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and how liberals now complain about Obama being called a fascist?
Get ready to the next level of incivility without end, once again brought by the left:
Group targets Speaker Boehner
Get ready to the next level of incivility without end, once again brought by the left:
Group targets Speaker Boehner
Group targets Speaker Boehners (small-h) house
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By: Barbara Hollingsworth 02/17/11 3:56 PM
Local Opinion Editor
When did demonstrating at the private homes of politicians or corporate executives become an acceptable way to voice ones political opinions?
Nearly two dozen activists from DC Vote swarmed House Speaker John Boehners Capitol Hill residence at 7:30 Thursday morning, chanting Dont tread of D.C. and No taxation without representation to protest congressional meddling in the Districts local affairs, in particular a House continuing budget resolution that would cut $80 million in federal payments and prohibit the city from using local funds to pay for needle exchange programs and abortions.
Speaker Boehner is coming to our home telling us how to spend our money, Ilir Zherka, the groups executive director, told his followers. We decided to come to his house to tell him to leave D.C. alone.
After Capitol Police officers blocked their way by using bikes to erect a makeshift barricade, the protestors remained outside Boehners home for more than an hour.
This is the same tactic used last month by protestors who dont want Wal-Mart to open a new store in D.C. As DCist reported:
Instead of demonstrating at one of the possible Walmart locations or making their opinions known to members of the D.C. Council, the protesters descended on the Woodley Park home of Dick Knapp, an executive at Foulger-Pratt, the company that is set to develop the Georgia Avenue Walmart.
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