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Trump Supporters Disrupt Early Voting in Virginia

  

Category:  News & Politics

Via:  sister-mary-agnes-ample-bottom  •  4 years ago  •  191 comments

By:    Nick Corasaniti and Stephanie Saul 10 hrs ago (MSN)

Trump Supporters Disrupt Early Voting in Virginia
A group of Trump supporters waving campaign flags disrupted the second day of early voting in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday, chanting "four more years" as voters entered a polling location and, at one point, forming a line that voters had to walk around outside the site. County election officials eventually were forced to open up a larger portion of the Fairfax County Government Center to allow voters to wait inside away from the Trump enthusiasts....

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Trump Supporters Disrupt Early Voting in Virginia

A group of Trump supporters waving campaign flags disrupted the second day of early voting in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday, chanting "four more years" as voters entered a polling location and, at one point, forming a line that voters had to walk around outside the site.

County election officials eventually were forced to open up a larger portion of the Fairfax County Government Center to allow voters to wait inside away from the Trump enthusiasts.

Election officials said that the group stayed about 100 feet from the entrance to the building and, contrary to posts on social media, were not directly blocking access to the building. But they acknowledged that some voters and polling staff members felt intimidated by what some saw as protesters.

"Citizens coming into and leaving the building did have to go by them," Gary Scott, the general registrar of Fairfax County, said in a statement. "Those voters who were in line outside of the building were moved inside and we continued operations. Some voters, and elections staff, did feel intimidated by the crowd and we did provide escorts past the group. One of the escorts was the county executive."

In an unnerved electorate, where concerns about voting rights and safely voting amid the coronavirus pandemic are at a fever pitch, the demonstration outside of a polling place served as preview of a likely contentious election season, and how groups may be utilizing tactics that rattle or even deter voters over the next six weeks.

The disruption came as President Trump has repeatedly sought to undermine confidence in the upcoming election, spreading falsehoods about voting by mail and declaring the election "rigged" before any votes have even been cast.

The demonstration originated from a "Trump Train" parade that began in nearby Prince William County and featured Tommy Hicks Jr., the current Republican National Committee co-chairman. The event was set to end in the parking lot of the government center, which was also serving as the polling location on Saturday. Some of the people who attended the parade walked over to vote. Others gathered outside and began chanting, "four more years, four more years!"

Sean Rastatter, a vice chair at the Fairfax County Republican Committee who was at the polling location, said that he did not think any actions came close to voter intimidation, and that many of the discussions from members of the group were with journalists.

"I don't think there was any way to need or feel intimidated in any form," Mr. Rastatter said. He added that county officials asked the group on several instances to back away from the curb, and that the group complied.

Bryan Graham, the chairman of the Fairfax County Democrats who was also at the polling center, saw it differently, writing on Twitter that "the Republicans are straight-up attempting to intimidate voters at the government center."

In an interview, Mr. Graham said he'd "never seen or heard of anything like this happening before."

"I was there when the county executive was there and I saw him walk multiple people through the crowd because they didn't feel safe," Mr. Graham said. "I don't think it's appropriate. We shouldn't be doing things to make people feel unsafe."

Steve Descano, the county attorney, did not directly address the demonstration in a statement posted to Facebook on Saturday, but said that he was "instructing my office to pursue cases of voter intimidation that may occur."

Virginia election law states that it is illegal to "hinder or delay a qualified voter in entering or leaving a polling place," and that it is also prohibited to perform any kind of political advocacy within 40 feet of any entrance to a polling place.

Videos of the demonstrators quickly went viral on social media, and show them gathering outside the entrance, holding up Trump campaign signs and chanting as voters walked past them.

Some election rights groups said that the Trump group might have still crossed a legal line.

"In Virginia, the safe zone around the polling location is only 40 feet, but that safe zone is for campaigning and trying to change a person's vote," said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections at Common Cause, a voting rights group. "Outside of that, in general, there are laws against intimidation. So I would say that even if they have a right to campaign, which they absolutely do, they do not have a right to interfere with someone's right to vote or to intimidate them."

"To me, this went beyond campaigning and they should have been removed."

The first two days of early voting in Virginia were marked by high turnout and long lines, with voters beginning to line up early in the morning, hours before polls opened. The state offered expanded early voting in an attempt to alleviate crowding at polling centers during the pandemic.

Ms. Albert added that the demonstration underscored the need for counties and municipalities to develop contingency voting plans for all situations.

"Contingency plans aren't only if there is a hurricane or a pandemic," she said. "It's also if something is making my polling location inaccessible to voters. That could be power going down, that could be people protesting and blocking the door."


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Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
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1  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom    4 years ago

The disruption came as President Trump has repeatedly sought to undermine confidence in the upcoming election, spreading falsehoods about voting by mail and declaring the election "rigged" before any votes have even been cast.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.1  devangelical  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    4 years ago
they do not have a right to interfere with someone's right to vote or to intimidate them

I'm glad I live in a vote by mail state. the temptation might prove to be too great to protect and defend our most basic American right from autocrat enabling fascist scumbags.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.1  Texan1211  replied to  devangelical @1.1    4 years ago

gee, were people not allowed to vote? I see nothing stating that

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
1.1.2  Ozzwald  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.1    4 years ago
gee, were people not allowed to vote? I see nothing stating that

Can you show that these intimidation techniques did not succeed even once?

