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Home Front: Politix
Left-wing Rioters Attack Trump Supporters Leaving Minneapolis Rally
2019-10-12
[BREITBART] Left-wing rioters attacked supporters of President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons......
leaving a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday evening ‐ assaulting them in groups, setting fire to pro-Trump hats, and attacking the police.
Riot police stood by as members of Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
were seen dragging steel fences away from the Target Center. They were filmed by Elijah Schaffer, a correspondent for The Blaze, a conservative news site ‐ who was maced as he filmed.

Local Minneapolis Star-Tribune news hound Liz Sawyer noted there were several hundred rioters, and that some were singling out Trump supporters and surrounding them in groups before attacking them. Some also attacked police:

The scene was reminiscent of the riot outside a convention center in San Jose in June 2016, when anti-Trump rioters attacked Trump supporters leaving the venue in full view of the media ‐ and Mayor Sam Liccardo blamed Trump.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey proclaimed Thursday as "Love Trumps Hate Day" in the city, in solidarity with protests against Trump. Evidently, however, some of those among the "protesters" felt "hate" trumped "love."

In one instance, a bystander who was not a Trump supporter reported being attacked by the anti-Trump mob:

The Target Center had attempted to charge the Trump campaign hundreds of thousands of dollars for additional security. The rally itself ‐ with a capacity crowd inside and tens of thousands outside ‐ passed without serious incident, but local police seemed unprepared for the violence by anti-Trump rioters after the event was over.

Posted by:Fred

#11  Donk mayor ordered Porta-potties removed from the venue after his blackmail attempt ($500+K for "security" to hold rally) was rebuffed.

I wonder if he broke the lease contract by so doing... it’s exactly the kind of detail Donald Trump would notice and exploit.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-10-12 14:37  

#10  FYI _ re: the Mpls mess. Local Dem rep marched with Antifa and tweeted about talking mayor into telling cops to back off the pepper spray or tear gas they were using to keep the thugs under control. Another tweet indicated said Donk mayor ordered Porta-potties removed from the venue after his blackmail attempt ($500+K for "security" to hold rally) was rebuffed.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-10-12 12:48  

#9  ^ whoa!
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-10-12 12:43  

#8  more like Blue City centers vs Rest of US, with the suburbs playing the role of the Border States?

Something like this map from the 2016 election perhaps?
Posted by: SteveS   2019-10-12 10:05  

#7  So it won't be North vs South-- more like Blue City centers vs Rest of US, with the suburbs playing the role of the Border States?
Posted by: Herb Shons3098   2019-10-12 09:46  

#6  They won't spread beyond blue controlled areas yet. They cannot exist without mayors or others giving them protection from the police. They try their crap in most of Texas outside of El Paso or Austin, or maybe San Antonio, the police will shut them down so hard it'd be glorious.

And you KNOW they'll stay the hell out of Midland where the oilfield roughnecks would come out to play.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2019-10-12 07:17  

#5  Rantburg should put neo-Fascist before Antifa.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-10-12 03:41  

#4  Preview of the comming elections?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2019-10-12 02:55  

#3  Spartacist Uprising, Berlin(1919). No, the Antifa are not a good sign of things to come if they are allowed to metastasize and spread like a cancer.
Posted by: magpie   2019-10-12 01:58  

#2  Kansas 1854?
Posted by: Herb Shons3098   2019-10-12 00:38  

#1  whiff of grape shot..
Posted by: Warthog   2019-10-12 00:25  

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