Two arrested as Trump supporters, opponents face off at competing rallies in Hollywood

[TexasTowelie]

At least two people were arrested Saturday afternoon during dueling rallies staged in Hollywood by supporters and detractors of President Trump.

The arrests stemmed from a scuffle among competing demonstrators outside the busy Hollywood and Highland shopping complex, police said. An anti-Trump protester who received a minor laceration during the skirmish was given medical aid from a rival demonstrator.

Despite a lot of shouting and name calling, the demonstrations remained mostly peaceful and without incident.

Trump supporter Anna King, 38, a medical assistant from Cerritos, and her friends brought along a large American flag. “I think we should all come together as a country and support our president,” she said.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-hollywood-trump-protest-20170715-story.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. By contrast, I watched News 12 in NJ yesterday where there also was competing rallies

at Trump's Bedminster Club (U.S. Women's Open golf match). Two women were interviewed together and though they came from different camps, they bonded. They said that there was no reason why they couldn't disagree in a civil manner and women should come together to solve commonly acknowledged problems. I wouldn't say they were buddies, but they were decidedly a pair.

This is the crux of the problem in Congress and the Senate: since 1993, bipartisanship has been discouraged and parties have not earnestly worked together in decades. Biggest example is when legislation is proposed. When democrats are in the majority, no matter how watered-down it is to appeal to republicans, the latter wants nothing to do with it. When republicans are in the majority, they draft legislation that is guaranteed to pass without a single democratic vote.

If you could peel enough moderate republicans to work against party leadership and with 49.9% of the rest of the Senate, for example, this country might move forward.

[wasupaloopa]

2. I am not sorry to say that you can't make peace with these people. They have been brain washed by

right wing media. I traveled back to OH last week to visit with my cousins and they hang on every word you say to insert their ideology into the conversation.

You just have to shut the conversation down and walk away or risk getting into a fight with your relatives.