How do you feel about Trump supporters being so terrified of the election that they are actively trying to dissuade people from voting?  They don't seem very confidant in their candidate's ability to win.

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.1.3  Tacos!  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.2    4 years ago
Trump supporters being so terrified of the election that they are actively trying to dissuade people from voting?

Are you talking about the people in this story? Because I don't see them trying to dissuade people from voting. They seem to be encouraging people to vote for Trump. Their signs say Trump and Pence, not "don't vote."

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.4  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.2    4 years ago

not any more than you can show me anyone was intimidated.

what exactly in the article leads you to believe they were even trying to intimidate anyone?

 
 
 
Drakkonis
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1.1.5  Drakkonis  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.4    4 years ago

It's called a hard spin. They see a kitten and claim a lion. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.6  Texan1211  replied to  Drakkonis @1.1.5    4 years ago

Like little children constantly crying wolf.

Sad, isn't it?

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
1.1.7  Ozzwald  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.4    4 years ago
not any more than you can show me anyone was intimidated.

Once again Texan you made the claim that you didn't see anyone prevented from voting.

Now from here your choices are:

  1. Provide that proof

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Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
1.1.8  Trout Giggles  replied to  devangelical @1.1    4 years ago

I won't be intimidated by POUTUS supporters. I will do my early voting probably on a Saturday or after work and walk into that library and get 'er done. But I will be wearing my steel toes that day

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.9  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.7    4 years ago
Once again Texan you made the claim that you didn't see anyone prevented from voting.

That is exactly right.

If you know and can prove differently, have at it--I will look at any link you can provide me.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
1.1.10  Ozzwald  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.9    4 years ago

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[Texan is not the topic]

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.11  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.10    4 years ago

If you have any evidence of intimidation, I am open to reading it.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
1.1.12  Ozzwald  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.11    4 years ago

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Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.13  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.12    4 years ago

If you have any evidence of intimidation, I will look at it.

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
1.1.15  Dulay  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.11    4 years ago

It's in the seeded article. Read it. 

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
1.1.16  Ozzwald  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.13    4 years ago
If you have any evidence of intimidation, I will look at it.

Doesn't answer my question...as usual.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.17  Texan1211  replied to  Dulay @1.1.15    4 years ago

read it. no intimidation

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.18  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.16    4 years ago

if you have any evidence if intimidation, i will look at it.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.19  Texan1211  replied to  gooseisgone @1.1.14    4 years ago

pretty scary, huh?

lol!

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
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1.1.20  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  devangelical @1.1    4 years ago

If I were voting in person, I would bring a STFU TARDS sign with me just in case.

 
 
 
Ronin2
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1.1.21  Ronin2  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @1.1.20    4 years ago

You would need to stay 100 feet away from the polling place then; just like they did.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.1.22  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ronin2 @1.1.21    4 years ago

That's not a political sign

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
1.1.23  Ozzwald  replied to  Texan1211 @1.1.18    4 years ago

if you have any evidence if intimidation, i will look at it.

Still refusing to answer the question.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.1.24  Tessylo  replied to  Drakkonis @1.1.5    4 years ago

"It's called a hard spin. They see a kitten and claim a lion."

It's the current 'president' supporters who are the spin doctors.  Not us.  

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.1.25  Texan1211  replied to  Ozzwald @1.1.23    4 years ago

If you have evidence of intimidation, I will look at it.

When, or IF, it is ever provided.

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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1.2  Greg Jones  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    4 years ago

Election officials said that the group stayed about 100 feet from the entrance to the building and, contrary to posts on social media, were not directly blocking access to the building.

Gee, sounds a lot like peaceful protesting was going on.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.2.1  Texan1211  replied to  Greg Jones @1.2    4 years ago

sounds like some folks have their panties in a wad over nothing

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
1.2.2  Ronin2  replied to  Greg Jones @1.2    4 years ago

Yeah, nothing illegal; but the left is still bitching. What else is new?

Seems the left forgets what voter intimidation really looks like. So here is a reminder.

 
 
 
FLYNAVY1
Professor Guide
1.2.3  FLYNAVY1  replied to  Ronin2 @1.2.2    4 years ago

Wow..... got anything more relevant than a video from 2010?   He looks so threatening too.

Keep in mind, in most states, you'll find laws that prohibit campaigning inside, or within 100' of a polling place.

Republicans are such candy-asses. 

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
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1.2.4  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Ronin2 @1.2.2    4 years ago

Please post something that isn't 10 years old.  Seriously.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.2.5  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  FLYNAVY1 @1.2.3    4 years ago

Oops, I didn't see your call-out, and posted my own.  Ordinarily, I would delete, but in this case it's worth saying twice.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.2.6  Tessylo  replied to  Ronin2 @1.2.2    4 years ago

I was wondering what trumpturd supporter would bring that up.  NO CASE OF VOTER INTIMIDATION HERE.  

 
 
 
Tacos!
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1.2.8  Tacos!  replied to  Greg Jones @1.2    4 years ago

Exactly. This is a peaceful demonstration. Nobody throwing things. No fires lit. No windows broken. An actually peaceful demonstration.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.2.9  Tessylo  replied to  Tacos! @1.2.8    4 years ago

Voter intimidation.  Plain and simple.  

