Posted on 11/15/2016 10:25:19 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
One out of every 40 people in America lives in New York City. The area's population is 8.4 million, more than in 39 other states. For every vote cast for Donald Trump in the city last Tuesday, more than four were cast for Hillary Clinton; she earned 79 percent of the vote.
In the wake of Trump's victory, thousands of protesters crowded the streets of Manhattan (where Trump got fewer votes than he did on Staten Island, where the population is a third smaller) outside Trump Tower. It's hard to know how many were there, but let's assume it was 5,000 people. That would mean that a fraction of a percent of the city took time to ride the train in and make their voices heard, assuming no one came in from anywhere else. Protests of thousands of people in New York really aren't that uncommon, which could have been a reasonable thing to point out if you wanted to brush the event away.
That's not the angle that Trump and his supporters took. Instead, the president-elect and his backers decided to dismiss the protests in New York and other cities — cities that contain hundreds of thousands of people who mostly voted against Trump — as being the work of “paid protesters.” In a tweet, Trump decided that the “professional protesters,” in his formulation, were also “incited by the media,” which doesn't make much sense.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I'm sorry for your loss.
You know arguing with the dead is a sign of insanity, right?
Bail out.
I have a news bulletin for the Washington Post:
Neither President Trump, nor his supporters, give two flying f*cks what anyone thinks about the protesters. They’re gearing up to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN and haven’t the time for such nonsense.
Watch what happens on January 21st.
Great photo - thanks!
Agree.
you should not say that.
FReepers live there as well as president elect Trump
Exactly right. Basically that is also what I have been saying to her. Just stand back and watch - and give President Trump a chance. And stop getting your news from the Lamestream media!
More importantly, why does this WaPo writer want you to think these protests are organic?
Trump and his supporters KNOW they are meaningless.
The same rag that colluded mightily with the Clinton campaign, we might add. Leftist lying dem operatives, pretending to be journalists.
Well, this is someone I love very much....despite her liberal waywardness. We have agreed to disagree. But when she hits me with these articles, I feel I have to respond with facts. Maybe I am just working on a lost cause.
Yet another straw-man argument. The anti-Trump MSM create a negative meme about Trump, clueless skulls full of mush believe it and begin to riot. Then when the MSM are called out for their FUD-making they suggest that it's all tin-foil hat stuff by Trump and his supporters.
~ MM ~
Call em up for the job and do some investigative reporting.
Which is why I apologized for posting anything from the Washington Compost. And which is why I keep telling this relative to stop getting all their news from the mainstream media:
ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, others.
It doesn’t seem to be working.....
How many recovering New Yorkers have moved to NC or Florida and voted Trump?
My brother saw three buses of these A-holes from Oregon, when he was in the city the other day aka San Francisco...
Right - that’s the point of this article. The the riots / protests are “manufactured” and paid for - when in fact it is only “concerned citizens” expressing their genuine dismay and fear about a Trump presidency.
I agree with everyone - that
a) We (Trump supporters) don’t really care.
b) The protests are ORGANIZED and DIRECTED and PAID by leftist groups - no matter what they say
c) Many of these protesters did not even vote in the election
d) When Obama won in 2008 and 2012 - even though we (his opponents) were dismayed, we did not riot in the streets.
The protests have been organized to undermine Trumps clear mandate.
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition sponsored the yellow signs.
Ok, that’s a good eyewitness report to give her.
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