TN Republican finally reveals (and deletes) his downright laughable evidence protesters are paid
Last edited Sun Feb 5, 2017, 12:34 PM - Edit history (1)
Last week thousands gathered in Nashville outside Gov. Bill Haslam’s State of the State address to protest Donald Trump's unconstitutional travel ban on Muslims from seven countries.
Like many out-of-touch Republican lawmakers, Tennessee State Senator Paul Bailey was just sure the protesters had to be paid. He had it on good authority that they were paid!
Link to tweet
When asked about his laughable, evidence-free “paid protesters” comment by a local news station, he doubled down.
“I do have a reliable source that had reported to me, in regards to protesters that were here on the capitol grounds Monday night, that they were being paid to be here. At this time I cannot reveal that source because of security reasons,” the Sparta, Tennessee, lawmaker told News 2 reporter Chris Bundgaard.
Ohhh…..top secret security reasons. Sure, buddy. Sure. This paid protester gig must be pretty sweet! Can anyone of our readers connect us to the secret jobs board where these millions of jobs are being listed? Is there a LinkedIn for protesting? Nevertheless, Sen. Bailey did finally release (and later deleted) this video of so-called evidence that “paid protesters” were being bused in by charter bus.
Unfortunately for Sen. Bailey, the Nashville Scene preserved the video and blew apart his paid protester theory:
State Senator Seemingly Thinks Protestors Were Paid Because Parking Shuttles
Turns out they were taking legislators to the Ryman
There's just one big problem with Maynard's claim — the "paid buses" are actually Nashville Downtown Partnership parking shuttles. And the reason those shuttles were parked at the Capitol last Monday night was not to ferry protesters to and from their cars, but to ferry legislators to and from the Ryman, where Metro lobbyists hosted a reception featuring members of the cast of Nashville. Which means the buses were "paid" — and that money came from the tax dollars of Nashvillians, not billionaire Democratic donor Soros — but it also means that neither Maynard nor Bailey bothered to read the signage on the buses.Thanks to the Nashville Scene for grabbing and preserving the "evidence."
more:
http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/20851207/state-senator-seemingly-thinks-protestors-were-paid-because-parking-shuttles
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/2/5/1630216/-TN-Republican-finally-reveals-and-deletes-his-downright-laughable-evidence-protesters-are-paid
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Small used bills in a brown paper bag. What, you don't believe me? But I have words, in a row, that say stuff.
some of that Soros $$$???
Bailey was probably remembering that the Kochs paid for buses that ferried around the teajihadists. Projection much?
by clicking on the "follow" in the above tweet.
ya gotta be signed in to Twitter to do it, but it is satisfying, I just sent mine off.