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.2.10  Tacos!  replied to  FLYNAVY1 @1.2.3    4 years ago
Keep in mind, in most states, you'll find laws that prohibit campaigning inside, or within 100' of a polling place.

That's a great point!

Election officials said that the group stayed about 100 feet from the entrance to the building and, contrary to posts on social media, were not directly blocking access to the building.

Oh wait, I guess it's not a great point. Sorry, I guess you should have read the article.

Republicans are such candy-asses.

They aren't the ones complaining. Instead we have people complaining about people who are 100 feet from the entrance, and are not blocking it. Complaining about that sounds pretty candy ass to me.

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.2.11  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @1.2.9    4 years ago

What do you mean by intimidating? Do you think people were afraid to vote? Afraid to approach the building. 

How are they intimidating? Do they seem violent? Were they chanting threats? Shaking their fists? Pointing weapons? Throwing things? Maybe hiding their faces in case they decided get rough with people or vandalize something?

Oh wait. I just looked at the picture again. A bunch of those people are African Americans. Are they intimidating because they're black?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.2.12  Tessylo  replied to  Tacos! @1.2.11    4 years ago

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Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.2.13  Texan1211  replied to  Tacos! @1.2.8    4 years ago

maybe after this summer they gave forgotten what real peaceful demonstrations are

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.2.14  Tacos!  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.13    4 years ago

It's not a really peaceful demonstration until a car gets lit on fire.

 
 
 
MonsterMash
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1.2.15  MonsterMash  replied to  Tessylo @1.2.9    4 years ago
Voter intimidation.  Plain and simple
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bugsy
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1.2.16  bugsy  replied to  Tacos! @1.2.11    4 years ago

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The Magic 8 Ball
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1.2.17  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Ronin2 @1.2.2    4 years ago

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cjcold
Professor Quiet
1.2.18  cjcold  replied to  dennis smith @1.2.7    4 years ago

Actually, liberals tend to be college graduates while conservatives mostly haven't even graduated high  school. 

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
Professor Principal
1.2.19  Sean Treacy  replied to  cjcold @1.2.18    4 years ago

Right, those precincts in cities that vote 99% for Democrats are conclaves of Rhodes scholars. 

Hate to burst your bubble, but the last time exit polls measured voters without a high school degree, 2012, it was the group Obama ran up his largest margins. 

And I’ll bet if you looked at those precincts with the highest percentage of voters who lacked high school degrees, Clinton cleaned up there too.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.2.20  Texan1211  replied to  Sean Treacy @1.2.19    4 years ago

And you know what two groups are among the poorest educated?

Blacks and Hispanics.

Who liberals swear only vote for Republicans if they vote against their own interests.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
1.2.21  XXJefferson51  replied to  Tacos! @1.2.11    4 years ago

An awesome point and great question!  

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
1.2.23  XXJefferson51  replied to  cjcold @1.2.18    4 years ago

Actually, conservatives  tend to be college graduates while liberals mostly haven't even graduated high  school.

 
 
 
devangelical
Professor Principal
1.2.24  devangelical  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1.2.23    4 years ago

pffft, thumper colleges don't count ...

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.2.25  Texan1211  replied to  devangelical @1.2.24    4 years ago

why do 2 of the poorest educated groups vote Democratic by a large majority?

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.2.26  Texan1211  replied to  devangelical @1.2.24    4 years ago

what do you consider thumper colleges. whatever that means?

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
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1.2.28  Trout Giggles  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1.2.23    4 years ago

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Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
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1.2.29  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  XXJefferson51 @1.2.23    4 years ago
Actually, conservatives  tend to be college graduates while liberals mostly haven't even graduated high  school.

Dog-do!

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
1.3  Tessylo  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    4 years ago

Voter intimidation . . . something trumpturd strongly endorses.  

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.3.1  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @1.3    4 years ago

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Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.3.2  Tacos!  replied to  Tessylo @1.3    4 years ago
something trumpturd strongly endorses

Oh that is interesting. When did he do that?

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.3  Texan1211  replied to  Tacos! @1.3.2    4 years ago

we know from the article that there was no intimidation

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
1.3.4  Dulay  replied to  Tacos! @1.3.2    4 years ago

Did you miss that Trump stated that he wanted to sent Sheriffs and the Military to the polls? 

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.3.5  Tacos!  replied to  Dulay @1.3.4    4 years ago

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Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.6  Texan1211  replied to  Tacos! @1.3.5    4 years ago

removed for context

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.7  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @1.3.3    4 years ago
we know from the article that there was no intimidation

 From the article:

"Citizens coming into and leaving the building did have to go by them," Gary Scott, the general registrar of Fairfax County, said in a statement. "Those voters who were in line outside of the building were moved inside and we continued operations. Some voters, and elections staff, did feel intimidated by the crowd and we did provide escorts past the group. One of the escorts was the county executive."

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.8  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.7    4 years ago

Who would be intimidated by a Trump sign and chants of 4 more years?

if THAT is intimidating they should just shelter in their safe places.

Heck, I have seen more intimidating things from homeless people panhandling.

Intimidating? HA!

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
1.3.9  cjcold  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.7    4 years ago

In my neck of the woods, that voter intimidation shit is illegal and not tolerated.

