MAGA rally at Capitol flops with only 27 attendees; Organizers blame "paid agitators" with whistles.

[yellowcanine]

https://www.rawstory.com/maga-rally-flops/
"Fervent supporters of Jan. 6 defendants, a MAGA-loving fashion designer, and a rough-and-tumble gentleman dressed in early colonial garb were just a few of the characters back outside the Capitol, equally upset at President Joe Biden and over Capitol rioters remaining behind bars," said the report. "Despite their attempts to draw in the MAGA faithful by playing Donald Trump speeches ahead of their first speaker, the 'Stop the Tyrants & Unite for Freedom' gathering flopped. Even with frequent Steve Bannon podcast guest Matt Braynard in attendance, a mere 27 individuals — including two hired private security guards — showed up."

According to the report, the event leaders were badly spooked by the presence of five liberal activists. "These weren’t any activists. Instead, these activists, who event organizer John Paul Moran referred to as 'paid agitators' and members of Antifa, brought particularly upsetting and bothersome trinkets to derail the pro-Trump rally: whistles," said the report. "'I want you to recognize something,' Braynard said. 'They are trying to interrupt. That’s why they’re blowing the whistle. To make it hard to hear us!'"

So five agitators with whistles were able to shut down a MAGA rally? Good to know. I have a couple of whistles. Who wants to join me at the next MAGA rally?

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Whistles Stopped People...

...from showing up in the first place?
How the heck would that work?

[yellowcanine]

3. They also blamed emails going into spam folders.

Maybe because the emails were spam?

[TheBlackAdder]

7. The email servers probably flushed them as the turds they were.

[COL Mustard]

20. Turds at least serve a purpose

They are nitrogen-rich and can be turned into fertilizer. Or, alternatively, they can be placed into bags, put on MAGATs' front porches, and lit on fire!

[Walleye]

2. Whistles! Oh the humanity!

[yellowcanine]

5. I know. I never thought of my whistle as having so much power until now!

Sounds like a business opportunity. Sell anti-MAGA whistles to the liberal masses.

[Rebl2]

16. There you go

They are really quiet annoying, so go for it!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. What spooked the MAGAts is that whistles were NOT dog whistles! . . . . nt

[TheBlackAdder]

6. They weren't just whistles, they were MAGA Call whistles

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[yellowcanine]

8. And here I was ready to blame the lack of portapotties.....

[3Hotdogs]

9. Looking at photos of participants at this display of patriotism --- George Carlin comes to mind.....

"Why, WHy, WHY is it that people who are anti-abortion, are people you wouldn't wanna fuck in the first place?"

[Chainfire]

10. I guess I am going to have to buy me a whistle.

[David__77]

11. Yes, whistles can be very useful in this way.

There are too many times that reactionaries are given quiet access to the public square.

[Mr. Ected]

12. You can take my whistle from my cold dead hands

If whistles are the antidote, we need to stock up.

[Jirel]

13. Oh, the fragility!

[malaise]

14. I live this OP

Rec

[louis-t]

15. "The activists weren't just scary, they were very, very

very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, VERY scary!"

[Iggo]

37. And devilish? I bet they were devilish.

[COL Mustard]

17. Awwww.....

Do they have a sad??? GOOD!

[hatrack]

18. Next time - vuvuzelas!!!

[gibraltar72]

19. It's like uh nukeular weppins!

[niyad]

21. Didgeridoos next time?? Or . . .bagpipes!

[FrankTC]

25. Plus OMG the Tuba Guy

Or maybe release the entire arsenal -- didgeridoos, bagpipes, the tuba, and ukeleles!

[niyad]

28. And kazoos!

[Rural_Progressive]

43. You just stole my thunder

I am an accomplished kazoo performer and will happily donate recordings to anyone showing up to disturb the mentally disturbed rallies.

[niyad]

51. That is so thoughtful of you.

[niyad]

30. Goodness! I just googled "high pitched musical instruments"! ohhhh myyyy

the possibilities!!

