Protestors swarm Mitch McConnell as he leaves Louisville restaurant

[babylonsister]

https://www.salon.com/2018/07/07/protestors-swarm-mitch-mcconnell-as-he-leaves-louisville-restaurant/

Protestors swarm Mitch McConnell as he leaves Louisville restaurant
Mitch McConnell joins other Republican leaders who have faced public hostility while dining
Taylor Link
July 7, 2018 8:06pm (UTC)

Trump administration staffers and Cabinet members are not the only ones facing public backlash for their immigration policy along the Mexican border.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell encountered a group of protesters of his own as he departed a Louisville restaurant Saturday. Protestors chanted "vote you out" while hurling questions at the Republican leader.

"Where are the babies, Mitch?" one protestor asked.

Link to tweet

McConnell should have probably anticipated such a confrontation. An "Abolish ICE" rally was taking place downtown just a few miles from Bardstown Road.

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https://www.salon.com/2018/07/07/protestors-swarm-mitch-mcconnell-as-he-leaves-louisville-restaurant/

[MagickMuffin]

1. Where was his Mommy? Leave my baby boy alone, leave my husband alone

I guess she can't always be there to tell people to leave her lil boy alone. POOR MITCH

[BigmanPigman]

21. That was exactly my first thought too.

No mommy to come out and protect him? Maybe she is pissed at him since he apparently stole her mom jeans to wear to the restaurant.

What was the white sticker on his car...I can't make out what is says.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

27. Is her name

Chao? She has a cabinet seat in something doesn't she? talk about conflict of interest. We need a true self-governing ethics Watch-dog revamp. You don't have to have been a saint in life to come to Wash D.C., but, for the love of..STOP misbehaving while serving your country. Afterall, isn't that what they asked for in asking for their votes? A job. To set aside most of their lives figuring out what's best for the most amount of people. Seemed so easy once. We are all going to need a detox after all of this. A national 3 day holiday. To start to heal up, and move forward.

***Heal Up. And Move Forward.

[TheBlackAdder]

38. Who? Yurtle the Turtle's Gamora?

[Garrett78]

2. Watch out, Schumer and Pelosi will scold you all.

[still_one]

6. What is your point? Schumer, Pelosi, and Bernie Sanders believe different approaches should be used

so there is a disagreement

Is that a problem?

[Garrett78]

8. My point is Schumer and Pelosi are in the wrong for criticizing Waters when all Waters did...

...was call for the nonviolent protest of people who are actively attempting to ruin lives and harm children. If that isn't enough to warrant nonviolent protest, then the civility police need to pull their heads out of their asses.

[still_one]

9. Your point is to take a swipe at Pelosi, Schumer, and Sanders because they have different approaches

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/394449-bernie-sanders-sarah-sanders-has-the-right-to-go-into-a-restaurant-and-have

The so-called criticism from Schumer and Pelosi on Waters, was over-exagerated hyperbole, fostered by our illustrious media, and pushed by sources intent on dividing Democrats and progressives, just in time for the November elections

If you live in New York State, Vermont, or San Francisco, California you should let your Senator or Representative know your feelings. If you don't, you should still let YOUR Senators and Representatives how you feel

If enough people voice their views perhaps that will influence them

[Garrett78]

13. My point is that those making this about "political differences" or "approaches" are...

...full of shit.

As I made clear here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210801327

[still_one]

19. I know what your point is, and I have no problem with it, but if people want to use that argument

not to vote for Democrats in November, than there will be consequences, just like there were in 2016, when enough self-identified
progressives refused to vote for the Democratic nominee in 2016, and those Democratic Senators who ran in those critical swing states lost to the incumbent, establishment, republican,

That worked out real well

[Garrett78]

24. What's more likely to drive people away is the criticism of Waters.

My concern is the same as yours and most all of us here at DU, and that is people not voting for Democrats. When the leadership has the nerve to criticize Waters for her very reasonable statement (at a time when we're dealing with fucking Nazi-wannabes for cryin' out loud), they risk alienating people. And it's a given that the media was going to make hay out of what Pelosi and Schumer said...they should have been smart enough to not criticize Waters (even if they weren't dead wrong to do so, which they were).

It doesn't make sense to suggest criticizing Pelosi and Schumer is more problematic than the fact that they criticized Waters at a time when the sort of activism Waters is advocating for is precisely what will keep our base fired up through November.

And, as the link in my last post makes clear (not to mention others posts of mine), I also think B. Sanders is dead wrong (about this issue and others). But he didn't, as far as I know, criticize Waters specifically.

[still_one]

28. Schumer said "no one should call for harassment of political opponents", and while that no doubt

is a criticism directed toward Maxine Waters, the characterization that the media, and I suspect outside republican influences to try and foster divisions among Democrats and progressives for November.

I also very much applaud non-violent protests, in the same way Martin Luther King and Gandhi utilized it, but in my view there is also a possibility that extreme right wing forces could infiltrate those protests with the intent to disrupt, and distract from what is being protested. We have all seen it.

The advantage we have is the mobility of cameras, usually through phones, so it is very difficult to cover something up without being exposed. Charlottesville is an example in point.

The danger of course is the reciprocation from the other side against our Senators and Representatives, and that there is a very thin line that can easily turn a peaceful protest into a violent one.