Most of us have known each other since we were kids.

Nobody asks "who are you voting for?"

Election days are just a good excuse to run into old friends for pot luck.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.10  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @1.3.8    4 years ago
Heck, I have seen more intimidating things from homeless people panhandling. Intimidating? HA!

Mocking people from a safe distance doesn't exactly elevate your own level of bravery.

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.3.11  Tacos!  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.10    4 years ago
Mocking people from a safe distance doesn't exactly elevate your own level of bravery.

Mocking? By chanting "four more years?"

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.12  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Tacos! @1.3.11    4 years ago
Mocking? By chanting "four more years?"

Texan is the one mocking from a safe distance.

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
Masters Quiet
1.3.13  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Texan1211 @1.3.8    4 years ago
Who would be intimidated by a Trump sign and chants of 4 more years?

weak and scared little people who by default are unfit to govern anything including a city dog pound.

but they want to run our country... LOL 

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.14  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @1.3.13    4 years ago
weak and scared little people who by default are unfit to govern anything including a city dog pound.

These people are not running for office, dear.  They just want to vote without a group of fat guys screaming, "Trump that bitch!" in their face. 

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
Masters Quiet
1.3.15  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.14    4 years ago
These people are not running for office, dear.

their policies are on the ballot 

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.16  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.10    4 years ago

Going Chicken Little because someone had (GASP!!!) a Trump sign ain't my thing, sorry!

If people are intimidated by a Trump sign, they have FAR bigger problems to deal with mentally and I suggest they seek counselling.

The Trump people had signs, and chanted. Oh, NO!!! The sheer HORROR of it all!

Even your OWN article says they did NOT BLOCK entrances, were well away from the entrances (as required by Virginia law) and stopped NO ONE from voting.

All this faux-poutrage is amusing at least, thank God.

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
1.3.17  Tacos!  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.12    4 years ago

He will do that now and then.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.18  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @1.3.16    4 years ago

To repeat:  Intimidation is interference.  One doesn't have to physically block someone from voting in order to interfere with their voting rights. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.19  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.18    4 years ago

To repeat:

Prove intimidation. 

Holding a sign and chanting 4 more years is hardly intimidating.

Heck, if THAT is the new criteria, every political convention with a sitting President being nominated again would be intimidation. Just about every political rally on both sides would also qualify as intimidating based on your new qualifiers. (They have political signs at those events!)

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.20  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @1.3.13    4 years ago
weak and scared little people who by default are unfit to govern anything including a city dog pound.

Therein lies the issue.  Even weak and scared little people are entitled to the protections and the freedoms provided in the Constitution.  

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.21  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.10    4 years ago

I never claimed it did.

Why are  you making this personal?

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
Masters Quiet
1.3.22  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.20    4 years ago
Even weak and scared little people are entitled to the protections and the freedoms provided in the Constitution.

sure... totally agree.

but we don't let those scared and weak little people govern us

people intimidated by a trump sign?   are not just weak, they are pathetic and in need of mental help

perhaps we should try to raise awareness and get those people the help they need?

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.23  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @1.3.22    4 years ago
perhaps we should try to raise awareness and get those people the help they need?

You don't strike me as someone who puts a lot of effort into philanthropic concerns.  However, if you are serious, you might consider volunteering at your nearest polling venue.  Many senior citizens prefer early voting, and an escort through the process is usually appreciated.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
1.3.24  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @1.3.19    4 years ago
Heck, if THAT is the new criteria, every political convention with a sitting President being nominated again would be intimidation. Just about every political rally on both sides would also qualify as intimidating based on your new qualifiers. (They have political signs at those events!)

Didn't realize that there were voting booths at those events.  Thanks for the update.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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1.3.25  Tessylo  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @1.3.22    4 years ago
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Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.3.26  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1.3.24    4 years ago
Didn't realize that there were voting booths at those events. 

Strawman. I never claimed there were.

I don't see any voting booths in the pictures associated with the seeded article, and nothing in it suggests or even hints that there were voting booths close to the peacefully assembled people holding signs for a candidate and chanting 4 more years.

Thanks for the update

You're welcome.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
1.4  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    4 years ago

They are breaking the law by interfering.  LOCK THEM UP!

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
1.4.1  Texan1211  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @1.4    4 years ago

They did not break any laws.

Get real about this, please.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
1.5  XXJefferson51  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @1    4 years ago

In other words the Trump supporters didn’t block access to anyone or any entrances and were over 100’ from the polling place and thus it was a totally legal peaceful protest assembly.  

 
 
 
JohnRussell
Professor Principal
2  JohnRussell    4 years ago

I doubt that such demonstrating will change a single vote, and if any were changed it would be away from Trump and toward Biden. The election officials there must make sure though that no voters are actually impeded or blocked or threatened and if necessary arrests should be made. 

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
Professor Expert
2.1  sandy-2021492  replied to  JohnRussell @2    4 years ago

It won't change anything.  Fairfax voted blue in 2016, and I can't see them going red this time around.

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
Professor Expert
2.1.2  sandy-2021492  replied to    4 years ago

They live in Virginia, and are therefore Virginians, and have every much as right to vote in their state of residence as any other Virginian.  Unless you're for taxation without representation?

