Pete Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 The backlash against Trump administration immigration policies has in a matter of days escalated from routine protests to a strategy that includes confronting Cabinet members and other Trump-tied officials in virtually any public venue. Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California over the weekend sought to bring the 'resistance' to a new level when she urged supporters to swarm Cabinet members at gas stations and anywhere else they're seen. "If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere," Waters said. She later told MSNBC that protesters are "going to absolutely harass them." The warning comes after White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave a Virginia restaurant, all following a tumultuous week where the administration was forced to walk back a policy separating immigrant families caught illegally crossing the border. But the sustained backlash and threats of more confrontation have raised security concerns as well as questions over whether a line is being crossed separating legitimate political protest from outright harassment. Waters’ comments drew a strong rebuke from Republican lawmakers amid fears that the protests might escalate. A spokesman for House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was injured in the shooting at a congressional baseball practice just over a year ago, warned about the dangers of overheated rhetoric and protests. “Whip Scalise knows firsthand the dangerous consequences that can result from making political differences personal and vitriolic,” spokeswoman Lauren Fine said in a statement. “We are lucky to live in a country where we have the right to freely debate our differences civilly. Harassment is never an acceptable method of disagreement.” For now, a popular tactic seems to be to confront senior officials at restaurants. Earlier last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen had to cut short a working dinner at a Mexican restaurant in Washington after protesters shouted, "Shame!" until she left. And on Friday – the same day Sanders’ was asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va. – protesters gathered outside Nielsen’s Virginia townhouse, chanting “no justice, no sleep” and playing recordings of immigrant children crying. Stephen Miller, the controversial White House adviser, was also accosted last week when he tried to dine at an upscale Mexican eatery in Washington. “Hey look guys, whoever thought we’d be in a restaurant with a real-life fascist begging [for] money for new cages?” one customer allegedly yelled upon seeing Miller, before the Trump staffer scurried away, according to the New York Post. On Saturday, Florida Attorney General – and ardent Trump supporter – Pam Bondi was confronted by a group of protesters outside the screening of a documentary about Mister Rogers in Tampa. A video of the confrontation shows the Florida AG leaving the theater as several people yell at her, with one woman seen shouting at her about Bondi’s recent actions on health care policy and her stance on immigration. But Bondi told “Fox & Friends” on Monday that the harassment began as she waited in line for tickets and continued inside the theater. “If [Waters] wants people to protest that’s one thing, but they are trying to start a fight,” Bondi said. “I’m not going to change my life, that’s what they want.” Even celebrities are getting into the trolling of the Trump administration, with “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver requesting that his audience send obscene images to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and posting Sessions' email account on air. Actor Peter Fonda also was condemned for his Twitter call to "rip Barron Trump from his mother's arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles." The recent incidents prompted the DHS over the weekend to issue a memo about “a heightened threat" against their employees due to the furor over Trump’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. "This assessment is based on specific and credible threats that have been levied against certain DHS employees and a sharp increase in the overall number of general threats against DHS employees -- although the veracity of each threat varies," the memo from acting deputy secretary of homeland security Claire M. Grady stated, according to CBS News. "In addition, over the last few days, thousands of employees have had their personally identifiable information publically [sic] released on social media." The memo reportedly recommends that employees take numerous safety precautions, including not displaying work badges in public, being careful with public conversations and using caution on all social networks. The White House did not respond to Fox News' request for comment about if any additional security measures are being taken with staff. Many conservative columnists – and even some prominent liberals – have come to the defense of Sanders, Nielsen and other Trump administration staffers for the harassment they face. “The treatment of Sanders at the Red Hen restaurant is the very incarnation of the double standard many conservative Americans feel they've lived under for years,” Michael Graham, a columnist for the Boston Herald, wrote. Regarding the protesters, Graham wrote that “instead of being viewed as ‘terrorists’ and ‘extremists,’ as Tea Partiers were during the Obama era, the perpetrators are celebrated for standing up to ‘evil.’” As Graham suggested, Democrats and moderate Republicans faced similar security concerns during tense town hall meetings during the start of the Tea Party movement early in the Obama administration. David Axelrod, former President Obama’s senior political adviser, took to Twitter over the weekend to lambast the present-day protesters and say they were doing more to help the Trump administration than hurt it. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/25/trump-officials-hounded-and-harassed-as-protester-tactics-take-turn.html Fox News' Chad Pergram contributed to this report. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Soros... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 if anyone of these people get injured or worse, I hope miss waters is held accountable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 This is your Democratic Party boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Dumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Just now, ICEMAN! said: Dumb Yes you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Just now, DAVE said: Yes you are! No Maxine Waters is! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 minute ago, ICEMAN! said: No Maxine Waters is! im shocked! You sure you said that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, ATOMIC PUNK said: im shocked! You sure you said that right? Yup It was a stupid thing to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 She probably got the idea from Trump rally tapes. That said she's a horrible elected official. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XC.Morrison Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 We should all join with Nancy Pelosi who rebuked Waters' remarks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 minute ago, ICEMAN! said: Yup It was a stupid thing to say and I completely agree with you. Protesting is one thing, but down right harassment should not be allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 25, 2018 Author Share Posted June 25, 2018 maybe this will her final nail in the coffin come election time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Gonna be a grand day when we make the democrats live by their own rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 20 minutes ago, ATOMIC PUNK said: maybe this will her final nail in the coffin come election time Yea cause the voters in Watts are really going to be upset by this. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Danger Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 As FBI lawyer #2 would say " Vive le resistance" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momorider Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 They need a castle law for this just shoot the fuck in the face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 25, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 25, 2018 Maxine Waters is the poster child for the miserable fucked up Dems in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted June 25, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Maxine Waters is the poster child for the miserable fucked up Dems in this country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 hour ago, SSFB said: She probably got the idea from Trump rally tapes. . Can’t just comment on the matter at hand? 1 hour ago, XC.Morrison said: We should all join with Nancy Pelosi who rebuked Waters' remarks. Yeah cuz Nancy has been such a uniting force and all.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 25, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 25, 2018 1 minute ago, DriftBusta said: . Can’t just comment on the matter at hand? Yeah cuz Nancy has been such a uniting force and all.... And you can’t bring yourself to praise Pelosi because she is a democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: And you can’t bring yourself to praise Pelosi because she is a democrat. Weren’t you the one who just accusing me of stalking you? The same asshole who out posts me 4 to 1? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSFB Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: . Can’t just comment on the matter at hand? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 30 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: . Can’t just comment on the matter at hand? Yeah cuz Nancy has been such a uniting force and all.... She owns a vineyard. Dont you like wine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 25, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: Weren’t you the one who just accusing me of stalking you? The same asshole who out posts me 4 to 1? I was playing your little game dummy.....should I get my crayons and draw you a picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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