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Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event (Wow!) - updated [View all]
Ryan Greeted In Las Vegas By Protests Outside Adelson Event
Unions protest the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee.
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...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.
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Approximately 40 high-level donors gathered at what the campaign called a "finance event" featuring billionaire mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who owns the casino. Donors dressed in suits were spotted leaving the event holding envelopes emblazoned with the Romney Victory logo, but would not talk to reporters.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/ryan-greeted-in-las-vegas-by-protests-outside-adel
Unions protest the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee.
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...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.
<...>
Approximately 40 high-level donors gathered at what the campaign called a "finance event" featuring billionaire mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who owns the casino. Donors dressed in suits were spotted leaving the event holding envelopes emblazoned with the Romney Victory logo, but would not talk to reporters.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/ryan-greeted-in-las-vegas-by-protests-outside-adel
Updated to add other reports.
Paul Ryan, Sheldon Adelson greeted by hundreds of protesters in Las Vegas
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/paul-ryan-sheldon-adelson-greeted-by-hundreds-of-protesters-in-las-vegas/2012/08/15/434b0864-e6ea-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_blog.html
Paul Ryan Meets with Nevada Donors as Protest Rages Outside
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/paul-ryan-meets-with-nevada-donors-as-protest-rages-outside/
Ryan meets with Vegas casino mogul as hundreds protest
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/14/13286238-ryan-meets-with-vegas-casino-mogul-as-hundreds-protest?lite
Protesters greet running mate Ryan on Vegas strip
http://news.yahoo.com/protesters-greet-running-mate-ryan-vegas-strip-024931746.html
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