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'No more guns': Protesters escorted out of Paul Ryan fundraiser in Key Biscayne [View all]
BY ALEX HARRIS
aharris@miamiherald.com
February 16, 2018 09:28 PM
Updated February 16, 2018 11:46 PM
Two protesters chanting “no more guns” were removed from a Republican fundraiser in Key Biscayne Friday night after confronting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan about the mass shooting that happened days earlier and miles up the road.
“This is @SpeakerRyan’s version of Thoughts and Prayers. Odd, it looks like a donor event in the tropics,” an activist tweeted, along with a video of people milling about on an outdoor patio.
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Ryan tweeted that the Wednesday shooting, which left 17 people dead and 15 wounded, was “pure evil.”
Maria Thorne, a Key Biscayne activist, said she noticed motorcade traffic clogging up her commute home from her job as a fifth grade teacher at iPrep Academy, where she spent the day reassuring scared students that she could keep them safe from a shooter.
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https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article200663374.html
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