St. Louis couple who waved guns at BLM protesters will participate in GOP convention

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

The St. Louis couple who became famous after wielding guns at protesters on their private street will be part of the largely digital Republican National Convention next week, Trump advisers said this week.

The couple — Patricia and Mark McCloskey — will appear on behalf of the president during the virtual weeklong event and express their support for him, the officials said.

A spokesman for the convention declined to comment on the appearance.

Other speakers are expected to include former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, and Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). The president is expected to speak from the White House, while Vice President Pence will speak from Fort McHenry in Maryland.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/08/17/democratic-national-convention-live-updates/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social#link-V2SCB2ZTVNHXJPY6AASJPDNCRY

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[TruckFump]

1. Gag me!

Hopefully they bathe them and clean them up before the Repuke-athon...oh, wait...as they are, they will appeal to most of the Trumpsters.

[chillfactor]

2. won't be watching

just another shit show night after night after night.

[AleksS]

3. Oh yes! Let them be the face of the party!

As if Trump wasn’t bad enough! Ha!

[Sherman A1]

26. Precisely

Hopefully with a nice gun rack in the background as they speak. One really needs to set the scene and who better than these two ambulance chasers.

[mercuryblues]

28. Maybe they'll get lucky

a be chosen to defend the NRA with their lawsuit.

[Sherman A1]

29. One can only hope

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Makes sense. They are, after all, anti-socialists. nt

[Stargleamer]

5. JFC - could the difference between us and them be any greater?? n/t

[yaesu]

6. it would be cool if DU had a repuke convention news boycott, like, its just pure fascism

so why bother report on it. I for one will be taking an "internets" and news break next week.

[catbyte]

7. Figures. Are they the very very important people he's pardoning?

[groundloop]

8. Are they tRump's new security detail?

[LiberalFighter]

9. Maybe they will display their marksmenship?

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I can imagine chants of

"Shoot, Baby, shoot!"

Anger will be on full display.

[bluestarone]

10. ORANGE suits needed!

[onetexan]

11. Gun-wielding Bonnie & Clyde

Wonder if they'll be bringing their guns with them to the convention

[SergeStorms]

13. On the White House lawn?

I don't think the Secret Service would take kindly to that, but how are you going to tell a gun toting republican they can't have their guns? Most of them would never go out of their houses without a gun in their hands. And they're the big, tough, rugged individualists, right?

[onetexan]

17. ah yes, the Idiot is announcing his reelection on the WH lawn. Yea should be interesting how the SS

will deal with the gun-toting RWNJs

[Thekaspervote]

14. Sure..they're happy to give a couple mil. And won't it just be the most inspiring message..VOMIT

[KS Toronado]

15. If this is sending your best, or putting your best foot forward, God better help us.

[JohnnyRingo]

16. "Only the best people"

Even considering the shift in GOP politics since Trump arrived, it's hard to believe this is what they call inspiring. They'll probably talk about Trump blocking low income housing in their neighborhood.

"Can we shoot them yet"?

[Skittles]

18. fucking disgusting paranoid gun humping assholes

so, a good fit for the GOP

[Joinfortmill]

19. What a shit show that's going to be

[keithbvadu2]

20. And the cop who killed the man by kneeling on his neck for over 8 minutes.

And the cop who killed the man by kneeling on his neck for over 8 minutes.

Right up front on the stage.

Trump will be there praising 'Blue Lives Matter'.

[niyad]

21. Dear Goddess, PLEASE tell me this is not true!!!

[keithbvadu2]

23. No... It's a 'what if' to emphasize the Trump philosophy.

[jonric777]

22. Now I get it

Now I can clearly see why we have a second amendment.

[niyad]

31. Welcome to DU.

[patphil]

24. Why am I not surprised.

The part of White Supremacy waves its guns in support of Lord Trump.

Seig Heil!

[Retrograde]

25. Is The Onion now an accepted source for LBN?

Please, please tell me this is from The Onion. Or maybe Borowitz.

What?? It's real? Is he trying to drive away potential voters?

[Sherman A1]

27. It is unfortunately

Very real.

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. Plus Nick Sandmann, the whiny schoolboy from the Lincoln Memorial confrontation

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/08/st-louis-couple-mccloskey-gun-protesters-speaking-republican-convention.html

It's a Convention of the Aggrieved. And they hold the presidency and the senate.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. Disgusting

[honest.abe]

33. These two are a perfect example of what the Republican Party has become.

Sickening.

[honest.abe]

39. LOL!

I think you are on the wrong site.

[Marcuse]

34. Perfect GOP meme: Hate, Fear and Incompetence.

These two idiots exposed their position in a tight grouping and would have been virtually defenseless had the protest not been peaceful.

[LudwigPastorius]

35. The GOP: The Party of Scared White People

...some of them "very fine people".

[Paladin]

36. Bottom-of-the-barrel trash people.

trump's convention is where these shitheads belong.

[GumboYaYa]

37. They have a long history of doing horrible things here in St. Louis.

None of their neighbors can stand them and most of the neighbors signed a letter saying so.

From the St. Louis Post Dispatch: In 2013, he [McCloskey] destroyed bee hives placed just outside of the mansion’s northern wall by the neighboring Jewish Central Reform Congregation and left a note saying he did it, and if the mess wasn’t cleaned up quickly he would seek a restraining order and attorneys fees. The congregation had planned to harvest the honey and pick apples from trees on its property for Rosh Hashanah.

‘Attention! This is private property’
Mark McCloskey left this note after he destroyed bee hives placed just outside of the mansion’s northern wall by the neighboring Jewish Central Reform Congregation.

“The children were crying in school,” Rabbi Susan Talve said. “It was part of our curriculum.”

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/portland-place-couple-who-confronted-protesters-have-a-long-history-of-not-backing-down/article_281d9989-373e-53c3-abcb-ecd0225dd287.html