BattleofHodow (01-26-2021), Bulletbob (01-28-2021), Darth Omar (01-26-2021), Into the Night (01-26-2021), PostmodernProphet (01-26-2021), RB 60 (01-27-2021)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has gone on record praising the storming of the Capitol as an "impressive show of democracy in action" -- the 2011 invasion of the Madison, Wis., state capitol, that is.
Ten years earlier, unionists stormed the Wisconsin State Capitol in an attempt to block a vote on collective bargaining reform. Thousands of demonstrators managed to enter the building by violently breaking down doors and shattering windows -- but the attack garnered much praise from Pelosi and other prominent Democrats at the time.
The House Speaker took to Twitter to express her "solidarity" with the activists as they attacked the Capitol, and sent senators into hiding until police managed to remove them from the building
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nan...-state-capitol
Funny how short of a memory folks have.
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Bulletbob (01-28-2021)
Hoosier Daddy (01-27-2021)
Into the Night (01-26-2021)
Your attempts to find whataboutisms are getting REAL pathetic.
https://www.com/story/news/2021/01/0...ge/6584619002/
No one was killed or injured, no weapons were brought to the event. Moreover, it was not an effort to usurp power, but to instead protest a bill. Even a republican admits there was no attempt to vandalize:
One top Republican official at the time noted there was no "malicious damage" to the statehouse and said most of the costs linked to the weeks-long protests were due to law enforcement overtime bills.
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Much of the minor Act 10 damages were linked to things like tape used on the historic building's walls, which left a residue when removed. But protesters had typically used blue painter's tape after hearing from officials that it was gentlest on the walls and railings.
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There were fewer than 20 arrests at the Capitol linked to the Act 10 protests during mid-February and March 2011, and none of those arrests were linked to weapons charges.
christiefan915 (01-26-2021), domer76 (01-26-2021), Guno צְבִי (01-26-2021), Hoosier Daddy (01-27-2021)
The anti-union scab is the lowest form of life, comparable to a terrorist, child molester, Republican, or fucking moron from Tennessee.
Go help CFM string his fucking banjo, volsrock.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Guno צְבִי (01-26-2021), Hoosier Daddy (01-27-2021)
Into the Night (01-26-2021)
Charoite (01-26-2021), Hoosier Daddy (01-27-2021)
" First they came for the journalists...
We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
I'm taking it up with you.
Did some kids accidentally hit the glass while playing baseball?
Madison police confirmed Tuesday morning that the department had arrested six people during Monday night protests, including one person armed with a handgun, and continued to investigate the unrest to identify potential additional suspects.
Spurred by the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, protesters took to the streets in Madison on Monday; arrests began when some protesters lit fires in dumpsters, hit officers with rocks and other objects and shattered windows. The State Capitol was among the buildings damaged.
Police said about 500 people attended the protests. More protest activity was expected Tuesday, including a march for Black Lives Matter and subsequent candlelight vigil at the Capitol from 6 to 9 p.m., organized by Freedom Inc.
State Sen. Howard Marklein (R-Spring Green) said that the damage to his office at the Capitol was similar to the damage of nearly two months ago, when windows in his office were smashed during the protests after the death of George Floyd.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2020/08/25/arrests-follow-vandalism-madison-including-state-capitol/3432772001/
Wrong, no one went into hiding, no one was violent, no actual legislative area was overtaken, normal proceedings weren't postponed, it was a common area that was open to the public, in fact, no one stopped the demonstrators from entering the building. Lets see if you can back up your claim by offering proof that windows and doors were broken, security was assaulted, people were killed, and legislators fled for their lives
Fox and Rand Paul lied to you
Hoosier Daddy (01-27-2021)
June 2020
Wisconsin’s governor activated the National Guard on Wednesday to protect state properties after a night of violence that included the toppling of two statues outside the state Capitol, one of which commemorated an abolitionist Civil War hero.
Protesters also attacked a state senator, threw a Molotov cocktail into a government building and attempted to break into the Capitol Tuesday night, only to be repelled by pepper spray from police stationed inside. The violence broke out as a group of 200 to 300 people protested the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat.
Gov. Tony Evers, who toured the damage and said the violence was in “stark contrast” to earlier peaceful protests, said he was activating the National Guard “to make sure people can exercise their First Amendment rights while ensuring the safety of members of the public and state buildings and infrastructure.”
“If your goal was to advance social justice and policing reforms in the state of Wisconsin and making sure systemic racism is a thing of the past, you failed,” Evers said of the protesters on WTMJ-AM.
Republican state lawmakers and others faulted Evers and Madison's Democratic mayor for not moving more quickly on Tuesday to quell the violence.
“The mob has become very bold,” said Madison Alderman Paul Skidmore. “They see they can get away with a little, and they inch forward more and more. (Downtown Madison) is a battle zone right now, and I fear for my city.”
The violence unfolded in a city long known as a liberal bastion with a long history of protest, dating back to student demonstrations on the University of Wisconsin campus in the 1960s.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-nw-wisconsin-statues-torn-down-20200624-oomc3z7wyfewtpeosif7nx5klq-story.html
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