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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho acted like a lynch mob today?
Just an observation, since Trump brought it up.
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Who acted like a lynch mob today? (Original Post)
edhopper
Oct 2019
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dchill
(38,506 posts)1. Excellent point.
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)2. Was Steve King there?
If so could be a literal lynch mob.
lostnfound
(16,186 posts)9. Yes he was. Nt
Anon-C
(3,430 posts)10. The whole Posse Comi-caucus was there...
...Duncan Hunter...Markwayne Mullin...
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)3. It was not a "protest." It was a PR stunt...
Pepeat ad nauseum.
C_U_L8R
(45,004 posts)7. It was a failed pr stunt
The whole thing was kinda limp and made the republicans look totally ridiculous.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)8. Yeah, I've seen it compared to an Animal House frat party...
H2O Man
(73,567 posts)4. It was actually
an attempt to copy the infamous "Brooks Brothers Riot" from the 2000 election re-count.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/15/its-insanity-how-brooks-brothers-riot-killed-recount-miami/
lame54
(35,295 posts)6. It's his word of the year calendar
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)11. This was more than a mob. It was purely anti-American. n/t
Karadeniz
(22,541 posts)12. Right!
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)13. + 1000, rec, nt.