Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event
Source: BuzzFeed
LAS VEGAS Paul Ryan was greeted at The Venetian resort and casino by hundreds of union protesters picketing his finance meeting with Sheldon Adelson and other top campaign donors.
The protesters, from the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO, gathered in the plaza outside the hotel with signs like "Paul Ryan: Hustling for the 1%," and "Romney/Ryan Road to Ruin."
AFGE president John Gage, who was in Las Vegas for his union's convention, told reporters that they were there to demonstrate against Ryan's proposed cuts to the federal government and Medicare.
"Romney Hood, Ryan Hood, not in our neighborhood," he said.
"Ryan, Go Home," the union members shouted. Gage said his union has 300,000 members nation-wide and estimate that about 9,000 or 10,000 are from Nevada.
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Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)besides their activism!
SunSeeker
(51,646 posts)These people have my gratitude and awe.
CountAllVotes
(20,877 posts)I for one agree with the crowd!
recommend!!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)"Romney Hood, Ryan Hood, not in our neighborhood."
Great job AFGE and AFL-CIO!!!!
DCKit
(18,541 posts)DFW
(54,430 posts)Those standards were set by the editorial staff of Pravda in the 1950s, but who's checking?
SunSeeker
(51,646 posts)kathman-duzi
(82 posts)Love the sign that says;
Ryan hustling for the 1%!
Good bumper sticker candidate.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)The unemployment rate is 12% and Marcus & Millichap, a national commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm rates it last among 44 markets rated.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/apr/03/new-reports-confirm-las-vegas-lagging-economic-rec/