Posted on 06/19/2013 8:10:38 AM PDT by penelopesire
Capitol Hill police are trying to block activists attending Wednesday's "Audit the IRS" rally from also attending a nearly day-long press conference on immigration, hosted by Reps. Steve King and Louie Gohmert. The IRS rally is on the west side of the Capitol, while the immigration event is on the east side. Organizers for the IRS event were told by Hill police that "your people" can only assemble on the west side. Organizers were told to remove the activists from the immigration event. Capitol Hill police left a voicemail for Kevin Mooneyhan, Deputy Executive Director of Tea Party Patriots, saying that "your people" only are permitted to assemble for the event on the west side of the Capitol. The activists' presence at the immigration event on the east side, supposedly violates the terms of the Tea Party's permit. Mooneyhan was instructed to move any activists who planned on attending the Tea Party rally away from the immigration event. Keep in mind, the immigration event is hosted by sitting members of Congress. The notion that citizens can't attend an event featuring duly elected Representatives in a public space is absurd.
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After BO did the secret flyover at the huge Tea Party rally before 2010 he gave the orders to shut down the Tea Party by using the IRS and to keep them from protesting no matter what it takes. The Capitol police are accommodating him. This comes from the top, make no mistake. Can’t have BO looking bad again now can we?
Yep..saw that..outrageous. Gated community too. How did they get in? Why did it take the police over 15 minutes to get there?
Thugs!
Was the other group warned not to attend the IRS rally?
This is soooo bogus.
I would think a few statements about class action lawsuits against the Capitol Hill Police might get someone’s attention.
Thanks SP! The servers are overloaded right now but will try again in a minute.
Actually, it was going quite well until Lincoln issued an executive order to acquire many thousands of inspired and motivated combatants for the blue side to replace the thousands upon thousands of blue deserters.
You're right though, the outcome was never really in question and to this day the South has never recovered from the utter destruction of their economy but especially, - the culture - and I'm not talking about a slave owning culture.
Never in the history of US armed conflict did the United States wipe out completely an enemy culture - the Germans, Japanese, - culture not only survived but flourished - Islam? - we currently celebrate all that is Islam. Why, we even have a muslim chief executive.
Tell me I haven't lived long enough.
Don’t the Capitol Police work for Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner? This isn’t Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz or Mr. Obama doing this.
I can be loaded and ready to go in a half hour.
“...The notion that citizens can’t attend an event featuring duly elected Representatives in a public space is absurd...”
Evidently, it’s no longer a “notion”... would seem to be a fact.
Just called my Texas Congressman and talked to a nice young man who was very interested/concerned to hear about them being blocked from attending the immigration rally/press conference. Asked him to see if my congressman could look into it.
The Capitol Hill police are a federal Law enforcement agency, so would be presumably under the auspices of the executive branch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police
Good for you! I am going to do the same!
ping!
Scratch last post...you are right it would appear! Time to call Boehner’s office!!
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan “WE PAID FOR THAT LAWN!”
How are they going to bar the folks from going from one rally to another?
They have the right to freely assemble and the right of association and the right to free speech.
Besides, this is “no trouble” crowd, not OWS.
Capital storm troopers.
Police state.
The Capitol faces east and west
“UPDATE: According to Mooneyhan and Breitbart News’ Matthew Boyle, the Capitol Hill police have now backed off their attempts to block activists from attending the immigration rally.”
It seems the pressure has gotten to the Capitol police.
Bump!! Good!!
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