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RandySF

(58,768 posts)
Tue May 5, 2020, 03:56 AM May 2020

'It's not a pandemic': Boston protesters chant 'it's a hoax' and 'Make America Great Again'

Protests continue against stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Saturday, a large crowd gathered at the Massachusetts state capitol in Boston to protest the shutdown order by Gov. Charlie Baker (R-MA) and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.

Matt Stout, state house reporter for the Boston Globe, documented the protest from inside the capitol.

He reported protesters saying “this is communism” and “we don’t want your shutdown anymore.”

“It’s not a pandemic!” a speaker falsely claimed. “The reason why they’re doing this … to turn the United States of America into the United Socialist States of America.”

He said the crowd chanted “It’s a hoax! It’s a hoax!” and “It’s time to make America great again.





https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/its-not-a-pandemic-boston-protesters-chant-its-a-hoax-and-make-america-great-again/

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'It's not a pandemic': Boston protesters chant 'it's a hoax' and 'Make America Great Again' (Original Post) RandySF May 2020 OP
Fine large tirebiter May 2020 #1
Idiots.. they're chanting what trump drilled into their questionable Cha May 2020 #2
These people are not Bostonians. smirkymonkey May 2020 #3
If MA's in ordered stay in place,they should be ID'd, charged w' trespassing & public endangerment. ancianita May 2020 #4
Will they test that Hoax idea? bucolic_frolic May 2020 #5
Morons sums it up. nt cstanleytech May 2020 #6
These nasty spreaders need to man up and take the toilet challenge Blues Heron May 2020 #7
i agree!!!! samnsara May 2020 #14
I keep posting this that I stole from someone here, gab13by13 May 2020 #8
COVID 19 Pan-DUMB-ic newsboy May 2020 #9
Mass covid stats, Worldometer, 5/5 Maeve May 2020 #10
Well musclecar6 May 2020 #11
You maniacs! tanyev May 2020 #12
Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great. keithbvadu2 May 2020 #13
Compliments of the 'president' of the United States. spanone May 2020 #15
Who would benefit from our country killing it's population and bankrupting us.... mitch96 May 2020 #16
I hope they were paid in advance. lpbk2713 May 2020 #17

tirebiter

(2,535 posts)
1. Fine large
Tue May 5, 2020, 04:33 AM
May 2020

They haven't had a Million Fool March. It took one nurse to stop the closet thing they had to a parade.

Cha

(297,141 posts)
2. Idiots.. they're chanting what trump drilled into their questionable
Tue May 5, 2020, 04:41 AM
May 2020

brains when he wasted 70 precious days calling the CV a "democrat hoax".

Yes the Massachusetts Gov is a repub.. so how's he liking the magat cult?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
3. These people are not Bostonians.
Tue May 5, 2020, 05:27 AM
May 2020

We are taking this seriously. They have come in from out of state and fringe groups in state. Fuck them. I despise these cowards.

ancianita

(36,023 posts)
4. If MA's in ordered stay in place,they should be ID'd, charged w' trespassing & public endangerment.
Tue May 5, 2020, 05:44 AM
May 2020

MA public endangerment law specifically states "children." But children are every place these protestors are, anyway.

Reckless Endangerment of a Child under 18. A person may violate Massachusetts G.L. ... Pursuant to the law, anyone who wantonly or recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse to a child shall be imprisoned in the house of correction for not more than 2.5 years.https://www.bostoncriminaldefenselawyers.com/reckless-endangerment-of-a-child-under-18.html

gab13by13

(21,304 posts)
8. I keep posting this that I stole from someone here,
Tue May 5, 2020, 06:53 AM
May 2020

This is the first Civil War where the rebels are killing themselves.

Maeve

(42,279 posts)
10. Mass covid stats, Worldometer, 5/5
Tue May 5, 2020, 07:58 AM
May 2020

Total cases--60,087 deaths--4,090 deaths per million--599, making them the 4th worst in the country after NY, NJ and Conn.

Go lemmings, go

musclecar6

(1,685 posts)
11. Well
Tue May 5, 2020, 08:01 AM
May 2020

When you have a mentally ill megalomaniac hell bent on doing whatever it takes to get re-elected in his pea brain as a "role model", it's not surprising the idiotic reckless chaos going on.

keithbvadu2

(36,774 posts)
13. Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.
Tue May 5, 2020, 08:04 AM
May 2020

Many thousands (millions?) of republicans are wearing red hats that say America is not great.

What countries are they going back to?

lpbk2713

(42,753 posts)
17. I hope they were paid in advance.
Tue May 5, 2020, 08:25 AM
May 2020


Trump is known for not living up to his promises for
what he agrees to pay for services rendered.

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