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riversedge

(70,243 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2015, 01:53 PM Mar 2015

Vos yells on the Assembly floor that @GovWalker never compared protestors to #ISIS....

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Vos yells on the Assembly floor that @GovWalker never compared protestors to #ISIS.... http://prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12753/according-scott-walker-what-terrorist-looks … #RightToWork #IfYouSaySo
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Posted by Brendan Fischer on February 27, 2015
According to Scott Walker, This Is What a Terrorist Looks Like

http://prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12753/according-scott-walker-what-terrorist-looks#sthash.Zi4o3B0l.dpuf

One of the most remarkable things about the 2011 Wisconsin uprising was how a protest so massive and so sustained managed to be entirely peaceful. Thousands of people occupied the capital building, around the clock, for two weeks straight, without incident. For months, as many as 100,000 people at a time marched around the statehouse, and exercised their right to free speech and assembly--without arrests or violence.

There was a spirit of camaraderie during those heady times. Young children held handmade signs supporting their teachers, and handed out home-baked cookies to protesters. Grandmothers, teachers, nurses, veterans, and students bundled up against the cold Wisconsin winter and raised their voices against anti-union legislation and cuts to education. Supporters from around the world phoned-in orders to Ian's Pizza to feed hungry protesters.

So when Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said that his experience with the protests prepared him for the fight against the murderous militants known as ISIS, jaws across Wisconsin hit the floor.

Asked at the Conservative Political Action Conference how he would handle ISIS if elected president, the likely presidential candidate replied, "For years I've been concerned about that threat, not just abroad but here on American soil."

"If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world," he said, to applause from the audience.

The statement was widely condemned...

- See more at: http://prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12753/according-scott-walker-what-terrorist-looks#sthash.Zi4o3B0l.dpuf

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Vos yells on the Assembly floor that @GovWalker never compared protestors to #ISIS.... (Original Post) riversedge Mar 2015 OP

Hmm...But Obama said "You didn't build that." Hmm. Atman Mar 2015 #1

Assembly Democrats call for apology for #ScottWalker terrorist statement riversedge Mar 2015 #2

So perhaps Mr. Voss didn't hear the question Walker was asked about how is experience of 100,000 midnight Mar 2015 #3

Atman

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1. Hmm...But Obama said "You didn't build that." Hmm.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:08 PM

Mar 2015

So I actually understand that Walker didn't actually say "Unions are terrorists." I get that. Have they yet to grasp that Obama never said that a business owner didn't actually build a business? Nope. Just more Republican hypocrisy.

riversedge

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2. Assembly Democrats call for apology for #ScottWalker terrorist statement

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 02:51 PM

Mar 2015

Madison.com Politics ?@MadPolitics 8m8 minutes ago

Assembly Democrats call for apology for #ScottWalker terrorist statement http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-democrats-call-for-apology-for-scott-walker-terrorist-statement/article_e9b4ec41-42b8-5be0-be60-ae8a4a83546e.html …

Assembly Democrats call for apology for Scott Walker terrorist statement

19 minutes ago • By Steven Verburg | Wisconsin State Journal

The Wisconsin Assembly reconvened Thursday on its way to expected passage of a right-to-work bill, but Democratic leader Peter Barca quickly introduced a resolution apologizing for Gov. Scott Walker's statements comparing pro-labor protesters to Islamic State terrorists.

Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said this was the first of many "distractions" the Democratic members of the Assembly would employ.

Rep. Gary Hebl, D-Sun Prairie, said Walker was wrong to compare pro-labor protesters to violent radicals was wrong. Walker made the statement last week, referring to 100,000 who came to the Capitol in 2011 in an unsuccessful attempt to stop Act 10, which all but stripped most public sector workers of union rights

"Wisconsin workers were stabbed in the back, their livelihood was threatened and yet they protested peacefully," Hebl said. "To compare them to ISIS is unconscionable............

Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/assembly-democrats-call-for-apology-for-scott-walker-terrorist-statement/article_e9b4ec41-42b8-5be0-be60-ae8a4a83546e.html#ixzz3TXSbycN5

midnight

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3. So perhaps Mr. Voss didn't hear the question Walker was asked about how is experience of 100,000

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 03:11 PM

Mar 2015

hard working teachers, moms, dads, nurses and other peaceful union protesters gave him the experience to deal with ISIS.

And Ms. Warren was right on to suggest we look at who Scott Walker Pals around with if hard working teachers, moms, dads, nurses and other peaceful union protesters are be referenced so unfairly...

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