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riversedge

(70,183 posts)
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 03:41 PM Jun 2021

'Trump won' and Proud Boys signs get multiple people kicked out of Florida baseball park

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Source: Orlando Sentinel




Jun 10, 2021 at 12:42 PM

At least five people were kicked out of a Florida baseball park this week for displaying enormous banners in support of the Proud Boys and Donald Trump, according to news reports.

Miami-Dade County’s loanDepot Park does not allow signs bigger than 3 feet by 5 feet, NBC Miami reported.



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The insurrectionists who descended on the nation’s capital briefly disrupted the certification of Biden’s presidential win and sent terrified lawmakers running for their lives.

The mob marched to the Capitol and broke through police barricades and overwhelmed officers, violently shoving their way into the building to chants of “Hang Mike Pence” and “Stop the Steal.” Some rioters came prepared with pepper spray, baseball bats and other weapons.


Read more: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/florida/os-ne-trump-proud-boys-signs-ejections-miami-marlins-baseball-game-20210610-ryf4zmw7czfq7fyxr64z6qugmu-story.html






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Mr.Bill

(24,274 posts)
1. The disturbing thing is
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 04:32 PM
Jun 2021

they weren't thrown out for what was printed on the signs, it was the size of the signs that broke the rules.

Angleae

(4,482 posts)
2. Stadium is owned by Miami-Dade county. They can't discriminate on what is said (1st amendment)
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 05:28 PM
Jun 2021

Mr.Bill

(24,274 posts)
3. Another reason the government and taxpayers
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 05:33 PM
Jun 2021

shouldn't be in the sports arena business.

stopdiggin

(11,292 posts)
6. Right. Virtually NOTHING to do with Trump or Proud Boys
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 11:36 PM
Jun 2021

too bad. but let's not play games of pretend.

(also have to point out that some people have a deliberate intent of getting kicked out of sporting events -- witness recent behavior in basketball, soccer, etc.)

FlyingPiggy

(3,383 posts)
4. not just kicked out. They should have been banned.
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 05:44 PM
Jun 2021

C Moon

(12,212 posts)
5. What a sad life they are going to lead: living in complete denial of reality.
Thu Jun 10, 2021, 09:39 PM
Jun 2021

August will come and go.
Trump will still be yelling new dates that he will be put back in;
and these idiots will follow blindly—giving money all along the way.

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)
7. Which is why i don't think they'll ever succeed. They live in a world of delsuion
Fri Jun 11, 2021, 06:59 AM
Jun 2021

Thus they cannot come up with a workable plan as it won't be based on reality.

Omaha Steve

(99,573 posts)
8. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Fri Jun 11, 2021, 10:07 AM
Jun 2021

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