[DownriverDem]

22. If folks had to

respond online and get tickets I've see some pretty clever ways to mess things up. Left leaners get tickets and just don't go. Some request tickets in their pet's name too.

[multigraincracker]

23. Just in time for the next rally......

[Ray Bruns]

24. All this prove is that the trump movement is definitely a cult.

Their god didn’t show up so nobody wanted to attend.

[dchill]

26. You ain't just whistling Dixie!

[Emile]

27. This the same group calling for a Civil War?

[Kaleva]

38. It's the people we are supposed to live in fear of.

[calimary]

29. That's VERY good to know.

It creates difficulty and interference. Not only does it blurr out any attempts at verbal communication. It can actually be painful if you’re too close to one. And what will you instinctively be compelled to do? Try desperately to cover your ears - which makes it hard to aim a weapon at anybody.

[twodogsbarking]

31. Anyone they don't like or understand is a member of Antifa.

That's nearly everyone.

[Hortensis]

35. Lol, right! Must drive those trying to find "nearly everyone" crazy.

Most internet search hits ask "what is Antifa" and give definitions of an antifascist movement but,...no website.

The domestic terrorist groups who attacked the Capitol counted on "Antifa" showing themselves and giving them excuse to retrieve and attack with their military weapons, but, damn!, once again Antifa was too intangible for them.

"Nearly everyone" did show up afterward -- BIG time!; but, oddly enough, the fascists still can't find the antifascists.

[twodogsbarking]

45. Antifa is the 21st century snipe.

[Hortensis]

47. Lol, yes. The fools' projection of themselves as the fools' target.

But in this case they ESPECIALLY needed their projection to be real and now blame their failure to kill on its absence. ...

[BittyJenkins]

32. Not Whistles! OMG!

[gratuitous]

50. Run away, run away!

Delicate little snowflakes, ain't they?

[SCantiGOP]

33. The ultimate irony

They were complaining that the whistles could damage the hearing of our fine, heroic enforcement officers who were standing betweeen the protestors and the crowd — yet one of the purposes of the rally was to demand that the Jan6 rioters be released from prison.

[FSogol]

34. Whistles kept them from hearing dog whistles!

[William769]

36. They know they can go to jail.

[LakeArenal]

39. And.... I was called a snowflake this week...

Because I don’t want to “discuss” politics at the farmers market. I wish I had a whistle!!!

We need to co-opt all whistles. Liberal whistle blowers. Whoop There it is.

[EarthFirst]

40. I can see it now...

Emails inviting tens of thousands to Washington D.C. weeks in advance and would be participants mulling the idea over; ultimately deciding to decline because there might be whistles…

Am I understanding this correctly?

[maxrandb]

41. Those weren't whistles. They were just saying "Ni"

[IronLionZion]

42. Whistles are a dangerous Antifa weapon that discourages patriots from showing up

1 whistling Antifa can ruin your life. 5 whistling Antifas is a socialist takeover of our freedoms

[RestoreAmerica2020]

44. Wow who knew whistles had such power...instead warring with tanks, guns, air bombers

..nuclear bombs --whistles blaring would have staved back the enemy. Well I have been advised to carry a whistle when I got out shopping in case I'm attacked in parking lot -- and I do, just never knew it would scare off kkknaziwhitehitesupremacists aka maga republiklans.

Just imagine if capitol police would have collectively used their whistles (police carry whistles, right? ) they would have had those rioters running for their lives..oath keepers who weve seen march up capitol steps in stacked formation.would have said, ..I'm not going in there--hell no-- reported to guy with patch abort mission ..why? Guy with patch asks and probably ffg45 on burner phone sitting on his fat ass watching riot..guy ..yelling into phone whistles, they've got whistles! We're getting the hell out of here.. turned and high tailed out of there..anyway


Note: damn water backed up son and my 90 yr old dad came by to fix..will be back to edit..

[Brainfodder]

46. The excuses are going to get better and better for comedy, I aint worried.

WISE UP!
WISE UP!
WISE UP!

[Blue Owl]

48. Thank God there was no sidewalk chalk!

[dembotoz]

49. so i could GET PAID to do that?

where do i send my 1099