Sunday, July 6, 2014

Are the Anti-Illegal Amnesty Protests the New Tea Party?

The Murrieta protest strongly reminded me of what the Tea Party used to do when it came to ObamaCare. A small number of ordinary people used social media to get the word out and organize protests. - Daniel Greenfield/Front Page

The media denounced them. The politicians denounced them. But in the end they helped turned the tide of public opinion.

In the Murrieta protest, much of the organizing seems to have come from Patrice Lynes, a nurse, using ◼ Twitter and ◼ Facebook.
She described what she did: “I just called two friends, we got out on the street to warn all the citizens what was happening … then we started to show up at our Border Patrol station to support the Border Patrol, to say we understand that your hands are tied, we know you’re not allowed to enforce the laws, but we want the illegals repatriated to their home countries.”

“I am willing to help whomever wants to do this,” she said. “I’m inspired because I love America!”
That’s how real populist grass roots action works.

The patriots are pitted against an army of special interests. NBC has been deliberately astroturfing pro-amnesty protesters, right down to pushing a Twitter hashtag. The Republican Party’s top people are pushing amnesty and lying about it.