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RNC Protests Rage, but Anti-Trump Organizers Ask: Where Is Everyone?
US News & World Report ^ | July 19, 2016 | Steven Nelson

Posted on 07/20/2016 8:00:00 AM PDT by C19fan

Activists marched illegally down streets, fought with one another and defied a downtown tennis ball ban Tuesday during the second day of the Republican National Convention. But as the excitement unfolded, some activist leaders wondered where the crowds were.

Cleveland has seen far smaller protests than those at other recent conventions, despite the nomination of Donald Trump eliciting a rage from progressives that rivals or exceeds their hatred of former President George W. Bush. In a further distinction, it has also seen very few activism-related arrests.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; antitrump; nevertrump; rnc
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To: napscoordinator

Obama/Clinton/Soros have shut down “their” protester nutcase, lunatics...for the panic fear that these morons would only make DJT stronger!!! Plus...I really believe the the police authorities in charge of crowd control will not tolerate violence and property destruction. Of course...IMHO...there will be little fanfare of protests at the DNC next week in Philadelphia...mainly because, there will be relatively few people watching!!!


41 posted on 07/20/2016 8:43:15 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: C19fan

Open carry and Bikers for Trump and only a couple dozen protesters showed up. Good!


42 posted on 07/20/2016 8:52:01 AM PDT by jch10 (Obama, now out of excuses.)
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To: Renegade

Maybe they read the call up notices for “Angels”.


43 posted on 07/20/2016 8:54:48 AM PDT by Salamander (I Aim To Maim...)
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To: C19fan

Most of them got slapped with the reality of their lack of grasp on reality and are nursing hangovers.


44 posted on 07/20/2016 9:01:43 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Hilarious... racists spent time time fighting each other.

Normal Americans were left well enough alone so far this week.


45 posted on 07/20/2016 9:06:21 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: C19fan
Open Carry.

It's one thing to assault and harass a peaceful gathering of people, to riot and “pillage” an area with police who generally will stand by and watch, as we've seen several times this year.

It's another thing to actually know that the people you want to attack and harass are armed and legally allowed to defend themselves, especially when those who are open carrying have seen what “protesters” have done in the recent past.

46 posted on 07/20/2016 9:29:49 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

“Actor Billy Baldwin marched down Euclid Avenue with some protesters. He said he supports police and Black Lives Matter.”

That’s like saying you support the Cubs and the White Sox :S


47 posted on 07/20/2016 9:34:06 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: C19fan

“Look, I’ll say this: It’s not a good thing people aren’t here in a bigger force when an openly fascistic candidate is being nominated,”

See? You are in the wrong city and a week too early...that will happen next week in Philly...See ya there!!!


48 posted on 07/20/2016 9:40:14 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: C19fan

The recent Black Lies Matter “Days of Rage” where they were going to disrupt 37 cities, fizzled like a damp firecracker. Only small demonstrations, mainly by brainless white people, were seen in a few of the cities.

After San Jose all the riots and most of the inside disruptors disappeared from Trump rallies.

It appears that large scale rioting and “demonstrations” has been replaced by the unhinged cop killers. It’s probably cheaper for Soros to pay demented people to kill cops than it does to pay thousands of rioters.


49 posted on 07/20/2016 9:42:15 AM PDT by euram
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They will attack Thursday night, to steal the limelight away from Trump.


50 posted on 07/20/2016 9:42:29 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Hillary is Satan's spiritual advisor.)
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To: C19fan

Hahahaha. I watched who real do breathlessly following protestors the other day. Subtracting all the camera crews and those taking cellphone videos and selfies, I’d estimate the actual ‘crowd” to be less than 100. And the Westboro idiots, the kkk idiots and BLM idiots all throwing pee on one another makes me laugh. Where’s that footage?


51 posted on 07/20/2016 10:18:24 AM PDT by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: SueRae

That should have read whore-aldo (Geraldo)


52 posted on 07/20/2016 10:20:06 AM PDT by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Or they could be holding their fire for Thursday night.

That's what I was thinking.

53 posted on 07/20/2016 10:22:05 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: C19fan

At work???

HAHAHAHHAHA I know I know. I kill myself...


54 posted on 07/20/2016 10:22:06 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: C19fan

The Soros peeps told them to tone it down so as not to help the Law and Order candidate Trump. They remember 1968.


55 posted on 07/20/2016 10:24:17 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: euram

Good points.


56 posted on 07/20/2016 10:29:02 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: oh8eleven
The only ones I can see making a scene are the Bernie whackos.
But they'll disappear like a fart in the wind after they do their own flatulence thing.

How appropriate...staging a fart-in to show support for...the old fart.

57 posted on 07/20/2016 10:31:36 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: euram; Bigg Red

"...Fizzled like a damp firecracker...and...cheaper for Soros to finance unhinged..."


Agree on everything you posted, euram.

It is all about following the money.
Even hardcore Libs cannot envision President Trump murdering six million innocents, like the absurd imagery portrayed by media in run-up to RNC convention.


58 posted on 07/20/2016 11:08:28 AM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Couldn’t happen to a better bunch of folks... convention attendees should have filled up some jugs and sent them over for those three groups of nutjobs and keep them busy all week.


59 posted on 07/20/2016 11:21:45 AM PDT by piasa
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To: eyeamok

Usually the Democrats pay to get their protesters out...


60 posted on 07/20/2016 11:23:08 AM PDT by piasa
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