Posted on 03/12/2016 7:00:18 PM PST by springwater13
Rumors about Trump's visit started flying around the UIC campus Friday evening. Students were not happy.
On Monday night, there was a meeting. The lecture hall, meant to hold 100 students, overflowed with representatives of student groups from the Black Student Union to Fearless and Undocumented. They decided they would march outside the rally to protest.
"He's marginalized and dehumanized a lot of different groups, and they all come together," said Juan Rojas, one of the student organizers.
A Facebook page was started to promote the protest. By the night of the Trump rally, more than 11,600 people had RSVP'd on the page saying they would attend the event. Another 19,000 said they were "interested." Organizers were shocked when Facebook's analytics said the page reached more than 1.5 million users.
The page explained how to acquire tickets to the Trump rally, complete with links, instructions on where and when to meet, and exhortations to remain peaceful.
Jorge Mena, an undocumented graduate student at UIC, started a petition on MoveOn.org calling on the school's administration to cancel the event. The petition garnered more than 50,000 signatures, and once brass at MoveOn, which has endorsed Sanders, caught wind of the UIC backlash, they wanted to help.
MoveOn chipped in money to get signs and a banner printed and blasted out an email to members in the Chicago area encouraging them to join the protest.
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Wow. He would know. Stone literally wrote the book on Hillary.
They are paid agitators! They follow the Saul Alinsky model and disrupt non-Socialist speakers every way they can!
Conservatives have better manners!
Moron Sanders wants to keep it civil and Clinton is playing dirty. He’s not serious about winning. Anyone who wanted to beat her for the democratic nomination could have run her out of the race months ago.. her entire life is a series of lies and scandals.
Yes, Clinton plants wearing Sanders T-shirts are behind the violent protests.
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“I see Levin is also silent on twitter. He’s tweeting about nonsense but won’t touch Chicago. Gee, I wonder why?”
He’s noting but a windbag?
I’m reading Stone’s book now - “The Clinton’s War On Women”.
Everyone should read it and share with anyone stupid enough to be thinking about voting for the bitch.
*nothing
Yep. How quickly people forget... or were too young to know..
I wrote that guy off last year.
I’m sure he still has good stuff to say, but some of these people have crossed the line this year. I’ve had it with them.
Not just Hillary. Obama has been pouring gas on the fire.
Well the problem was there was a car and around 100 thugs in front of us...Seriously, there was no place to go...I felt very helpless.
Levin is probably contemplating his support for the anti-American globalist Cruz vrs his career opportunities. One thing I am happy about is that Glenn Beck is finished, done toast. Rush are you paying attention?
I encourage you to tell you story on talk radio and by contacting the RNC. If they had any shame they would be defending your right to freely assemble. They are not. Pathetic.
I am sure many were paid!
I encourage you to tell you story on talk radio and by contacting the RNC. If they had any shame they would be defending your right to freely assemble. They are not. Pathetic.
Thanks!
I may, but frankly, I question whether the RNC really cares based on what has been said over the past 24 hours...They seem to have put forth the idea that Trump is not a viable candidate since he promotes violence or some such BS drivel. Unbelievable to me!
Maybe Laura Ingraham or Hannity would be a good to call. Never been able to get thru to Rush ever LOL. I have heard Levin nearly bite off the head of anyone calling that is not singing Cruz’s praises, so I won’t call him.
Yes.
The $hit’s real now.
Make sure to have good socks and a spare bottle of water.
This Shiite keeps up and I may end up supporting Trump to spite them...
it’s what communists do.
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