Posted on 02/17/2017 7:13:21 AM PST by simpson96
Tens of thousands of people across the United States are expected to skip work and attend rallies and marches Friday as part of a "general strike" to "get our democracy back."
Strike4Democracy, one of the groups organizing the nationwide event, which is called the "#F17 General Strike," said more than 100 public protests are expected. Event pages on Facebook indicate the potential for high participation: Nearly 20,000 people have responded to the page for a New York City march alone.
It will be the second straight day of national protests, following Thursday's "Day Without Immigrants" campaign, which was aimed at making a point about the economic impact immigrants have on the U.S. labor force.
Foreign-born residents of the United States were asked to stay home from work or school — and to refrain from shopping — in rallies and marches in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Denver and many other cities. (snip)
Asking who was behind the strike, Rodino-Colocino said, is "like asking where a forest came from."
"There were many seeds," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Does this mean rush-hour traffic will be snarled by hippies waltzing onto the expressways?
And, coming up tomorrow, is “National Hold Your Breath Until You Turn Blue” day.
Seems like just another Friday to me.
I guess living without illegals isn’t the disaster the Left predicted.
What if they gave a protest and nobody came?
I actually encourage this, normal America, those of us who work, worship, raise kids, and actually contribute, are getting a little tired of these snowflakes. I’m looking for a sweep in 2018..
Don’t you have to work in order to skip work?
I agree completely.
Election night in 2018 is gonna be so sweet.
There was absolutely nothing changed in my area by yesterday’s supposed “day without illegals” and I suspect more of the same today.
...another Soros and Barky event...
Only those that do not work will be marching in the roadways...to bad if they run over, anyone with brains know if your in the road, the semi will run over you...
Ever notice how libtards are always thinking up ways, reasons and excuses to NOT GO TO WORK?
Yes it does mean that; therefore, drive the oldest of your cars directly through the throng!
Same here.
Even though the local media kept touting (and giving free advertising to) the ONE Mexican grocery store that was closing, the #daywithoutanimmigrant was a total bust locally.
“general strike” to “get our democracy back.”
They get to vote just like all American citizens. What they want is mob rule. Disrupt traffic and commerce in order to get their way since they do not have the popular vote. It didn’t help them in the last election and it will doom them in the next. Keep it up.
Hippies blocking traffic? I’ll need to get thst reinforced bumper I’ve had my eye on.
If you strike on Friday and are closed I will not be back tomorrow or the next day or the next .....
I’m in downtown Louisville. I completely forgot about the illegal alien strike until I read about it again this morning. It didn’t happen here.
Yawn.
Hope they all get fired.
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