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Cattledog

(5,916 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 05:22 AM Mar 2019

Trump supporter drives 'build the wall' float past New Zealand mourners.



By John Deike | March 15, 2019 at 6:29 PM EST - Updated March 15 at 10:13 PM

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A vigil organized by Christians, Jews and Muslims at Cleveland City Hall to remember the 49 killed in Christchurch, New Zealand was interrupted Friday by a President Donald Trump supporter driving a “BUILD THE WALL” float.
Mourners looked on in disbelief as the float rolled past the memorial blaring music. The driver, Robert Cortis, then made a second pass and played “God Bless America.”

Cortis, of Michigan, is raising money through GoFundMe to support his nationwide “Trump Unity Bridge Tour.”
Speakers, including Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, stayed on script and focused on the tragedy instead of the disruption.

http://www.cleveland19.com/2019/03/15/trump-supporters-drive-build-wall-float-past-mourners-new-zealand-massacre-cleveland-city-hall/?fbclid=IwAR0G-sRuYVBQSK9Dx20wShFGUH7iw9OqvQNzij4s7wu0Ms1Hh3gXFJLAJk0
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Trump supporter drives 'build the wall' float past New Zealand mourners. (Original Post) Cattledog Mar 2019 OP
How fucking disgusting! Behind the Aegis Mar 2019 #1
Trump supporters doing what they're really good at democrank Mar 2019 #2
In any other era of modern American history, this behavior would be deemed "deplorable"... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #3
It is deplorable. Ordinary citizens can't allow it to become normalized. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #18
Build the wall? In New Zealand? Lordquinton Mar 2019 #4
Exactly. It makes no sense. LuvNewcastle Mar 2019 #8
And people will still deny it Lordquinton Mar 2019 #37
Pathetic pile of poop. Solly Mack Mar 2019 #5
WTF? smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #6
Conservatism mindem Mar 2019 #7
+1 area51 Mar 2019 #35
Trump's cult is the new Westboro Baptist Church Snake Plissken Mar 2019 #9
Perfect analogy. nt Doremus Mar 2019 #33
The United States has now become the world center for racists. We're disgusting. n/t. NNadir Mar 2019 #10
"Some very fine people on both sides" Amimnoch Mar 2019 #11
More of that rownesheck Mar 2019 #12
The arrogance and ignorance of "Unite America" when.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #13
Gotta Pwn Me Sum Litbards! UNITE AMERICA!! Grokenstein Mar 2019 #14
Interrupting a unified candlelight vigil. Can't get much lower than that. Initech Mar 2019 #27
His cult members are totally fucking nuts, but at least they're easy to identify. Vinca Mar 2019 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2019 #38
Pumpkin head supporter pamdb Mar 2019 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2019 #39
Why haven't they arrested him? Bear Creek Mar 2019 #17
Hateful people are everywhere. TNNurse Mar 2019 #19
A Deplorable piece of shit driving a deplorable piece of shit. nt oasis Mar 2019 #20
"is raising money" - Another clown raising money for himself? keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #21
Congratulations, you've reached UNDER the barrel now Trumpites. ck4829 Mar 2019 #22
Why should they care? Nothing happens to them. FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #24
It can start happening though... ck4829 Mar 2019 #25
Ah, Northeast SlowHio . . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2019 #23
Deplorables keepin' it classy, as usual happybird Mar 2019 #26
IMHO, we should refer to MF45 "supporters " MontanaMama Mar 2019 #28
Disgusting... ewagner Mar 2019 #29
Despicable piece of shit is a perennial attention-seeking scammer dalton99a Mar 2019 #30
Nothing says 'look at me, I'm an idiot' C_U_L8R Mar 2019 #31
Where are these horrible people coming from???? redstatebluegirl Mar 2019 #32
Interrupting a candelight vigil, you can't get much lower than that. Initech Mar 2019 #34
This is the republican party uponit7771 Mar 2019 #36
What a goddamned fool Blue Owl Mar 2019 #40
It probably violates state law with the float. LiberalFighter Mar 2019 #41

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
3. In any other era of modern American history, this behavior would be deemed "deplorable"...
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:00 AM
Mar 2019

Exhibit A: Westboro Baptist Church's picketing of funerals. Now, it's SOP for your average trump-loving deplorable. Yes, that is where we are...

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
4. Build the wall? In New Zealand?
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:27 AM
Mar 2019

Building a sea wall to keep the kaiju out?

This event is really highlighting the true meaning of trump is, it's not about anything but racism and white supremacy.

