Since today is Feb 14th when back in 2011 people started Riots in their Capitol that Nancy Pelosi said were " IMPRESSIVE SHOW OF DEMOCRACY IN ACION" that we are not mad about they physically occupied the capitol for 2 weeks.
And that she stands in solidarity with them
That 14 of Democratic members of the Wisconsin State Senate - did not appear at the capitol for a scheduled vote on a bill fled Wisconsin and traveled to Illinois to delay a vote on the bill. archive.jsonline.com/news/statepoli…
Tim Carpenter
Spencer Coggs
Tim Cullen
Jon Erpenbach
Dave Hansen
Jim Holperin
Robert Jauch
Chris Larson
Julie Lassa
Mark Miller
Fred Risser
Lena Taylor
Kathleen Vinehout
Robert Wirch
Are the 14 that fled to avoid the vote.
The move produced a frantic political drama, as state troopers were reportedly sent out to find the fleeing lawmakers and Walker hinted that the National Guard would be called in to fill the void left by protesting union workers.
Shirts were made for the #Dem14 that ran from the vote.
Democratic Sen. Jon Erpenbach said he and his colleagues wouldn't return until Walker compromised.
archive.jsonline.com/news/statepoli… Police say nearly 70,000 people demonstrated at the Wisconsin State Capitol According to the Madison Police Department, 60,000 people gathered outside the capitol building with another 8,000 inside, which is easily the largest crowd yet as the protests
continue through its fifth day. Department of Administration estimates there were 50,000 people outside and 5,000 inside.
Schools were closed for 2 days.
archive.jsonline.com/blogs/news/116…
Walker the creator of the Bill was heard saying "planting troublemakers among the thousands of peaceful demonstrators at the Capitol" to which the police responded "Our department works hard dialoging with those who are exercising their First Amendment right"
salon.com/2011/02/28/cai… Egypt inspired Wisconsin
Some Protesters even carried Egypt flags at the time a wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in 2010 and 2011, challenging some of the region’s entrenched authoritarian regimes.
A Trump hater photographer who took a picture inside the Capitol 2011 said "This is what Democracy Looks like"
Protests in Madison, Wisconsin. Saturday, March 19, 2011. They set up blow up mattresses February 21, 2011. Yelled on Megaphones
Now I do not agree with the bill. It's the hypocrisy that is behind the movement. The it was okay to do this. But #Jan6thInsurrection was the worst even to happen in history. Imagine if Republicans ran so, they didn't have to vote. #DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica
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