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Organizer admits to paying ‘Occupy DC’ protesters [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller ^ | 10/7/11 | Michelle Fields

Posted on 10/07/2011 2:20:26 PM PDT by Evil Slayer

A liberal organizer told the Daily Caller on Thursday afternoon that he paid some Hispanics to attend “Occupy DC” protests happening in the nation’s capital.

TheDC attended the protest event, an expansion of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that began in New York City. Some aspects of the protest, it turned out, are more Astroturf than grassroots.

One group of about ten Hispanic protesters marched behind a Caucasian individual from the DC Tenants Advocacy Coalition, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting rent control in Washington, D.C.

Asked why they were there, some Hispanic protesters holding up English protest signs could not articulate what their signs said.

Interviewed in Spanish, the protesters told conflicting stories about how their group was organized. Some said it was organized at their church, and that they were there as volunteers. Others, however, referred to the man from the DC Tenants Advocacy Coalition — the only Caucasian in the group — as their “boss.”

TheDC asked that organizer whether he was paying the group to attend the protest, and he conceded that some protesters “aren’t” volunteers.

“Some of them are volunteers. Some of them aren’t,” he explained. “I can’t identify them. I’m not going to get into an identification game.”

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


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1 posted on 10/07/2011 2:20:28 PM PDT by Evil Slayer
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To: Evil Slayer

the GOP when asked about these protests should reply

“I understand why they are angry, this administration has lost so many jobs and people want jobs. They see an economy which has got worse under this president and they are angry.
I understand why they are angry that Wall street has given millions tom this administration and how they have helped ot bail out certain companies while backing companies like GE which send jobs to China”


2 posted on 10/07/2011 2:42:06 PM PDT by manc (Beckett08 an anti war Answer troll who had to re-register. don't feed the troll, they'll send PM's)
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To: Evil Slayer

Did he pay minimum wage? Did he do his withholding? Unemployment compensation?


3 posted on 10/07/2011 2:50:15 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant
Asked why they were there, some Hispanic protesters holding up English protest signs could not articulate what their signs said.

Reminds of the below funny pic. LOL.......


4 posted on 10/07/2011 2:59:24 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war)
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