Discussion: Chaffetz Said He Believes Town Hall Protestors Were Paid, Not From Utah

Buses of illegal voters to N.H., buses of protesters to Utah and elsewhere - hey, maybe it’s a renewed version of this group, going on road trips all across the country to disrupt the Trump/Republican destruction of the nation. The Merry Pranksters live again!

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Republicans cannot imagine that people oppose their policies unless they are paid to do it. They won, they have a mandate!

Chaffetz: this is what Democracy looks like.

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Ah… the true test! Yes indeed, but must keep pedal to the metal - or be laughed at once again.

ETA: It will be tough though.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/11/why-democrats-cant-just-obstruct-their-way-back-into-power/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_fix-democrats-736am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.fc5150b01d9f

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The complaint about paid protesters is just a more overt dog whistle to a basic NewGOP meme, the same way that Soros is a dog whistle for Elders of Zion/Illuminati. It doesn’t matter if everyone else laughs at the claim so long as the hardcore 20% of simpletons nod judiciously.

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Simple solution Mr. Chaffetz–PROVE IT!

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Good point. Busing Democrats from Boston to Manchester is no big deal; busing Democrats to Utah is no easy matter.

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For every so-called “Soros Paid” protestor, there’s at least six “NRA Paid” protestors. It’s a fact.

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Oh man up you little snowflakes. Every time someone protests your odious lies they are from somewhere ELSE? You walk out on stage and say you are for getting rid of the Dept. of Education because of Betsy DeVos while sitting on your ass while she was being rammed thru? There are two sides of the fence and you are trying to straddle. These people are in your district no matter how much you tried to gerrymander it for your benefit.

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Me - Yesterday:

It’s amazing that George Soros could find that many liberal activists for hire in Utah!

That was quick.

Also: Easiest prediction ever.

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NO he doesn’t believe they were paid.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/2/9/1632123/-Utah-congressman-bolts-an-hour-early-from-constituent-town-hall-amid-Your-last-term-chants

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shove your head deeper in the sand you dumb fuck, that’s always the best solution

guess you’ll find out whether you are correct at your next town hall, or the ballot box, hopefully the later

how’s looking your daughter in the eyes these days, now that you are protecting donnie boy? she should intern at the pink house this summer, maybe she could pick up a little russian while working with some of the greatest political minds the world has ever seen and make america great again

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Chaffetz later added that they learned their tactics from the Freedom Riders in the early '60s who were just trouble making college students earning extra money for tuition and beer…

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That would be one of the least odd things any die-hard Mormon believes.

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Fake photo — no nametags!

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I live in Tucson, AZ and there isn’t enough money in the country to entice me into a bus bound for Utah. I’d sooner travel to South Dakota in the back of a semi filled with artichokes.

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Let’s see the evidence, asshole.

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Me, I think Jason is just adorable in his loyalty to Trump. Or fear of Trump, who knows?

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golden tablets found by a tripping 14 year old anybody? best foundation for a religion evah!

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If you need a brief, cynical way to suggest that something’s an obviously self-serving lie, and you do, I offer this:

[MRDA][1]

Fairly obscure, but there’s lots of reasons to like it. During the Profumo Affair, which involved sexual stuff and Russians, when this one woman Mandy Rice-Davies was told during one of the ensuing trials that a certain William Waldorf “Bill” Astor II, 3rd Viscount Astor, had denied having an affair with or even knowing her, she said, “Well, he would, wouldn’t he?” and so endeared herself to the British public basically until the end of time. So anyway it could be useful. Gonna be a lot of lies to not let slide completely before this is all over.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRDA_(slang)

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Lil’ J and the rest of the rethug posse are going to be in a world of hurt when they discover (too late) that calling their constituents “paid protesters” is going to backfire mightily. You can’t insult all of the people all of the time and expect no repercussions.

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