GOP Protest Erupts Outside Broward Elections Office Amid Vote Count

[turbinetree]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By Associated Press
November 9, 2018 1:39 pm

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A group of about 30 sign-holding Republican protesters gathered outside the office of Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” and “God Bless America.”

As the counting of ballots resumed Friday afternoon, Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz called Snipe “either incompetent or corrupt” and accused her of “spinning ballots out of nothing” in the Senate seat between Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic incumbent Bill Nelson.

Gaetz, whose district is in Florida’s Panhandle, also said the state should take over the Broward elections office.

Protesters held signs that said, “Brenda Snipes has to go,” ”stop creating votes” and “don’t steal our election.”

Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gop-protesters-broward-county-elections-office

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They pulled this same shit in 2000...................not happening this time.................and has for Gaetz....................FUCK YOU maybe its time have protesters in you district..................little fucking fascist

[DownriverDem]

1. Like 2000?

Except this time it won't work. repubs disgust me in oh so many ways.

[UCmeNdc]

2. Where are the Democratic Party supporters??

[DownriverDem]

4. Every where

Do you want them to go and fight them? I don't think so.

[RKP5637]

5. Excellent question! n/t

[secondwind]

6. You mean the adults? They are busy protecting Democracy, and the right to count votes.

[benfranklin1776]

51. Agreed we need to stage massive counter protests.

Gore had people in 2000 who wanted to take to the streets in support and his advisers told them to stand down. This absolutely should not happen again and let their bullshit infowars conspiracy narrative pimped by Scott and Agent Orange take hold.

[RKP5637]

3. FFS! "singing "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America."" These, are typical of the fools

in this country trying to tear this nation apart. Will the asses be reading the constitution out loud next. Mindless damn fools.

[deurbano]

13. Should be singing "Dixie"...

[olegramps]

28. Yeah. Dreaming of "beating slaves and selling cotton and praying for the return of Robert E. Lee."

[Demwolv]

7. THEIR CANDIDATE IS STILL AHEAD!!!

I can't wrap my head around the fact that these people are protesting while their candidate is still leading.

Not to mention if they have a problem with how Florida elections are handled maybe they should take it up with their Goven...oh.. shit... wait.

[dchill]

18. But there's something in the air...

The smell of defeat.

[slumcamper]

8. Such a NASTY, ANGRY MOB. (womp-wommmmp) n/t

[Julian Englis]

9. GOP mobs equal high paying jobs for Alt Ight thugs n/t

[zentrum]

10. And this 30 person demo

...will get as much or more media coverage than the 1000's of people across the country who protested yesterday.

I remember how the Teabaggers during Obama's time, used to have little tiny protests and the news would report on it again and again, building up their clout.

[watoos]

15. Bingo!

The corporate controlled M$M controls the narrative.

[elmac]

11. paid for by koch brother money. nt

[watoos]

33. Yeah but he only pays minimum wage,

Soros pays $25.00/hr.

[GoCubsGo]

55. Randi Rhodes said today that it's actually the Mercer family paying them.

Could be Koch money, too, however.

[eShirl]

12. are they carrying tiki torches?

[diva77]

21. in their hearts and minds if not in their hands

[louis c]

14. Protest Erupts?

30 fucking people. My family has more than that at Thanksgiving

[diva77]

16. Theatrics designed to make Dems look like sore losers; intimidation tactics

Using media megaphone to lie and say Dems are trying to steal election

Rethugs have had to pull every trick in their election theft playbook for this election

K&R for exposure

[KCDebbie]

17. Trumped up Brooks Brothers protest, 2018-style!

[Greybnk48]

19. Another bused in Brooks Brother's riot?

We've seen that act before.

[davekriss]

20. Another Brooks Brother riot

So phony. But it was effective in 2000. Shut down the recount during Gore/Bush.

[George II]

22. They're freaking thugs, hoping they can intimidate the people counting the votes. In 2000....

....they shipped in lawyers from all over the country who posed as "Floridians", and disrupted the recount to the extent that they had to stop a few times.

[StevieM]

23. Wow, I was about to post: "the Brooks Brothers riots, part II." Then I got to the bottom of the page

and it turned out the last three poster all wrote the same thing.

It is good that many Democrats recognize the traditional Republican MO. They don't abandon their old tricks, they just get more and more evil in how they implement them.

