Who hired the protesters for the Trump rally?

[J_J_]

Protesters beating a man while chanting "Bernie Bernie Bernie"

They really expect us to believe that?

That is completely absurd, kinda like saying chairs were thrown at the Nevada convention or that Barbara Boxer was scared.

Sounds like someone hired them to do this and the corporate media is just running with it.

[desmiller]

1. I'm glad that someone besides me find this suspicious.

[Old Codger]

2. I do also

Obvious false flag operation...

[J_J_]

3. then the question is why....

All part of the plan to paint Bernie supporters as violent so they can beat on protesters/lock them up in "free speech" cages at the convention.

Of course the media no longer has any crediblity so no one believes them....

[Old Codger]

5. Two possible answers

First would be that trump gets a lot of extra publicity from it so might do it to himself, second one would be camp sleaze to make Bernie supporters look bad..I tend to go to the first one since trump doesn't give a shit if they get caught at it he would laugh it off and his insane fans would love it and call him even smarter than they thought to do such a clever thing.. he woold get a boost in his ratings among crazy people (which are his base)

[frylock]

6. Agreed.

I don't think Hillary Supporter, paid or otherwise, has the courage of conviction to risk arrest by pretending to be a violent Sanders supporter.

[SecularMotion]

9. How many fingers am I holding up?

[frylock]

10. How many finger am I holding up?

[SecularMotion]

13. I'm impressed

It was a trick question but you got the right answer.

[Old Codger]

14. Yes

I tend to agree with that assessment

[asuhornets]

16. You said:

"I don't think Hillary Supporter, paid or otherwise, has the courage of conviction to risk arrest by pretending to be a violent Sanders supporter." So you are saying it really was Sanders supporters?

[frylock]

17. No, I'm not really saying that.

What I'm really saying was right there in the body of the post you replied to.

[geek tragedy]

4. another day, another "Hillary is the source of all evil" conspiracy theory

13 more days of this

[frylock]

7. ..

[Bluenorthwest]

11. I read the OP and thought Trump.

You thought it said 'Hillary is the source of all evil'? It does not.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. That talking point is emerging from people here

it is not true.

Here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027876901

[seabeyond]

12. Chairs were lifted as if, aggression was had, and who the hell are you to say Boxer wasn't afraid.

That being said, I hadn't heard it was Sanders supporters being teh aggressor. I didn't know. That is too bad. But ya, .... I would want to know for sure before giving it to them.

Whomever, it was wrong and they should be prosecuted.

[Retrograde]

15. I don't think anyone hired them

There is a small cadre of people - mostly young men - who like to show up at rallies and organized events and turn a peaceful gathering into chaos: see the protests over the verdict in the Oscar Grant shooting, and Occupy Oakland for examples. I don't know if they're nostalgic for the Berkeley protests of the 1960s, or Anarchists of whatever stripe, or spoiled kids from the edges of Bart-land taking advantage of a crowd to act like hooligans (a favorite theory in some parts of the East Bay). My own opinion is that it was spurred on by a not very organized bunch of males in their early 20s from San Jose and the surrounding area trying to emulate the Oakland rioters and get on TV (or make a cool YouTube video at the least).