Suddenly, in the last few days there has been a remarkable upsurge in protesters at Trump rallies. Nothing happened to cause the upsurge. Trump did not say something that caused upset. Trump did not take any new positions that might engender a response. Indeed, the only thing that happened is that Trump swept all the primaries in the North East and became the almost certain Republican nominee. That got me to thinking. Are these protests what Nancy Pelosi calls "astroturf", another word for fake grass roots activism? And if these protests are astroturf, who is it who is paying the protesters to make a scene?
The most likely answer here is that these are astroturf protests. It seems that now that Trump has won, he is getting the full protest response from the professional Democrat victims' groups. We heard earlier in the year that some of the organizations funded by left wing billionaire George Soros were planning these sorts of protests. Now they have popped up out of nowhere and with no cause.
It's actually pretty funny. The last presidential candidate who used this tactic was Richard Nixon. His campaign actually hired people to disrupt Democrat campaign rallies in 1968. We all know what eventually happened to Nixon; he went down when his dishonesty was disclosed. So is Hillary Clinton now the beneficiary of similar tactics? Is her campaign a participant in planning these protests. To use one of Hillary's favorite phrases, is Trump the target of a vast left wing conspiracy?
It really looks like that's the case. And if it turns out that these are paid protesters, it will be a blow against the Clinton campaign from which Hillary will be hard pressed to recover.
The most likely answer here is that these are astroturf protests. It seems that now that Trump has won, he is getting the full protest response from the professional Democrat victims' groups. We heard earlier in the year that some of the organizations funded by left wing billionaire George Soros were planning these sorts of protests. Now they have popped up out of nowhere and with no cause.
It's actually pretty funny. The last presidential candidate who used this tactic was Richard Nixon. His campaign actually hired people to disrupt Democrat campaign rallies in 1968. We all know what eventually happened to Nixon; he went down when his dishonesty was disclosed. So is Hillary Clinton now the beneficiary of similar tactics? Is her campaign a participant in planning these protests. To use one of Hillary's favorite phrases, is Trump the target of a vast left wing conspiracy?
It really looks like that's the case. And if it turns out that these are paid protesters, it will be a blow against the Clinton campaign from which Hillary will be hard pressed to recover.
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