LuvNewcastle

(16,847 posts)
8. Exactly. It makes no sense.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:58 AM
Mar 2019

All they knew is that there would be Muslims and some liberals at the event and they wanted to kick the people while they were down. It's as if there was a KKK march on the day MLK was shot. Just plain evil and trashy.

Lordquinton

(7,886 posts)
37. And people will still deny it
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:30 PM
Mar 2019

One of those days you just want to pull the covers back up and forget it all happened.

mindem

(1,580 posts)
7. Conservatism
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 06:30 AM
Mar 2019

and trumpism has developed into a mental disorder. How any human being could even imagine how something like this is acceptable is beyond me — what a bunch of classless losers.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
9. Trump's cult is the new Westboro Baptist Church
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 07:12 AM
Mar 2019

They are no longer human, they have devolved into human sewage

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
12. More of that
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 07:22 AM
Mar 2019

economic anxiety at work. Internet troll *president and his internet troll fucking piece of shit followers. Like Bob Cesca says, trumpism needs to be shamed into non existence. We need to be relentless, and not let up. These people are the confederates, but this time, they shouldn't be allowed a voice or any type of power once they are defeated.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
13. The arrogance and ignorance of "Unite America" when....
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 07:42 AM
Mar 2019

people like this are doing the dividing, spoon fed by tRump's and right-wing media's non-stop dogma.....

Grokenstein

(5,726 posts)
14. Gotta Pwn Me Sum Litbards! UNITE AMERICA!!
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 07:44 AM
Mar 2019

"Y'all take real good care of me, y'hear? Ah'll repay ya with hate and infantilism!"

It's Aesop's fable "The Frog and the Scorpion," and we're the frog.

Initech

(100,087 posts)
27. Interrupting a unified candlelight vigil. Can't get much lower than that.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 01:10 PM
Mar 2019

I bet this guy is really respectful at funerals too.

Vinca

(50,285 posts)
15. His cult members are totally fucking nuts, but at least they're easy to identify.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 08:07 AM
Mar 2019

Either they're doing something like this or wearing their regulation hats or both.

Response to Vinca (Reply #15)

pamdb

(1,332 posts)
16. Pumpkin head supporter
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 08:24 AM
Mar 2019


As a Michigander I do apologize for this knuckle dragger. As a democratic liberal I am embarrassed.
And now we read that the big orange idiot is coming to Grand Rapids March 28 for a rally. At the Van Andel arena. In case you don’t know, Van Andel was the partner of old man DeVos who was the father in law of ...wait for it...the truly incompetent Betsy DeVos who bought her way into Secretary of education.

My husband wants to go protest.

Response to pamdb (Reply #16)

Bear Creek

(883 posts)
17. Why haven't they arrested him?
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 08:24 AM
Mar 2019

I had put lights under my car I used to own and got pulled over because they said it was a driver distraction. that is a driver distraction if I ever saw one. Does the guy have a parade license?

TNNurse

(6,928 posts)
19. Hateful people are everywhere.
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 08:28 AM
Mar 2019

The Trump administration has emboldened them. He is a danger to the entire world.

The GOPs in Congress share blame for anything done in his name.

keithbvadu2

(36,836 posts)
21. "is raising money" - Another clown raising money for himself?
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 09:38 AM
Mar 2019

"is raising money" - Another clown raising money for himself?

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
23. Ah, Northeast SlowHio . . . .
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 09:45 AM
Mar 2019

. . . heavily blue Cleveland and Lakewood surrounded by heavily Republican and white suburbia.

Stay Classy.

happybird

(4,609 posts)
26. Deplorables keepin' it classy, as usual
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 01:07 PM
Mar 2019

Ugh. Wtf is wrong with these assholes? It's like they have no moral compass and no common sense. That's a scary combo.

MontanaMama

(23,324 posts)
28. IMHO, we should refer to MF45 "supporters "
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 01:14 PM
Mar 2019

MF45 cultists, cult members, tRump anarchists or Russian sympathizers. The are truly the lowest common denominator.

C_U_L8R

(45,004 posts)
31. Nothing says 'look at me, I'm an idiot'
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 01:28 PM
Mar 2019

better than driving a float around town as a mobile monument of your own hate-filled stupidity.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
32. Where are these horrible people coming from????
Sat Mar 16, 2019, 02:34 PM
Mar 2019

What kind of rock does this kind of person crawl out from under. I think I need a mental health break from the news. We are going on a short vacation during spring break, I think I will stay away from the news while we are gone. Yikes....

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