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
Professor Expert
2.1.4  sandy-2021492  replied to    4 years ago

Why would you assume they come from Maryland, or that Maryland has been destroyed?  Why would you think Virginia is "going into the toilet"?  Our economy took a hit from the virus, but so did the economy worldwide, and we seem to be recovering pretty well.  Virginia ranks high in the US in the percentage of our population with a college education, and our high school graduation rate is above average.  Our rates of poverty and violent crime are lower than the national average.  What's in "the toilet"?

BTW, Maryland doesn't look all that bad, either.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
2.1.6  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to    4 years ago
Fairfax is full of swamp dwellers their livelihood depends on government spending I wish they would join DC and leave Virginia to real Virginia's.

Please post a verifiable link.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.7  Tessylo  replied to    4 years ago

So that is what you think of your neighbors, fellow human beings?

Thanks for showing your true colors.  

My sister and her family live in Fairfax.  

Again, thanks for showing your true colors.  

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
Professor Expert
2.1.8  sandy-2021492  replied to    4 years ago

Perhaps you'll recognize this source.  It's a newspaper from your neck of the woods, which, according to MBFC, is right-center:

Analysts really like it when a government socks away money when times are good -- which was a big talking point when Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne talked recently to bond rating agencies about the new coronavirus.

And a first formal reaction is in: Fitch Ratings says Virginia will keep its AAA grade -- the top of its chart -- and that the state’s outlook is stable.

Layne said his conversation with Fitch and the other big two rating agencies focused on the state’s effort to beef up its financial reserves over the past two years.

Those reserves are up from a 20-year low of $235 million in fiscal year 2016 to $791 million last year and were on track to hit $1.5 billion by June 30.

“When times are good, they want to see you put money into reserves and not spend it all,” Layne said. “They understand with things like coronavirus that you’ll need to go into reserves.”

Building up Virginia’s reserves was the top priority for both Layne and the General Assembly’s money committees over the past couple of years, as the state’s relatively strong economy saw multi-million-dollar increases in tax collections.

...

Fitch said its decision to confirm Virginia’s top rate reflects the state’s "solid fiscal resources, conservative approach to financial operations and exceptional financial flexibility."

The agency also said Virginia’s relatively strong economic base and low debt burden. adding that it expects the state to “absorb negative effects of any federal contraction and maintain economic growth.”

Seems like we were in pretty good shape heading into the pandemic.

Virginia law enforcement officers still have qualified immunity.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.9  Tessylo  replied to    4 years ago

Thanks again MUVA.  My sister who lives in Fairfax is a special needs teacher, my brother in law works for the Navy and my nieces are 1) a special needs teacher, 2) an English teacher, and 3) my nephew works for a software company and they are all education, highly intelligent and NOT MOOCHERS.  

ALSO THEY ALL VOTE BLUE!!!!

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.11  Tessylo  replied to  dennis smith @2.1.10    4 years ago

trumpturd has no qualifications that qualify him as a fellow 'human being'

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.12  Tessylo  replied to  Tessylo @2.1.9    4 years ago

I meant to say - they are highly educated

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.13  Tessylo  replied to  sandy-2021492 @2.1.4    4 years ago

"BTW, Maryland doesn't look all that bad, either."

No Sandy, it doesn't.  I'm a Marylander.  Work in Baltimore City, live in Howard County.  My co-workers, family, friends, everyone I know is VOTING BLUE.  

So many recall all of trumpturd's lies/hateful comments about Baltimore being a shithole city.  

We here in Maryland remember his insults regarding Mr. Elijah Cummings and the city he loved/represented for many years.  

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.14  Tessylo  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @2.1.6    4 years ago
"Please post a verifiable link."

jrSmiley_40_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Dulay
Professor Expert
2.1.15  Dulay  replied to    4 years ago

So post that on your business' website and refuse all of their business. 

 
 
 
MonsterMash
Sophomore Quiet
2.1.16  MonsterMash  replied to  Tessylo @2.1.9    4 years ago
My sister who lives in Fairfax is a special needs teacher, my brother in law works for the Navy and my nieces are 1) a special needs teacher, 2) an English teacher, and 3) my nephew works for a software company and they are all education, highly intelligent and NOT MOOCHERS.   ALSO THEY ALL VOTE BLUE!!!!

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bugsy
Professor Participates
2.1.17  bugsy  replied to  Tessylo @2.1.7    4 years ago
So that is what you think of your neighbors, fellow human beings?

So.....tell us again what you think of Trump supporters.

I'm curious to hear your description again.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.19  Tessylo  replied to    4 years ago
"Read my post I didn't say anyone is a moocher those are your words."

Yes you did, for all to see.  

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.20  Tessylo  replied to  bugsy @2.1.17    4 years ago

No need, you know exactly how I feel.  

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2.1.21  Trout Giggles  replied to  dennis smith @2.1.10    4 years ago
Trump is a fellow human being

I want to see his papers

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
2.1.22  Trout Giggles  replied to    4 years ago
Fairfax is full of swamp dwellers their livelihood depends on government spending

Then what does that sentence mean?

