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How the loyal support of biker gangs unites Trump and Putin
Washington Compost ^ | June 1, 2016 | Ishaan Tharoor

Posted on 06/01/2016 5:08:02 AM PDT by McGruff

Donald Trump, the apparent Republican presidential nominee, attended the annual Rolling Thunder rally this weekend in the nation’s capital. The event, now a decades-old tradition, honors veterans and draws thousands of bikers. At this year’s event, some 5,000 bikers motored past the Pentagon to the Mall...

The phenomenon of biker gangs mixing with ultranationalism, of course, is not simply an American one. In fact, perhaps the most successful convergence of bikers and power politics can be found thousands of miles away in Russia, a putative adversary...

President Vladimir Putin has for many years cultivated a muscular nationalism, beginning with his own bare-chested persona. Right-wing Russian nationalist biker gangs have flocked to Putin’s banner. Most famously, a hard-core group known as the Night Wolves has comported itself as Putin’s hog-riding vanguard.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; ishaantharoor; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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Motorcyclist = Trump = Putin = Evil
1 posted on 06/01/2016 5:08:02 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

IBTG!


2 posted on 06/01/2016 5:09:48 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: McGruff

Rolling Thunder is NOT a “biker gang.” It’s a non-profit supporting veterans. Too bad the MSM fact-checks.


3 posted on 06/01/2016 5:12:46 AM PDT by madison10 (#NeverHillary)
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To: mad_as_he$$

IBTG ... no kidding


4 posted on 06/01/2016 5:14:06 AM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: McGruff

H.O.G = Harley Owner’s Group = A bunch of old f@rts in mid-life crisis = Biker Gang = Redneck “Racist”, homophobic thugs = EEEEvil!

That’s the MSM portrayal of people like me who ride Harleys.


5 posted on 06/01/2016 5:14:51 AM PDT by SkiKnee
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To: madison10

thank you.

See why Donald calls them sleezey?


7 posted on 06/01/2016 5:20:27 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: McGruff

At least they’ve given up on the Trump-Hitler comparisons (for now maybe). I doubt this will work any better.

Unlike the press, a lot of the country has no problem with strong leaders who have pride in their country. And we realize that those qualities do not make someone a dictator.


8 posted on 06/01/2016 5:22:17 AM PDT by LostPassword
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The author:

Yeah, cause this guy is a real thinker.

9 posted on 06/01/2016 5:25:14 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumpers sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: McGruff

Man, that escalated quickly.


10 posted on 06/01/2016 5:25:41 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway.)
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To: SkiKnee

...That’s the MSM portrayal of people like me who ride Harleys...

Another reason the press has severe problems. If the same number of bikers were at a Hillary speech, how would the press cover that?


11 posted on 06/01/2016 5:25:47 AM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: raybbr

Pajama Boy got Lasik and got hired by the Post?


12 posted on 06/01/2016 5:26:36 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2016: The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway.)
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To: McGruff

Libtard homos are wetting their man-panties.

GOOD!


13 posted on 06/01/2016 5:28:36 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: McGruff

Nationalists respect other Nationalists


14 posted on 06/01/2016 5:29:16 AM PDT by 4rcane
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To: McGruff

Motorcyclists who ride with Rolling Thunder do not equate to the Wash. Compost’s calling them Biker Gangs....with the commie rag trying to compare them to Hells Angels, Mongols and Pagans (even those guys are better Americans than the scum at WaPo).


15 posted on 06/01/2016 5:30:31 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: McGruff

“Motorcyclist = Trump = Putin = Evil”

Then add in the usual left epithets and buzz words; Nationalist, Neofacist, Muscular Nationalism, Right-wing, Biker and a few others and you have another wonderful Trump expose’.

Every time, I get disgusted with this years election politics, the “news” media finds a way to make me laugh and pricks my interests.

Yesterday, a very prickly press conference and now today a sweetheart of a column by one of the media Girlymen.
Thank you Washington Post.


16 posted on 06/01/2016 5:31:30 AM PDT by Tupelo (we vote - THEY decide.)
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Washington ComPost indeed.

some 5,000 bikers motored past the Pentagon to the Mall

Headshake. What an understatement. Guess the event does not fit the DC agenda.

17 posted on 06/01/2016 5:34:29 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: raybbr

The lipstick is a nice shade, though.


18 posted on 06/01/2016 5:34:31 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: raybbr

“Yeah, cause this guy is a real thinker”. ..........

He looks to be “gay”


19 posted on 06/01/2016 5:35:13 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: raybbr

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Thanks. But I’m not surprised.


20 posted on 06/01/2016 5:35:52 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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