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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 01:54 PM Jun 2019

Staged? Or are they really this bloody stupid?

Latinos for Trump Crowd Gets Ugly After Pence Mentions Democrats: ‘Traitors!’ ‘Murderers!’ ‘Lock Them in the Cages!’

Things turned ugly during Vice President Mike Pence‘s speech at the Latinos for Trump kickoff rally when Pence mentioned Democrats in Congress, and members of the crowd shouted “Traitors!” and “Lock them in the cages they built!”

On Tuesday morning, Pence delivered remarks at the DoubleTree Miami Airport & Convention Center for what was billed as the Donald J. Trump for President Latino Coalition Rollout, and whipped the small but vocal crowd into a frenzy over Democrats.

At one point, Pence spoke about the migrant crisis at the southern border, telling the crowd “The truth is we are on track this year for nearly a million people coming across our border. And it’s amazing to think that Democrats and many in the media spent the last 6 months saying it was a manufactured crisis.”

At least three different shouts of “Traitors!” could be heard, as Pence continued.

“But the only thing that was manufactured was their outrage. But as they denied the crisis, you all deserve to know the Democrats have also been denying funding for humanitarian assistance, for facilities to support the courageous men and women of costumes in board of protection,” Pence claimed.

“Put them in the cages they built!” someone shouted. The Trump administration has been widely criticized for keeping migrant children in cages.

Members of the crowd shouted “Traitors!” again a few minutes later as Pence spoke about changing immigration laws.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/latinos-for-trump-crowd-gets-ugly-after-pence-mentions-democrats-traitors-murderers-lock-them-in-the-cages/

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Staged? Or are they really this bloody stupid? (Original Post) CatWoman Jun 2019 OP
Sadly, There are Seriously Disturbed People of All Races and Ethnic Groups dlk Jun 2019 #1
"...the small but vocal crowd.." Scurrilous Jun 2019 #2
There are Hispanics and then there montanacowboy Jun 2019 #3
"courageous men and women of costumes in board of protection" MGKrebs Jun 2019 #4
Men and women of customs and border protection. Croney Jun 2019 #7
Sad that these deluded people are buying the trump/pense spin. brush Jun 2019 #5
Just what are the Cubans against? Leith Jun 2019 #6
Martin Niemller... sacto95834 Jun 2019 #8
yup Afromania Jun 2019 #9
What's "Democrats have also been denying funding for humanitarian assistance" refer to? Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2019 #10
There will be blood maxsolomon Jun 2019 #11

dlk

(11,575 posts)
1. Sadly, There are Seriously Disturbed People of All Races and Ethnic Groups
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 01:57 PM
Jun 2019

Pence, like Trump, is a magnet for them.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)
2. "...the small but vocal crowd.."
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:01 PM
Jun 2019


IOW the same nut job Cuban exiles the GOP has been pandering to for ages.



montanacowboy

(6,099 posts)
3. There are Hispanics and then there
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:05 PM
Jun 2019

are Cubans

World of difference between them and he was playing to the Cuban population who are still lusting of the good old days when Batista was the right wing "president" of Cuba. They will never get over it.

MGKrebs

(8,138 posts)
4. "courageous men and women of costumes in board of protection"
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:10 PM
Jun 2019

Seems like a bad translation, but with TPence ya' never know.

Croney

(4,669 posts)
7. Men and women of customs and border protection.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:31 PM
Jun 2019

I forced myself to watch. He slurred his words together so it's not surprising they were misinterpreted. Now I have to wash out my eyes and ears.

brush

(53,840 posts)
5. Sad that these deluded people are buying the trump/pense spin.
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:18 PM
Jun 2019

The admin has kids of their ethnicity in cages and they fall for the blame it on the Dems spin. So pathetic.

But some of the younger Cubans are starting to see through the bullshit.

Leith

(7,813 posts)
6. Just what are the Cubans against?
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:26 PM
Jun 2019

Are they against refugees from other Latin American countries coming into the country? Are they angry about the conditions the children are in? Are they blaming the wrong people? How is Pence able to whip up a crowd? Are there plants in the audience?

sacto95834

(393 posts)
8. Martin Niemller...
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 02:38 PM
Jun 2019

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
11. There will be blood
Tue Jun 25, 2019, 03:08 PM
Jun 2019

and it won't be Republican's.

The level of rhetoric is already at 11, and it's not even 2020.

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