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Rhiannon12866

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3. The last one I went to protested the "kids in cages" and I was pretty impressed with the turnout

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 18, 2020, 04:13 AM

Jul 2020

It was several hundred protesters - and a handful of MAGAts - and of course they were the ones to start trouble, blasting a megaphone and disrupting traffic. It became enough of an issue that there was discussion of prohibiting protests - and I went to my first one there to protest the impending invasion of Iraq. As for there being out-of-towners, I saw seven people I knew, not counting a local DUer who told me she was there and wished she'd known I was, too...

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Congressional Candidate Boebert Claims BLM Protesters Were "Paid and Bussed In" at Rally in Rifle [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP

That's what the handful of MAGAts said about the protesters in my neck-of-the-woods Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #1

MAGAts can't imagine anybody being opposed to their way of life. TexasTowelie Jul 2020 #2

The last one I went to protested the "kids in cages" and I was pretty impressed with the turnout Rhiannon12866 Jul 2020 #3

Evidence? joshdawg Jul 2020 #4

Don't need no proof.... diverdownjt Jul 2020 #5