Ted Cruz chased out of D.C. restaurant by protesters....

September 25, 2018, 08:36 AM

trapper189

quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
video of the incident

https://twitter.com/SmashRacis.../1044408830564683776

this will continue, until there are consequences

I agree wholeheartedly. These are the actions of people who have never faced consequences for poor behavior. They learn in school that they won't face punishment from those who supposedly have the authority to mete out consequences.

I really believe we should have the legal ability to punch people say 5 times a year without reprecussions. Most people would rethink their approach to other people after a punch or two. The slow learners would basically get daily beatings until they figured it out.

Maybe tasing would be better. I'll bet "don't tase my bro" guy thinks differently now.

September 25, 2018, 08:46 AM

lyman

quote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
quote:
Originally posted by sdy:
video of the incident

https://twitter.com/SmashRacis.../1044408830564683776

this will continue, until there are consequences

I agree wholeheartedly. These are the actions of people who have never faced consequences for poor behavior. They learn in school that they won't face punishment from those who supposedly have the authority to mete out consequences.

I really believe we should have the legal ability to punch people say 5 times a year without reprecussions. Most people would rethink their approach to other people after a punch or two. The slow learners would basically get daily beatings until they figured it out.

[sarcasm] that would be bullying,, and that is bad

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they know what they are doing, never touch, just scream, get close and cause a ruckus,
hoping someone will trip and fall into them or take a swing,

wondering how many at the different restaurants these thing happen at, whose meals and evening are disrupted, bring it up with management?

if the wife and I were nearby, and had out meal disrupted by such tomfoolery, I would definitely voice my displeasure to management, and not be willing to pay a dime, would probably get up and leave,

September 25, 2018, 08:56 AM

ChuckFinley

Has the restaurant been named?

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September 25, 2018, 09:11 AM

zoom6zoom

They're yelling about racism, but they're the ones assaulting a Hispanic man attempting to enjoy dinner with his family. Flip the headlines on them.

September 25, 2018, 09:18 AM

TRshootem

I'm convinced that those whose money is involved have one goal in mind: To provoke some right wing, gun totin' hot head into a scene to be then splattered on media world wide. Awesome restraint so far.

Bring your harassment routine to Montana, we throw cow pies and carry fencing tools

September 25, 2018, 09:24 AM

TigerDore

quote:
Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
They're yelling about racism, but they're the ones assaulting a Hispanic man attempting to enjoy dinner with his family. Flip the headlines on them.

The Left owns 90% of the headlines.

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September 25, 2018, 09:24 AM

Loaded Round

quote:
Originally posted by bobtheelf:
quote:
Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
Every time something like this happens, it just makes me wonder why our elections are even close, much less why the Democrats can win anything. Is this the America people want to live in? Are these the people who should be handed power? It just baffles me. I we send a message in the mid-terms and take even more power away from them.

Because most people will never see this video.

I wonder if Cruz could use this video in his campaign advertising?

September 25, 2018, 09:25 AM

sdy

quote:
Has the restaurant been named?

Fiola, an Italian restaurant near the Capitol building.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/25...kavanaugh/index.html

The restaurant bears responsibility too (IMHO). If someone comes in to be a customer, and a mob harasses them, the restaurant should take immediate action to order the mob to leave. Call 911 first, then protect the customers, record the incident.

September 25, 2018, 09:35 AM

HK Ag

In my head the restaurant owner pulls a Bronx Tale and locks the door on these fools, and the kitchen staff comes out to suffer these fools!

"Now yuse cant leave!"

Please ask your friends and family to vote in the mid-Term so much rides on it.

HK Ag

September 25, 2018, 09:42 AM

JALLEN

quote:
Originally posted by zoom6zoom:
They're yelling about racism, but they're the ones assaulting a Hispanic man attempting to enjoy dinner with his family. Flip the headlines on them.

An immigrant at that!

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson

"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown

September 25, 2018, 09:43 AM

greyeyezz

quote:
The restaurant bears responsibility too (IMHO). If someone comes in to be a customer, and a mob harasses them, the restaurant should take immediate action to order the mob to leave.

This. Feeling threatened by an unhinged mob I would have unloaded a barrage of pepper spray.

No one would be eating at Fiola's that evening.

September 25, 2018, 09:56 AM

HayesGreener

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Originally posted by Rick Lee:
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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
I ask again. Where in Hell is security for these senators?

They generally don't get Capitol Police escorts unless they're in the leadership. Most of their daily travels around the Hill are either secure buildings or in between them with lots of Cap. Police around. But even the Cap. Police escorts won't step in unless a protectee is being threatened. I think Pam Bondi (AG of FL) has been confronted a few times in public and to the point that the protester's yelling was getting spittle on her, and her state police escorts didn't step in.

I understand they only get ad hoc protection when there is a threat but last time I saw this behavior toward a senator it was Mitch McConnell and he had no security either. In this video those people were way inside Cruz' personal space. The fringe loonies are being stirred and it's just a matter of time before someone gets killed in this environment of incivility.

September 25, 2018, 09:59 AM

ChuckFinley

He should eat here: Mari Vanna DC and make lib heads explode.
Great food and I have no doubt that the staff wouldn't put up with any crap.

September 25, 2018, 10:02 AM

Doc H.

A follow up, more troubling question. How did they know he was going to be there?

September 25, 2018, 10:09 AM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by Doc H.:
A follow up, more troubling question. How did they know he was going to be there?

That was my thought, too. Stalking?

September 25, 2018, 10:11 AM

Mars_Attacks

Paid stalkers.

September 25, 2018, 10:20 AM

Loaded Round

quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
quote:
Originally posted by Doc H.:
A follow up, more troubling question. How did they know he was going to be there?
That was my thought, too. Stalking?

Remember in 97 when the Martins were caught taping Newt Gingrich's cell phone calls. I can only imagine the extent of surveillance the Democrats use against their enemies at this point.