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LisaM

(27,828 posts)
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 05:24 AM Mar 2016

Did anyone else catch the Bernie fans protesting across from the Apollo Theatre?

It got a bit lost with the anti-woman crap, but while people were lining up in Harlem to see HRC, there were Bernie people across the street "protesting" the event. I am sure that someone more even-tempered than I can cross post. They are becoming like the Westboro Baptist Church.

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Did anyone else catch the Bernie fans protesting across from the Apollo Theatre? (Original Post) LisaM Mar 2016 OP
They are their own worst enemies.. keep it up, bb. Cha Mar 2016 #1
Have you ever actually protested a DEMOCRAT? LisaM Mar 2016 #2
Mahalo, No! Shows what "geniuses" they are. they're just highlighting Cha Mar 2016 #5
WBC ... an excellent analogy. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #3
It must be entertaining to protest to some, how much more important to show Thinkingabout Mar 2016 #4
Bernie supporters are getting desperate, bernie needs to get 77%.. dubyadiprecession Mar 2016 #6
And now the end is near So I face the final curtain...Elvis song lyrics riversedge Mar 2016 #13
Am I the only one who.... Little Star Mar 2016 #7
I don't think they are democrats pandr32 Mar 2016 #12
Makes sense.... Little Star Mar 2016 #18
That's how I feel too. N/t livetohike Mar 2016 #20
Agreed pandr32 Mar 2016 #21
I bet the slimey duo Weaver and Devine are behind it cosmicone Mar 2016 #8
Party elders are letting the voters speak for them, and it's a firm, "No thank you, Bernie." nt CalvinballPro Mar 2016 #17
Well good b/c it will backfire! Her Sister Mar 2016 #9
I may have missed something, but it didn't seem like a protest to me jsmirman Mar 2016 #10
Why would they be there at all? LisaM Mar 2016 #15
That is so counterproductive mcar Mar 2016 #11
They Pay People to Protest Trump otohara Mar 2016 #14
I've walked many a picket line... LisaM Mar 2016 #16
Trump supporters vs. Sanders supporters. Dawson Leery Mar 2016 #19

LisaM

(27,828 posts)
2. Have you ever actually protested a DEMOCRAT?
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 05:59 AM
Mar 2016

I have walked many a line in my life, but Bernie people protesting Hillary at the Apollo....Cha! What is the opposite of Mahalo?

Cha

(297,587 posts)
5. Mahalo, No! Shows what "geniuses" they are. they're just highlighting
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:15 AM
Mar 2016

how bungling they are.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. It must be entertaining to protest to some, how much more important to show
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:12 AM
Mar 2016

Up to have voted in 2010 and 2012 to have a greater number of democrats in Congress. To those who thought there wasn't anyone who excited them should have been more excited about electing Democrats.

dubyadiprecession

(5,722 posts)
6. Bernie supporters are getting desperate, bernie needs to get 77%..
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 06:24 AM
Mar 2016

of the vote in the remaining primaries coming up in order to win. They know the end is near.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
7. Am I the only one who....
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:37 AM
Mar 2016

has never seen democrats protesting a democrat like that? I thought we left that crap up to republicans.

pandr32

(11,608 posts)
12. I don't think they are democrats
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:08 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie is basically attempting to hijack the Democrat Party--he is willing to blow it up

He is using young newbies, low information Indies, and displaced conservatives to make up the bulk of his support. It isn't a stretch for this group to protest real Democrats.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)
18. Makes sense....
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 08:16 PM
Mar 2016

I'm losing a lot of respect for him and his opportunism. Spends his life as a independent because my party was just not good enough for him until he decided he needed it to fulfill his personal agenda. Screw him.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
8. I bet the slimey duo Weaver and Devine are behind it
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:01 AM
Mar 2016

Trying to create optics that Hillary is hated ... we'll see more of this.

Some democratic party elders should get Sanders in a room and tell him in no uncertain terms to put a stop to it.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
9. Well good b/c it will backfire!
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:03 AM
Mar 2016

US HRC voters are pretty stubborn! As they've found out! We just double down. And in NY!? You better believe it.

jsmirman

(4,507 posts)
10. I may have missed something, but it didn't seem like a protest to me
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 09:09 AM
Mar 2016

They seemed to be there to be a pro-Bernie presence (which I thought was a little too cute by half), but at least in anything I was part of, they cheered a bit, we cheered a bit louder, we waved at them and they waved back.

Did anyone see anything different than that?

LisaM

(27,828 posts)
15. Why would they be there at all?
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 01:58 PM
Mar 2016

Bernie held a huge number of his big rallies in Seattle, but it never occurred to me to show up with Hillary signs.

No, it was obnoxious of them. We are supposed to be on the same side.

 

otohara

(24,135 posts)
14. They Pay People to Protest Trump
Thu Mar 31, 2016, 01:18 PM
Mar 2016

but with HRC they do it for FREE cuz their campaign is fueled by hatred for Hillary vs Trump.

Feeling the Bern? $15-an-hour minimum wage to protest Trump

MADISON, Wis. — To hell with California.

The Bernie Brigade apparently wants $15-an-hour minimum wage right now, and they’re willing to pay.

A Craigslist ad apparently posted Monday by Bernie Sanders backers offered “Temporary Paid Positions to Protest” the Donald Trump Rally scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday in Janesville, about 45 miles southeast of Madison.

“We are seeking people to protest the Donald Trump rally in Janesville, WI. We are willing to pay $15 an hour for a maximum amount of four hours for this service,” the ad, since taken down, requested.

California Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers reached a deal Monday to jack up the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 — the first in the nation. They seemed to be asking themselves, “What Would socialist Bernie Sanders do?”

“We are offering this amount because of the current income inequality that we are fighting in America today!” the Craigslist ad proudly exclaimed. http://watchdog.org/260776/trump-minimum-wage-protest/

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