You're calling them swamp dwellers and accusing them of depending on gov't spending. Sounds an awful lot like you're calling them moochers

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
2.1.23  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Tessylo @2.1.9    4 years ago

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Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
2.1.24  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @2.1.23    4 years ago

I would never intentionally insult Tessy.  If I did, I do apologize.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.25  Tessylo  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @2.1.24    4 years ago

"I would never intentionally insult Tessy.  If I did, I do apologize."

I don't even know what you said Paula (prior to it being removed) but I know you wouldn't.  No worries.  

 
 
 
Raven Wing
Professor Guide
2.1.26  Raven Wing  replied to  Tessylo @2.1.25    4 years ago

What.....Paula deliberately insulting you?   jrSmiley_10_smiley_image.gif jrSmiley_78_smiley_image.gif

Never happen. Both you and Paula have too much class to wallow in the gutter like the Repubs and throw deliberate insults out just to see who takes the bait and then sit back and laugh. 

While I did not see what Paula wrote, I don't need to. I have been here a loong time, and it is not hard to figure people out and their MO. And Friends don't insult Friends. Only A-holes do that, and that leaves both of these ladies out of the equation. 

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
2.1.27  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @2.1.23    4 years ago

Reinstate this comment, charger.  They are friends and neither one would insult the other.  And no offense, but I'm not sure why you are moderating this seed.  You are not needed here.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
2.1.28  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Raven Wing @2.1.26    4 years ago
Never happen. Both you and Paula have too much class to wallow in the gutter like the Repubs and throw deliberate insults out just to see who takes the bait and then sit back and laugh.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
2.1.29  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Trout Giggles @2.1.21    4 years ago
I want to see his papers

Hahahahahahasnortcoughcoughdoublesnorthahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
2.1.30  Tessylo  replied to  Raven Wing @2.1.26    4 years ago

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Gazoo
Junior Silent
2.2  Gazoo  replied to  JohnRussell @2    4 years ago

I doubt it too. Same with people throwing tantrums about supporters of a candidate.  I do think rioting and looting that is allowed by one party has the potential to sway votes though. 

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
2.3  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  JohnRussell @2    4 years ago

If anything, I hope that those who were going to vote Trump sees just what a whackado he is with these protests and change their votes to Biden.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
2.3.1  Texan1211  replied to  Paula Bartholomew @2.3    4 years ago

That is rather laughable. Like seeing a Trump sign is going to be so upsetting to someone already planning to vote for Trump, they will now switch to Biden?

LOL!

 
 
 
lady in black
Professor Quiet
3  lady in black    4 years ago

Leave it to the Shit Stain in the white house supporters to fuck with an election...but what else is new.  Disgusting pieces of shit.  And you won't hear a peep from his supporters condemning this.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.1  Texan1211  replied to  lady in black @3    4 years ago

was anyone prevented from voting?

is this basically more Chicken Little crying?

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
3.1.1  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @3.1    4 years ago
is this basically more Chicken Little crying?

As previously stated to your friend, intimidation is interference.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.1.2  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.1.1    4 years ago

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Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.1.3  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.1.1    4 years ago

if someone us intimidated by a freaking sign and chants of 4 more years. that is their personal problem

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
3.1.6  Tessylo  replied to  dennis smith @3.1.5    4 years ago
"Apply that to the rioters who ruin protests"

You mean the right wing agitators/inciters/domestic terrorists?

 
 
 
cjcold
Professor Quiet
3.1.7  cjcold  replied to  Tessylo @3.1.6    4 years ago

Terrorists like boogaloo and proud boys.

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
3.1.8  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  cjcold @3.1.7    4 years ago

After this election, they will be the Proud Cut Boys. (An equine term)

 
 
 
Greg Jones
Professor Participates
3.2  Greg Jones  replied to  lady in black @3    4 years ago

What's to condemn....we're talking about freedom of speech and expression here?

 
 
 
lady in black
Professor Quiet
3.2.1  lady in black  replied to  Greg Jones @3.2    4 years ago

Nope, not when it interferes with someone else's voting rights.  No business being there unless they are casting a vote.  

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.2  Texan1211  replied to  lady in black @3.2.1    4 years ago

no one was interfered with

 
 
 
Greg Jones
Professor Participates
3.2.3  Greg Jones  replied to  lady in black @3.2.1    4 years ago

Sorry, but according to the Constitution and all applicable law, that have every right to be there. That their presence bothers a few delicate Dems is irrelevant

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
3.2.4  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @3.2.2    4 years ago
no one was interfered with

Intimidation is interference.  

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.5  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.4    4 years ago

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FLYNAVY1
Professor Guide
3.2.6  FLYNAVY1  replied to  Greg Jones @3.2.3    4 years ago

Any campaigning within 100 feet of a polling location is illegal in most if not all states Greg.....

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.7  Texan1211  replied to  FLYNAVY1 @3.2.6    4 years ago

the article pointed out how far away they were. and that they did not block entry

 
 
 
Greg Jones
Professor Participates
3.2.8  Greg Jones  replied to  FLYNAVY1 @3.2.6    4 years ago

Election officials said that the group stayed about 100 feet from the entrance to the building and, contrary to posts on social media, were not directly blocking access to the building.

By contrast, many Biden supporters appear to enjoy harassing and intimidating old people eating their lunch, blocking traffic, etc, etc.

