major U.S city, every major U.S metro area and even most smaller cities as well. We provide everything including the people, the materials and even the ideas. You can come to us with a specific plan of action and we can make it happen. OR, you can approach us with a general idea and we can help you plan the strategy then execute it.

We’ve made campaigns involving hundreds of people come to action in just days. We have a proven record of delivering major wins on even the toughest campaigns and delivering phenomenal experiences with even the most logistically challenging events.

The CEO of Crowds on Demand denied to Snopes that his firm was involved in the Charlottesville protests but refused to provide details on the specific purpose of the craigslist ad and/or why it was temporarily removed yesterday before being restored.

“We were not involved in any capacity with the recent tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those impacted by the violence”


9 posted on 07/16/2025 9:12:15 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: yesthatjallen

WGAF about the less-follicled man named Lewis? How far we have fallen if that is what is called a leader.


14 posted on 07/16/2025 9:20:12 AM PDT by Racketeer
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To: yesthatjallen

This is good news. This guy knows the DOJ is tracking down the organizations and people responsible for the carnage along with those funding it.

He is wise not to fall for the setup.


16 posted on 07/16/2025 9:24:47 AM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: yesthatjallen

BS, we’re on to these phucks and they Don want to go jail for incitement!


17 posted on 07/16/2025 9:25:52 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than saving to WORK of !US:-)p)
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To: yesthatjallen

When one takes pay to “demonstrate,” are they not in fact a paid (and unregistered) lobbyist? I can’t see Free Speech rights attaching to that.


19 posted on 07/16/2025 9:29:44 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (First, I was a clinger, then deplorable, now I'm garbage. Feel the love? )
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To: yesthatjallen

The CEO of Crowds on Demand says he didn’t hesitate to walk away from the deal. “I’m rejecting it not because I don’t want to take the business, but because frankly, this is going to be ineffective; it’s going to make us all look bad,” he told NewsNation.
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Swart also cited safety fears as another reason for rejecting the offer.

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“When work isn’t giving him enough challenges, Adam enjoys competing in tennis tournaments, trail running up mountains, and keeping up with his 2-year-old Goldendoodle. Adam spends his time between Scottsdale, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Los Angeles.”


the stated reason.

who’s safety?

definitely a hot potato. surprised he made a public statement but probably couldn’t avoid it.


20 posted on 07/16/2025 9:32:37 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: yesthatjallen

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/publicity-firm-offered-20m-to-recruit-for-anti-trump-protests/ar-AA1IFzan?ocid=BingNewsSerp

“I’m rejecting it not because I don’t want to take the business, but because frankly, this is going to be ineffective; it’s going to make us all look bad,” Swart said.

When asked who exactly offered his firm the money to recruit people, Swart would not disclose the information because he does not talk about who exactly his clients are and that it would be “bad for business.”

Aside from believing the protests would not make a difference, Swart added that his concerns about violence unfolding at Thursday’s protests also led him to reject the contract.



22 posted on 07/16/2025 9:36:34 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: yesthatjallen

I’m sure Soros can do better than a paltry $20 million...


29 posted on 07/16/2025 10:39:30 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: yesthatjallen

John Lewis besmirched himself with all that performative acting.


31 posted on 07/16/2025 10:46:09 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: yesthatjallen

The trick is to find enough clymers to take the bribe. Seems easy.


32 posted on 07/16/2025 11:05:49 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is this how Kamala spent all that campaign money?


33 posted on 07/16/2025 11:42:22 AM PDT by A Mississippian (Proud 7th generaion Mississippian)
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To: yesthatjallen

The CEO of “crowds on demand” was interviewed on the Laura Ingraham show tonight on Fox News. He said that 100% of the people protesting are paid in some way. Some are by directly an organization. Some are by a union for whom they will get good assignments if they show up to protest and poor assignments if they don’t. There were other ways of paying people as well, but did not delineate them.

I was hoping Laura would ask him if any right wing demonstrations had people who were paid to be there. I have participated in many demonstrations over the years mostly the March for life in DC and patriotic demonstrations there. I was never paid by anybody nor did I know anyone there who was paid.


34 posted on 07/16/2025 5:16:24 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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I saw an interview with this guy about a month ago. He started this business when he was in college. He didn’t know that paying a couple friends then would lead to what’s going on now.


35 posted on 07/16/2025 5:18:57 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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