{"id":32054,"date":"2017-11-30T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32054"},"modified":"2017-11-30T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T16:21:58","slug":"behind-the-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=32054","title":{"rendered":"Behind The Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Daily Caller posted an article about the recent protests against the Republican<\/a> tax reform bill.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Organizers with the left-leaning<\/a> group Housing Works<\/a> told protesters they must \u201crisk arrest\u201d in order to be reimbursed for airfare to Washington, D.C.<\/a>, according to an internal email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe will transport, house and feed you, and deal with all legal support. Caveat: if you are far away from DC and expensive to transport, we can probably only fly you if you can risk arrest,\u201d the internal email told supporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article includes a screenshot of the email.<\/p>\n

The article further states:<\/p>\n

Housing Works is based out of New York City<\/a>, and aims to further the health of the LGBTQ community<\/a>, according to the group\u2019s website.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHousing Works fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV\/AIDS \u00a0have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services,\u201d the group asserts<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the organizers are based in New York<\/a>, officials were forced to organize nearly every aspect of the protester<\/a>\u2019s lives during their stay in D.C. The protesters will be housed in a local church\u2019s basement and will be provided sleeping bags, as well as free meals and a place to shower in the morning, according to the group\u2019s email.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organizers on either side of the aisle sometimes attempt to coordinate logistics for their teams, but the requirement that an individual need to risk arrest in the District in order to qualify for aid is unique, especially given the fact that hundreds of protesters are facing decades of prison time for violently protesting President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s inauguration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are a few obvious questions here. Why is the group protesting tax cuts that will put more money in American tax payers’ pockets and boost the economy? What kind of a church houses paid protesters? What has tax reform got to do with HIV\/AIDS? What we have here is an example of the fact that the left has the ability to get splinter groups to work together. How many times have you seen the homosexual community out protesting to support abortion rights<\/a>? Obviously, they don’t have a horse in that race, but they are there to show solidarity with leftest causes. The ability to bring various leftest groups together to protest issues makes the protest group appear to be larger than it actually is. Paying the protesters also increases the number of protesters. This is not grassroots–this is astroturf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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