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
3.2.9  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @3.2.5    4 years ago

I'm not in the mood to fuck around with you today.  Stop or leave.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.10  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.9    4 years ago

stop posting the truth???

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
3.2.11  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @3.2.10    4 years ago

Last warning.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.12  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.11    4 years ago

can you please explain what is intimidating about Trump/Pence signs and chants of 4 more years from 30 YARDS  away?

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
3.2.13  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Texan1211 @3.2.12    4 years ago

Intimidation is different things to different people.  Yelling 'trump that bitch' and forcing folks to walk around them would freak the hell out of an elderly couple.

Besides, those Trump supporters would not be doing what they are doing if it wasn't intimidating to non-Trump supporters.  

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.16  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.13    4 years ago

again, people feeling intimidated by basically nothing is THEIR problem

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.17  Texan1211  replied to  dennis smith @3.2.15    4 years ago

I wish people would actually read AND comprehend the article instead of lookin at click at headlines

 
 
 
MrFrost
Professor Expert
3.2.18  MrFrost  replied to  FLYNAVY1 @3.2.6    4 years ago

Any campaigning within 100 feet of a polling location is illegal in most if not all states Greg.....

Correct, but the distance is actually 500 YARDS. 

 
 
 
Greg Jones
Professor Participates
3.2.19  Greg Jones  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago

I say bullshit. Prove your silly assertion

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.20  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.4    4 years ago

No intimidation, just a vast overreaction from some who are scared of trump and/or conservatives.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.21  Texan1211  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago

Virginia LAW:

E. It shall be permissible to distribute campaign materials on the election day on the property on which a polling place is located and outside of the building containing the room where the election is conducted except as specifically prohibited by law including, without limitation, the prohibitions of §24.2-604and the establishment of the "Prohibited Area" within 40 feet of any entrance to the polling place. However, and notwithstanding the provisions of clause (i) of subsection A of §24.2-604, and upon the approval of the local electoral board, campaign materials may be distributed outside the polling place and inside the structure where the election is conducted, provided that the "Prohibited Area" (i) includes the area within the structure that is beyond 40 feet of any entrance to the polling place and the area within the structure that is within 40 feet of any entrance to the room where the election is conducted and (ii) is maintained and enforced as provided in §24.2-604. The local electoral board may approve campaigning activities inside the building where the election is conducted when an entrance to the building is from an adjoining building, or if establishing the 40-foot prohibited area outside the polling place would hinder or delay a qualified voter from entering or leaving the building.

No way even CLOSE to 500 feet.

California, Texas, and New York are all 100 feet.

I didn't bother with any more because it is pretty clear that most are not 500 feet.

Do you know any state that is true in?

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.22  Texan1211  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago
500 YARDS. 

Where?

Please list a few states that is true in, since you claimed it is that way in most or all states.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
3.2.23  XXJefferson51  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.9    4 years ago

No one is going to leave or stop when we are right and have truth on our side here.  The people for Trump did nothing wrong and the article headline is a lie based on the content within regarding the pro Trump people’s actions.  

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.24  Texan1211  replied to  lady in black @3.2.1    4 years ago

Public place, they have EVERY right to be there. The folks all upset can go pound sand--the real peaceful protesters were well within their rights and the law.

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
3.2.25  Ronin2  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago

100 feet is not 500 yards. 

Read the damn article- they didn't violate any laws. Just some butt-hurt Democrats complaining about nothing again. 

Want to talk about the Democratic backed leftist Brown Shirts committing arson, assault, murder, and looting? That is real damn intimidation. Especially their threats to "Burn it all fucking down!" if Trump wins reelection. Nothing intimidating about that according to the "our speech is the only free speech allowed" left. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.26  Texan1211  replied to  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom @3.2.13    4 years ago
Yelling 'trump that bitch'

Please cite where in your seeded article it says that anyone was shouting "Trump that bitch", because I don't find it anywhere at all.

it sounds like something made up to make the Trump supporters seem like they were doing something wrong and an attempt to bolster the false intimidation allegations.

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
3.2.27  Tacos!  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago
Correct, but the distance is actually 500 YARDS.

500 yards? You mean 1,500 feet? Over a quarter of a mile? That seems a little extreme.

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
3.2.28  XXJefferson51  replied to  Texan1211 @3.2.12    4 years ago

Because she said so and you are trolling if you dare to disagree! 

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.29  Texan1211  replied to  Tacos! @3.2.27    4 years ago

I believe something must have been misread or misremembered.. i just looked up 3 states, and none of them stated restrictions in yards, only feet. and none were even close to 500 feet

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
Masters Quiet
3.2.30  The Magic 8 Ball  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago
Correct, but the distance is actually 500 YARDS.

I am now more convinced than ever.

you just make stuff up as you go along...

you had to do like zero research to come up with 1500 ft

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.2.31  Texan1211  replied to  MrFrost @3.2.18    4 years ago

I amazed at how many people liked the comment that is just wrong.

can no one look anything up or just read stuff when provided to them anymore?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
3.3  Tessylo  replied to  lady in black @3    4 years ago
"Leave it to the Shit Stain in the white house supporters to fuck with an election...but what else is new.  Disgusting pieces of shit.  And you won't hear a peep from his supporters condemning this."

Nope, they encourage it.  

