Conservative groups protest at Grijalva's Tucson office

[pampango]

Source: KOLD-TV

They are calling on Washington to cut, cap and balance the federal budget before America asks for a credit extension. The people calling for that are members of the conservative group, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity">Americans For Prosperity. Other groups, including the Tea Party, were at the protest.

They organized a protest at Rep. Raul Grijalva's Tucson office Thursday. Inside the congressional office, protester Martha Wicklund told a staff member, "Raul Grijalva does represent me in this district. And I don't agree with his stand. I don't agree with the progressive belief."

Grijalva says his plan is the Congressional Progressive Caucus' "The People's Budget." "Our budget balances by the year 2021, no other budget does that, does it in 10 years. And it creates a surplus. And we don't touch the programs that people care about: education. We create a jobs program to put the people to work. We strengthen social security and medicare," Grijalva said.

Grijalva is defiant. He accuses some groups, including the Tea Party, of using the economic downtown to go after programs they never liked. "No amount of hysterics that they do at my office is going to convince me that I have to vote to cut Social Security and Medicare in order to satisfy their political agenda," Grijalva said.

Americans for Prosperity's Hoelscher estimates that about 50 people dropped by during the hour-long demonstration.

Read more: http://www.kold.com/story/15085103/conservative-groups-protest-at-rep-grijalvas-tucson-office

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The last sentence in the story should have been the first. :)

[SoapBox]

1. Bullies and Thugs...

Doing what they do best...trying to bully their agenda.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. He needs to get people in his area that support him to come out and show support.

[MineralMan]

3. Ah. A 50 Moron March.

Never mind.

[Roy Rolling]

4. Boo hoo

It is so sad when 50 paid sock puppets don't get their way.

[Plucketeer]

5. I really like Grijalva

He's one of the white hats.

[No Elephants]

9. Well, he certainly makes his position heard. Then, he votes pretty much the

same as most of the other Democrats in the House.

I agree with his stands, though. Just wish our system weren't broken.

[denverbill]

6. And how many of the 50 were on Medicare and Social Security? n/t

[whosinpower]

7. More Koch brothers crap

Americans for prosperity is funded by the Koch Brothers.

Put it another way - according to them - prosperity stands at odds with the progressive belief - or prosperity stands tall with regressive beliefs.

[No Elephants]

8. Oh, noes!!111!!! A protest by tens of people!

How did it even make the media, ffs?

"Raul Grijalva does represent me in this district. And I don't agree with his stand."

Well, President Bush and Darth Cheney represented me in this country. And I didn't agree with any of their stand.

Elections have consequences, rigged or not, interfered with by the SCOTUS or not. Move on.