[hlthe2b]

24. Roger Stone is engaged in the usual ratfu__kery

Link to tweet

[ailsagirl]

25. Those people are effin' nuts

[sfwriter]

26. Just like 2000! They are trying to steal one again.

We need a counter protest.

[Wintryjade]

27. Such de ja vu, every step of the way. We have so been here. A chance to get it right.

And fix what the Republicans did in 2000 and beyond.

[Still In Wisconsin]

29. Brooks Brothers Riot 2.0

Fuck off assholes, not this time.

[OneBro]

30. Teabaggers Choir Sponsored by the Koch Brothers

[titaniumsalute]

31. She was appointed by Jeb Bush

And was caught withholding votes in a blue county? She was trying to help Republicans, not Dems. And got caught.

[cstanleytech]

32. Irony, they play the star spangled banner in protest of counting votes.

[Bengus81]

34. It was ok though when the SC handed Bush.IDIOT a victory and said STOP counting......

Of course that's what they want AGAIN. BTW,thought all those NEO CONS worked and never had time to protest.

[Javaman]

35. you mean like these pieces of shit?

Brooks Brothers riot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

[lark]

40. They weren't volunteers, I talked to them at the Marriott where my daughter had a

competition. There were a bunch of these guys at the motel, drinking up and cheering when their cohorts where shown on tv pounding on the window, threatening the vote counters. We were getting drinks so I heard many different accents and asked where they all were from. These 4 were from AL, GA, KS, OK & AK. I remember it so well because of the guy from Alaska. I was like, wow this is a long way to come to protest. He told me not to worry, the Republican party paid for his plane, motel & food, all he had to do was stop the counting in any way he could. The room was totally packed with these asses, I asked if they were all the same group and he said, yeah, the Republican party is going to win this one way or another so are just flooding the zone and threatening everyone until the stopped.

A few weeks later Bush and Repug party denied this ever happened. God damn these anti-American asses. They better not stop the vote again. Just wonder what is happening in Broward county where Scott sicced LEO to stop the count. I haven't heard any news at all today about count totals, hope it's not because of election theft AGAIN!!!!!!!!! I can't stand it.

[3Hotdogs]

36. --- two for one sale at Brooks Brothers?

[iluvtennis]

37. Hate to say this, but the GOPers believe only the votes of people

Of certain complexion should count.

Every vote should be counted- that’s democracy

[gopiscrap]

38. democrats need to protest then also

[onethatcares]

39. did they start chanting

"Stop counting the votes, Stop counting the votes" yet?

what a fucking country and state I live in.

[pangaia]

41. DEMS aughta stand on corners singing "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America."

And "My Country 'Tis Of Thee"



Boy THAT would confuse the hell out of those ignorant fuckers.




What does " 'tis of the' mean anyway...??

[BumRushDaShow]

42. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

And what would be scarier is when they find out the tune is the same as this -

[pangaia]

57. Right... )))))))))

They would probably rather sing Dixie.

[BumRushDaShow]

58. True!

[red dog 1]

43. K&R, thanks for posting

I love it when Republicans hold up protest signs.

[turbinetree]

46. Your welcome......................

November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.....................

[hurple]

44. FL Dems should flood the area...

Thousands of Dems chanting count every vote will crush 30 Repugs...

[zonkers]

45. Sorry guys, you can't use the same playbook twice and just change everyone's outfits!

[angrychair]

47. 2000 AstroTurf redux

Fuck them

[Delphinus]

48. When I heard this,

it made me remember the 2000 hanging chads and protests.

[NoMoreRepugs]

49. Not going to happen this time - Democratic voters and Democratic candidates have had enough.

[ROB-ROX]

50. NAZI DID THE SAME THING IN THE PAST

They lie about a public concern and then suggest a stupid idea to fix something that is not broken. These idiots did not invent cheating they just copy other conservative cheaters. I am so glad I do not live in that state.

[C_U_L8R]

52. On the anniversary of Kristalnacht

These rightwing republicans aren't subtle

[stonecutter357]

53. russian/cricist actors .

[YessirAtsaFact]

54. Thirty people is not an eruption

Its more like a blip.

[displacedtexan]

56. This shit again? One thing different this time.

Social media.

This time, the response to the deplorables accusing Dems of cheating will be lightning fast.

[elmac]

59. hmmm

[duforsure]

60. They were paid

Just like trump had paid people at his announcing he was running, and were also paid .