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Democrats Plot Protests At Trump's Speech To Congress; Will "Refuse To Shake Hands"
ZeroHedge ^ | February 2, 2016

Posted on 02/02/2017 9:33:50 AM PST by Zakeet

The sore losers of the Left, after refusing to attend Trump's inauguration, have apparently decided to double down on their childish behavior by plotting a number of protests at Trump's upcoming address to Congress. According to The Hill, House Democrats are rallying behind a plan to make the newly-elected President's first address to Congress as uncomfortable as possible by inviting guests they say will be harmed by his policies, including ethnic minorities, LGBT people, undocumented immigrants and the disabled.

"It is our hope that their presence in the House Gallery will remind President Trump that he is not the arbiter of patriotism,” reads the letter. “This country belongs to all of us, and his rhetoric of intolerance will not stand."

"We want to send a strong message to the [president] that he cannot push these communities aside, and he cannot change the fabric of this country," they wrote.

"Instead of celebrating the very diversity that makes our country a beacon of inclusion and equality, he has chosen to vilify, bully and alienate women, immigrants, people of color, people with disabilities, and people of differing faiths," the Democrats wrote in their letter.

"His rhetoric emboldens those who seek a scapegoat for the challenges this country faces."

Amazing that Trump was able to launch a full assault on such an overwhelming percentage of the population yet still win a national election.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; protest; speech; trump
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To: Zakeet

Real pic? With Elijah Cummings wearing that colorfully stupid headgear?


81 posted on 02/02/2017 10:54:12 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Zakeet
There there Chuckles ... Gilbert Grape photo: what's eating gilbert grape. whatseatinggilbertgrape.jpg I anticipate a lot of screeching and flapping of hands.
82 posted on 02/02/2017 10:57:38 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: Steve_Seattle

When that one Republican called Obama a liar during a speech a few years ago, the media were aghast at what they called an utter disrespect for the office of the presidency. But now they are really all-in with the Dems upping the ante on disrespecting the office on a daily basis.
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You mean to tell me that the media is duplicitous? No, that cannot be. CNN and the NYT told us that they were unbiased and objective in their reporting.


83 posted on 02/02/2017 10:58:26 AM PST by JayElBee
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To: Resettozero
Good. Then the President might offer to shake each and every Democrats hand and get it recorded with multiple cameras in use.

That's exactly what the dems want.

84 posted on 02/02/2017 11:02:35 AM PST by plain talk
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To: VRWCarea51

You hit the nail on the head!


85 posted on 02/02/2017 11:02:56 AM PST by SpirituTuo
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To: Zakeet

Maybe they could suck their thumbs during the speech.


86 posted on 02/02/2017 11:04:42 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Zakeet

The Dems are only adding to the charge that they are unfit to govern. They are only hurting themselves with the Independents as well as some Democrats by their stupid, meaningless behavior.


87 posted on 02/02/2017 11:10:22 AM PST by apocalypto
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To: Popman
He is the majority leader and runs the House?

Ryan is Speaker of the House.

Mitch McConnel is Majority Leader of the Senate.

88 posted on 02/02/2017 11:14:00 AM PST by itsahoot (Return the power to the people, and Mexico will pay for the wall, 100%)
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To: plain talk
That's exactly what the dems want.

The glass is half full.
89 posted on 02/02/2017 11:16:39 AM PST by Resettozero
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To: Jane Long

You can bet your sweet bippy that the crazy Shelia Jackson Lee will camp out on the isle so she can turn her head when Trump walks by. The MSN will spend three days talking about her and telling us what a great American she is. Trump should ignore every Dem there and he and Paul Ryan should fill the gallery with Trump supporters.


90 posted on 02/02/2017 11:33:14 AM PST by bestrongbpositive
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To: Zakeet
...Will "Refuse To Shake Hands"...

Good. Helps to protect President Trump from the diseases liberals carry.

91 posted on 02/02/2017 11:34:54 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Building the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Zakeet
Not shake hands? OMG, what will Trump do?

Are these idiots on some kind of drug?

I hope Trump destroys them politically.

92 posted on 02/02/2017 11:39:56 AM PST by Robert357 (D.Rather "Hoist with his own petard!" www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1223916/posts)
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To: Robert357

LOL. Good - maybe I won’t have to see Shelia Jackson Lee push her self forward and shove others aside so that the camera can show her shaking hands with whoever the President is.


93 posted on 02/02/2017 11:43:12 AM PST by greeneyes
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To: Zakeet
You suppose that congresscritter from Texas - Sheila Jackson Lee?? - will be sitting on the aisle, waiting for President Trump in her gaudiest attire?

It's almost a tradition. We'll see.

94 posted on 02/02/2017 11:49:29 AM PST by wbill
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To: bestrongbpositive

Yes...and, I’m sure she’ll have her usual snakes wrapped around her head. Scary.


95 posted on 02/02/2017 11:52:34 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: greeneyes; bestrongbpositive

Re: my post 94.... GMTA, and all that. :-)


96 posted on 02/02/2017 11:53:08 AM PST by wbill
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To: wbill

LOL.


97 posted on 02/02/2017 11:59:44 AM PST by greeneyes
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To: Zakeet
"This country belongs to all of us"

Unless you are pro-life, pro-military, pro-law enforcement, pro-school choice, want smaller government, lower taxes, and want immigration laws enforced.

98 posted on 02/02/2017 12:00:10 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: JimRed

Speaking of diseases. I have been reading that some of the kids let in with the last deluge have leprosy, and were actually attending school.

There is not cure for this that I have heard of.


99 posted on 02/02/2017 12:03:01 PM PST by greeneyes
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To: Zakeet
Okay, so the Dems saw the film of Elizabeth Warren being RUDE to Betsy DeVos by refusing to shake her hand. But, instead of seeing this as RUDE, they looked at it as a good idea that they needed to embrace.

And, still they don't get why thye are losing --- everything!

100 posted on 02/02/2017 12:26:35 PM PST by LibertarianLiz
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