 
 
 
lady in black
Professor Quiet
3.3.1  lady in black  replied to  Tessylo @3.3    4 years ago

Of course they do.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
3.3.2  Texan1211  replied to  lady in black @3.3.1    4 years ago

Of course we encourage people to exercise their right to support a candidate.

Why would any red-blooded American wish to deprive someone of that right?

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
4  Buzz of the Orient    4 years ago

Isn't it amazing how some human beings can go into reverse evolution.

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Greg Jones
Professor Participates
4.1  Greg Jones  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @4    4 years ago

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Tessylo
Professor Principal
4.1.1  Tessylo  replied to  Greg Jones @4.1    4 years ago

removed for context

 
 
 
XXJefferson51
Senior Guide
4.1.2  XXJefferson51  replied to  Greg Jones @4.1    4 years ago

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Kavika
Professor Principal
5  Kavika     4 years ago

No worries, It's always a great deal of fun to walk in front of them with a Biden/Harris sign/flag/t-shirt in full display.

As long as they don't interfere with a person voting they are within their rights. Interfere with a person's right to vote it becomes a whole different story. 

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
5.1  Kavika   replied to  Kavika @5    4 years ago

256

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
5.1.1  Tacos!  replied to  Kavika @5.1    4 years ago

Gosh, I wish that were true. I see old people just walk out in front of cars and I think "How the hell did you get to be so old, doing shit like this?" Some people are just beating the odds.

 
 
 
Kavika
Professor Principal
5.1.2  Kavika   replied to  Tacos! @5.1.1    4 years ago

You were saying,

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Buzz of the Orient
Professor Expert
5.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @5.1.2    4 years ago

I don't know when that happened, but they sure as hell have to replicate the award an awful lot of times for the people who said "Mask?  I don't wear masks. It's contrary to my individual rights and freedoms", and then died from the virus. 

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
6  Texan1211    4 years ago

can anyone explain how chants of 4 more years and some campaign signs 30 YARDS away are intimidating?

Anyone?

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
8  Tacos!    4 years ago
Trump Supporters Disrupt Early Voting In Virginia

What?! That's outrageous! How many people were prevented from voting? 

None? Oh.

But surely what they were doing was illegal! Arrest them!

Election officials said that the group stayed about 100 feet from the entrance to the building and, contrary to posts on social media, were not directly blocking access to the building.

So what is all the crying about then? This looks like more political pearl clutching where somebody decides to make a big deal out of something that's actually pretty ordinary.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
8.1  Tessylo  replied to  Tacos! @8    4 years ago

There is absolutely nothing that trumpturd/[deleted]supporters do/not do that you don't support.  NOTHING.  

[Deleted]

 
 
 
MonsterMash
Sophomore Quiet
8.1.1  MonsterMash  replied to  Tessylo @8.1    4 years ago
Removed for context

 
 
 
bugsy
Professor Participates
8.1.2  bugsy  replied to  MonsterMash @8.1.1    4 years ago

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Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
8.1.3  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  bugsy @8.1.2    4 years ago
removed for context

A relevant comparison would be more beneficial to your argument. 

 
 
 
Ender
Professor Principal
9  Ender    4 years ago
A New Hampshire woman voting in the state’s Tuesday primary election voted topless after she was told that she couldn’t wear a shirt criticizing President Trump to cast her ballot.

Now this is the kind of activism I think most of us can get behind, or in front of...

 
 
 
Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom
Professor Guide
9.1  seeder  Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom  replied to  Ender @9    4 years ago

This reminded me that I need a new avatar.  I couldn't find a pic of her, though.  Dammit.

 
 
 
Trout Giggles
Professor Principal
9.2  Trout Giggles  replied to  Ender @9    4 years ago

You mean I can't wear my "Fuck Trump" t-shirt into the polling place???

People are just killjoys

 
 
 
Paula Bartholomew
Professor Participates
9.2.1  Paula Bartholomew  replied to  Trout Giggles @9.2    4 years ago

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freepress
Freshman Silent
10  freepress    4 years ago

Illegal, so much for "law and order", if any Biden supporters had tried this you can bet they would have been arrested.

 
 
 
Texan1211
Professor Principal
10.1  Texan1211  replied to  freepress @10    4 years ago

Not one thing illegal about this.

Please provide any link proving your theory that Biden supporters would have been jailed for doing the same.

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
10.2  Tessylo  replied to  freepress @10    4 years ago

Of course they would have.  

 
 
 
Ronin2
Professor Quiet
10.2.1  Ronin2  replied to  Tessylo @10.2    4 years ago

Right, like all the leftist Brown Shirts that have been arrested for rioting; and then cut loose in such lovely places as Seattle, Portland, Chicago, NY, Detroit, etc. 

If only the left could protest as peacefully as these people were supporting Trump. They broke no laws; but should have been arrested for what again?

Only in leftist land is theirs the only free speech that is protected. Of course their free speech includes rioting, assault, murder, arson, and looting as we.

 
 
 
MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)
Junior Guide
10.2.2  MsAubrey (aka Ahyoka)  replied to  Ronin2 @10.2.1    4 years ago
Detroit

Careful now... there's been very few issues here recently. I suppose considering a large amount of the buildings already being burnt down would prevent such things again, but still. jrSmiley_86_smiley_image.gif

 
 

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