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JPK

(651 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:27 AM Feb 2018

I was at the Rally in Tally yesterday

I was working the rally for a news channel as a videographer. The NRA humping Republicans better watch out if they want to stay in office. These kids and their parents are pissed and motivated to throw any politician out that accepts money from the NRA. They are looking forward to the mid term elections. Lil Marco is one they are looking at but his term has a few years to go. Rick Scott who wants to run for Bill Nelson's senatorial seat will get his ass kicked. The chicken shit skin head ducked of meeting with the kids. He was MIA. People will remember.

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I was at the Rally in Tally yesterday (Original Post) JPK Feb 2018 OP
Scott has gotten reelected, but he was never popular janterry Feb 2018 #1
Don't forget all the likely new Democratic voters charliea Feb 2018 #4
Indeed! Don't forget about that group - long ignored and poorly served in Puerto Rico. calimary Feb 2018 #5
I was at my local Dem party meeting last night mcar Feb 2018 #2
Very cool report RandomAccess Feb 2018 #3
 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
1. Scott has gotten reelected, but he was never popular
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:35 AM
Feb 2018

at least among the many republicans I worked with in the prisons (they voted for him, but they hated him).

I don't think he can count on a good turn out in a non presidential year election. These kids (and their voting parents) - could make it a very bad year for republicans. Good news for us~!

(And I was surprised to see the turn out, most demonstrations in Tally are quite a bit smaller!!)

charliea

(260 posts)
4. Don't forget all the likely new Democratic voters
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 01:54 PM
Feb 2018

A few hundred thousand new residents arrived in Florida in the last few months and they have very little reason to vote for a Republican...

I expect Skeletor will be looking for new work in the private sector after this November...

calimary

(81,179 posts)
5. Indeed! Don't forget about that group - long ignored and poorly served in Puerto Rico.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 02:06 PM
Feb 2018

That would be hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. And trump threw a few rolls of paper towels at them and called that "serving their needs".

Indeed! As I watched the coverage yesterday, with all those students and parents and friends rallying for change, I couldn't help thinking - precious few of those kids are gonna be voting for you, republi-CONS! They're gonna want to know how much money you've taken from the NRA and how much you're working for the NRA and not for THEM. They're not gonna forget. And most of them, being of high school age, are at or approaching voting age. That's another whole new crop of new voters who WON'T be voting GOP!

mcar

(42,287 posts)
2. I was at my local Dem party meeting last night
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 11:37 AM
Feb 2018

We're about 3 hours south of Tally. Two members, a couple, came rushing in a bit late. They had just driven down from Tally. They just wanted to be there.

They are a retired couple - walked 3 miles back and forth from parking to experience the rally. They were so impressed and inspired.

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