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RVN VET71

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68. Yep. The slowly festering, pus-filled boil of hatred and stupidity
Fri Apr 17, 2020, 09:09 AM
Apr 2020

has finally popped so everyone can see. The new GOP presents, proudly presents, traits that had heretofore been identified with extremist fringe groups. The old John Birch Society had nothing on these corporate-fascist anti-constitutionalist dangerous fools.

DeVoss?? Maybe? Srkdqltr Apr 2020 #1
Posted on twitter that it was DeVos that organized and PAID protesters Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #20
well, if it was on twitter .. stopdiggin Apr 2020 #35
So very, very Christian of the DeVos family. /s BadgerMom Apr 2020 #46
who posted it? NewJeffCT Apr 2020 #51
On NPR today they were reporting it like it was just normal everyday people budkin Apr 2020 #65
Putin. n/t rzemanfl Apr 2020 #2
Yep. Russia using social media TrishaJ Apr 2020 #22
Yep. I have relatives in eastern Europe and posts glorifying this protest are flooding their feed. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #40
russians were likely coordinating 2009 tea party protests too, along with talk radio assistance certainot Apr 2020 #62
Time for the party to wake up orangecrush Apr 2020 #67
Where Is Estimates Of Lives Lost Or People Infected By Hospital Attack By Confederates? DanieRains Apr 2020 #3
This article states DeVoss family involved SheltieLover Apr 2020 #4
DeVos Group, Right-Wing Fringe Organization Threaten Public Health demmiblue Apr 2020 #5
I Want Names Named The People Who Organized This Deadly Protest DanieRains Apr 2020 #8
Thank you so much, demmiblue. We HAVE TO SHINE A LIGHT n/t MFGsunny Apr 2020 #9
As in Betsy DeVos. That's HER family. calimary Apr 2020 #19
They disgust me. Jamastiene Apr 2020 #61
We have many right-wing extremist organizations here in Michigan... jimlup Apr 2020 #6
Grand Rapids City is also very blue. idziak4ever1234 Apr 2020 #23
My experience leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #27
Times have changed. Very progressive. idziak4ever1234 Apr 2020 #52
So leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #56
A guess you may be correct leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #24
There was a big protest in Raleigh, NC of the same group (type) of people. BComplex Apr 2020 #53
I believe this was coordinated by someone from the nazi regime in the WH still_one Apr 2020 #7
Will CNN investigate? Nope. Boomerproud Apr 2020 #10
Demonstrations require a permit in many jurisdictions bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #11
My solution: NBachers Apr 2020 #12
Amazing clip jmbar2 Apr 2020 #17
2022 is almost here. Marcuse Apr 2020 #26
One of the organizers. roamer65 Apr 2020 #13
I heard one report that it was the Proud Boys. nt woodsprite Apr 2020 #14
I did a search for pro-trump groups in Michigan, this is what I found, The rabid Trump 42bambi Apr 2020 #15
Could easily be a planted page jmbar2 Apr 2020 #18
There were articles a few weeks ago about white supremacists deliberately spreading the virus. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #45
I hope that bites them in the butt. jmbar2 Apr 2020 #50
The DeVos family. octoberlib Apr 2020 #16
I would Rebl2 Apr 2020 #21
Its just the start. look for more today. Like the fucking Tea Party assholes... watch... winstars Apr 2020 #25
I think we can drop the phrase "fringe extremist groups". This is today's mainstream GOP. Midnight Writer Apr 2020 #28
Yep. The slowly festering, pus-filled boil of hatred and stupidity RVN VET71 Apr 2020 #68
Obviously it was George Soros. It's ALWAYS George Soros. BamaRefugee Apr 2020 #29
Your post is serious. Your last sentence is silly, as "the news" won't dismiss looking for a source Hekate Apr 2020 #30
This is the Republican game plan going forward. Disrupt civil order and social healthcare policy. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #31
+1 crickets Apr 2020 #34
Yeah not fooled Apr 2020 #38
Problem solved! OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #42
And it is Putin's game plan as well. nt SunSeeker Apr 2020 #49
Michigan Capitol March 15, 2020 Kid Berwyn Apr 2020 #59
Oh great, meal team six. Crowman2009 Apr 2020 #69
That should be the question, shouldn't it? K&R. n/t ms liberty Apr 2020 #32
Blocking A Hospital Is A Crime Where Are The Arrest Warrants DanieRains Apr 2020 #33
Michigan Conservative Coalition tiredtoo Apr 2020 #36
I Want The Names Of The Organizers And To See The Warrants For Their Arrest DanieRains Apr 2020 #39
This soldierant Apr 2020 #60
i hope that some of these get arrested. AllaN01Bear Apr 2020 #37
That action was outrageous and criminal. hadEnuf Apr 2020 #41
Right? Where were the cops with the rubber bullets that clear out student protests? SunSeeker Apr 2020 #48
Big Crowd homegirl Apr 2020 #43
Devos is of course denying evilhime Apr 2020 #44
Conservative nutjobs, with Putin fanning the flames on social media. In Ohio too. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #47
sounds like the tea party The Nurse Apr 2020 #54
"... Operation Gridlock ...was organized by the Michigan Conservative Coalition and struggle4progress Apr 2020 #55
Pyramid Marketers selling soap bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #57
Astroturfs RhodeIslandOne Apr 2020 #58
Satan!? AKA Betsy Devos? luvallpeeps Apr 2020 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Apr 2020 #64
Trump, through various cutouts and front organizations jmowreader Apr 2020 #66
They're going to do one in Harrisburg PA today bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #70
I knew they had to have been paid WhiteTara Apr 2020 #71
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