Protesters with pocket Constitutions removed from Trump rally

[groundloop]

Last edited Sat Aug 6, 2016, 11:29 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: CNN

Portland, Maine (CNN)A group of protesters at Donald Trump's rally here on Thursday stood up silently during the Republican nominee's speech and held up pocket copies of the Constitution.

They were quickly ejected by campaign staffers and drew fierce boos and jeers from the roughly 1,800 Trump supporters packed into the auditorium, the capacity of the venue.

The seven protesters held up pocket copies of the Constitution issued by the American Civil Liberties Union. It was not immediately clear whether the demonstrators were affiliated with a particular organization.

The ACLU responded on Twitter, saying: "Glad to see people are standing up for constitutional principles using their ACLU pocket Constitutions!"



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/04/politics/donald-trump-protests-constitution/

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Later in the article we're told that tRumps rally was interrupted five more times by protesters including several who shouted at tRump accusing him of being racist.

[63splitwindow]

1. What would a speaker well-versed in Constitutional principles have done with that opportunity?

[flamingdem]

2. Great protest idea

Who knows people might actually read the thing if they have to argue over it!!

[Thinkingabout]

3. Doesn't take much to upset Trump's apple cart. I was thinking if we give him about twenty years

he could learn the needs of a president.

[Moonwalk]

17. Let's make it 30 years for him to learn the needs of a president....

...he'll either be dead from all the steaks and fried chicken or able to say, at age 100: "Vote for me this time! I've finally figured out how this job works...it's not like running a casino at all!"

[madaboutharry]

4. I hope this becomes an occurrence at every rally.

Silent protesters holding up pocket Constitutions; it can become a movement.

[SheriffBob]

11. i agree

sort of like the clinton chicken.

[jpak]

16. As Maine goes ...etc.

[Grassy Knoll]

5. Clinton's Ad Department Should Send tRump Some Flowers

[SeattleVet]

19. Just daisies?

[No Vested Interest]

6. My pocket copy of the Constitution has been ordered from ACLU, thanks to

a DU poster the other day.
I'll be proud to have it.

[groundloop]

13. I just looked and they're now out of stock !!!!

Looks like there's a movement afoot.

[No Vested Interest]

20. I heard that Amazon is doing a huge business in pocket copies

of the Constitution.

[groundloop]

25. Apparently one of the Amazon versions is a right wing tool

Be careful which one you buy, there's one printed by National Center for Constitutional Studies (NCCS) in Idaho that has quotes etc. from several founding fathers which are either incorrect or taken out of context to support right wing viewpoints. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, the NCCS is “a conspiracy-prone think tank” founded by a leader known for his racist views. This is the version that Cliven Bundy waved during his standoff with federal marshals.

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pocket-constitution-20160804-snap-story.html

[No Vested Interest]

26. Good information. Thanks for sharing. nt

[King_Klonopin]

7. Viciously attacked again by Constitutions -- Have you no mercy ??!! nt

[John Poet]

8. Oh the horror !

[BumRushDaShow]

9. !!!!

[truthisfreedom]

10. Silencing the silent

Protesting their right to protest

With some artfulness Hillary should be able to completely dismantle trump using the symbolism of his hatred for freedom and the thing we hold most dear, our Constitution.

[SheriffBob]

12. pence

believes that HIS religion trumps the CONUS.

[NurseJackie]

14. What if those protesters had started a "USA-USA" chant? What would the Trump fans do? Join in?

[JenniferJuniper]

15. They would have been very, very confused. Even more than usual

This is how all Trump protests should go down from now until November.

[WinstonSmith4740]

18. And after they came out of their fog of confusion...

My money is on them shouting, "Trump".
But I do love this idea

This is how all Trump protests should go down from now until November.

Non-verbal, non-violent, holding high our country's Supreme Law. It would be fun to watch their heads explode.

[Maine-i-acs]

21. Maine People's Alliance is the name -

of the organization organizing the protest. It was grassroots, crowdsourced, and completely epic.

[Beartracks]

22. Americans whip out pocket Constitutions, Trump zealots see THIS:

======================

[rladdi]

23. A sane speaker would have talked about the Constitution saying how good it is and

for over 200 years it has been followed. But mentally ILL Trumps has them thrown out. That speaks thousands of words for viewers.

[groundloop]

24. tRump has had his way his entire life, unable to deal with anyone with differing opinions

That's what happens when he surrounds himself with yes-men, he's grown accustomed to people being in total agreement with whatever he says that he can't handle a bit of dissent. I can envision President Obama dealing with this, and yes, he'd have given them a fine lesson on the constitution.

[catbyte]

27. What a graphic--asshole "patriots" booing people holding up copies of the Constitution. To

Trumpites, hate "trumps" everything. There's nothing or nobody they won't boo if they think it's disturbing their bigoted hatefests. It's vile and scary.

[Thor_MN]

28. Bait them by holding up pocket Bibles...

[NastyRiffraff]

29. Only in Trumpland

would silently holding up a copy of the U.S. Constitution be grounds for throwing people out.

[ailsagirl]

30. They're acting as if the Constitution is some sort of subversive document

[Lady Freedom Returns]

31. Where do I get one ?

I would like one of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

What i would love to find is posters of each th frame and hang up!

[IronLionZion]

32. There's a free iphone app for those who can't find the paper version

I started keeping it because of the complete nonsensical arguments right wingers had with me about how the Constitution can never change. Then I pull it out and show them the many amendments showing the changes over the years. Their second amendment was a change added to the original.

Also, I like how Trump's campaign feels threatened by the pocket constitutions. I mean come on people. It's even printed on white paper so that proves that Americans are white and brown people should get out.