My last point is, I am NOT referring to discussions here, where I think such discussions are necessary and good, because it is important we understand where each of us our coming from whether we agree or disagree

[Honeycombe8]

31. I gotta agree with this.

There was a way to diplomatically handle what Waters said, w/o criticizing her. But they chose to criticize her.

If we were talking about normal policy differences, I'd think about it differently, probably. But these aren't normal times. There is an urgent situation with thousands of children being kept from their families. SOMETHING has to be done. Waters did not urge physical acts or violence. She suggested harassment or more proactive protesting. She probably shouldn't have used the word harassment, but like I said, these are not normal times.

[Garrett78]

34. I'm not aware that she used the word "harassment."

This is the quote I read:

"If you think we're rallying now you ain't seen nothing yet," Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif, told supporters at a rally in Los Angeles over the weekend. "If you see anybody from that (Trump) Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere."

And she obviously didn't mean to literally "push back."

Anyway, I agree that we're not talking about mere "policy differences." To repeat what I wrote elsewhere:

It's not about f***ing "political differences."

It's one thing to agree on facts but differ about how to respond to said facts, or about the causes. It's one thing to differ over the role of government. It's one thing to differ over tax rates. And so on.

But constantly lying, misleading and obfuscating is another thing.

Denying facts and inventing "alternative facts" is another thing.

Fomenting and exploiting racism, sexism, misogyny and xenophobia is another thing.

Separating families, and caging asylum-seekers (including children) is another thing.

Bragging openly about sexual assault and defending serial assaulters is another thing.

Suggesting that your supporters find a "2nd amendment solution" for your political opponent is another thing.

Refusing to show your tax returns, stiffing contractors and operating a phony "University" is another thing.

Violating the emoluments clause (that alone would have had Obama impeached) is another thing.

Race-based voter suppression and gerrymandering is another thing.

Obstructing justice is another thing.

Blatant hypocrisy about SCOTUS nominees - and everything else under the sun - is another thing.

Colluding with a foreign adversary is another thing.

Befriending vicious dictators and alienating vital allies is another thing.

There's nothing "uncivil" about protesting any and all of that. There's nothing uncivil about protesting those who are committing crimes against an entire nation, or aiding and abetting said criminals. On the contrary, it would be indecent to not do so.

So, anyone who is concerned about supposed acts of incivility toward SHS or Stephen Miller or Nielsen or McConnell or any of the Trumps, just fuck off. Those inhumane criminals are actively destroying lives and any semblance of democracy that remained. I don't give a shit if they can't eat dinner in peace or if they get shouted at. They should be in prison.

Political differences?!? Are you fucking kidding me?!?

[HipChick]

15. I agree..Black woman support Waters, why should they show up in Nov?

When leadership act like this?

[still_one]

17. Gee, I guess in 2016 the Supreme Court wasn't important enough for some self-identified progressives

who refused to vote for the Democratic nominee in 2016.
We lost two SC justices because of that wise move

brillant plan

[Tipperary]

18. If any contingent decides not to vote Dem in November, they will be just as guilty as the

deplorables. Fuck this “I am not voting” crap. We see where those who did that got us.

[still_one]

20. Curious, did you have a problem when Bernie Sanders essentially said the same thing as Pelosi and

Schumer?

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Turtle head. LOL.

[demtenjeep]

11. that made me laugh out loud

we need these brief moments of fun

[HipChick]

14. I snickered...

[dhill926]

4. good... this asshole should be hounded until...

he takes his last breath.

[smirkymonkey]

36. I agree! He should have been hounded all along. The man is absolutely evil.

He should never have another day of peace in his life. And I hope his last breath won't be too far away. Miserable bastard!

[kentuck]

5. Mitch don't usually walk that fast ...

[Takket]

7. that's what resistance should look like

they shamed him and made him uncomfortable but no one assaulted him and they did not block his vehicle. This is what Waters told us we need to do despite her words being twisted into making it sound like she wanted blood running in the streets.

RESIST.

[LakeArenal]

10. Except for the guy calling turtlehead and

We know where you live, I like it very much.

[NightWatcher]

12. It's a shame he got to eat first.

[alfredo]

29. Maybe it gave him indigestion.

[aeromanKC]

16. Where are the kids!!

Everywhere they go. Where are the kids!!

[Odoreida]

22. No sympathy for Mitch McConnell, but ...

... this shit is going to backfire.

[Raven123]

26. I fear the same

Better to expend that energy on GOTV.

[ck4829]

37. I call it practice

We can walk to shame the fascists, and we can walk to vote the fascists out

[WillowTree]

33. I agree, but I doubt you'll ever convince the majority on DU of it.

Sigh...…….

[sharedvalues]

35. That's not what MLK said. King said: peaceful protests work

So why is nonviolent direct action important today?

Because MLK would have LOVED what the Red Hen did. Would have loved what protesters did to Kirstjen Nielsen. What Kristin Mink did to Scott Pruitt.

Why? Because the goal of nonviolent action is to force Americans to pay attention.

And that is why Republicans HATE the Red Hen and Mink, and that is why Republicans call for "civility".

King said:
“Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue,” King wrote. “It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”


https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016210192

[Mc Mike]

23. Go, America!

[ffr]

25. Get thee to the greatest page!

[Honeycombe8]

30. Good. (they sure eat out a lot) nt

[Grassy Knoll]

32. Kinda Shocked At Lack Of Security

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