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True_Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 11:18 PM
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Democrats urge protesters to give GOP the boot
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In a series of fiery speeches outside the state Capitol in Phoenix, a group of Democrats used the massive demonstrations Monday to call for the ouster of the majority Republican Party.

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The political dispute comes after a day of feverish debate at the Legislature in which Democrats and Republicans clashed over immigration.

At one point, a Republican lawmaker accused the estimated 100,000 people who attended the rally of causing more disruption to the government than terrorists.

“They have succeeded in doing something that the terrorists have not been able to do, and that is shut our government down effectively,” said Sen. Robert Blendu, RLitchfield Park. “If I was a terrorist, I’d be going, ‘What do I want to bother with this violence for? All you have to do is move in.’ ”

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