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alp227

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Thu Aug 22, 2019, 12:24 AM Aug 2019

Activists interrupt Pelosi award ceremony in San Francisco, demand she take action to impeach Trump [View all]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Activists interrupted a ceremony in a San Francisco hotel where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was being honored Wednesday evening and demanded that she spearhead impeachment proceedings to remove President Trump from the White House.

They stood on dining chairs, unfurled black tapestries with the phrase, “We can’t wait” and chanted “Which side are you on, Pelosi? Impeach!” inside the grand ballroom of the InterContinental San Francisco hotel where the San Francisco Democratic Party was honoring Pelosi with a lifetime achievement award.

“Impeach Trump now!” activists, who had initially been quietly seated in the audience, shouted. One woman, Thais Marques, screamed into the packed room that her “people are being killed by white supremacists” across the country. She demanded action from Pelosi. Another activist said, “We are your constituents!”

Pelosi supporters tried to drown out the activists by chanting, “Let her speak” and waving signs of Pelosi’s face superimposed onto Rosie the Riveter’s likeness. Others opted to say “hush” in deep, hoarse voices, while others screamed, “Sit down!”

Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Activists-interrupt-Pelosi-award-ceremony-in-San-14369487.php

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Bravo to those activists! LonePirate Aug 2019 #1
Explain how this had an impact on Pelosi's decision making brooklynite Aug 2019 #29
The will of the people pelosi... Maxheader Aug 2019 #31
How many of "the people" were at the protest? lapucelle Aug 2019 #38
I don't really give 2 cents Maxheader Aug 2019 #43
I like to know what a group represents and whose interests they serve lapucelle Aug 2019 #45
good dweller Aug 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author lapucelle Aug 2019 #3
This makes so much sense given that Pelosi DURHAM D Aug 2019 #4
+1 Lulu KC Aug 2019 #20
BUT Lulu KC Aug 2019 #21
We are Bayard Aug 2019 #35
Ditto. nt Phoenix61 Aug 2019 #51
Only history will tell if she's being brilliantly patient and deliberate or naively reticent to act. CincyDem Aug 2019 #5
Yup Lulu KC Aug 2019 #22
That's if history is still around in the next 15 months. Dave Starsky Aug 2019 #55
and do these activists know whether there are enough votes to impeach? onenote Aug 2019 #6
I believe this is Marques profile still_one Aug 2019 #7
Credo Mobile's super pac doesn't seem to have done much to stop Trump in 2016. lapucelle Aug 2019 #12
Thanks! Lulu KC Aug 2019 #23
This makes me wonder customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #8
To try and get trump re-elected still_one Aug 2019 #9
I saw it happen in 1968 customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #10
The Chicago Convention still_one Aug 2019 #11
One of Credo Action's campaign mgrs wants the DNC to sanction a climate debate. lapucelle Aug 2019 #13
did they endorse and do anything to support Jay Inslee ? JI7 Aug 2019 #27
The group says it doesn't endorse candidates. N/T lapucelle Aug 2019 #28
well, that's convenient . JI7 Aug 2019 #30
Many groups being formed or infiltrated now by russian kgb agents and gop undercover Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #52
These "activists" sure are stupid PSPS Aug 2019 #14
I agree larwdem Aug 2019 #15
This is what alleged BLM members did to HRC during the 2016 underthematrix Aug 2019 #16
Post removed Post removed Aug 2019 #17
Please educate me how impeaching Trump would get rid or him when we do not have the majority in the still_one Aug 2019 #26
People want impeachment whether or not it results in removal. SunSeeker Aug 2019 #36
True,, except the poster doesn't appear to be arguing it from that point of view, but saying if still_one Aug 2019 #40
I don't think you can speak for the poster. nt SunSeeker Aug 2019 #42
Do 'people ' understand that we will almost certainly lose the house if we impeach for no real Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #46
How can you say Impeaching the most corrupt president in history has "no real gain"? SunSeeker Aug 2019 #48
If you are right THEN all Dems would have to go on record to impeach, would that Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #53
Yep, I think Orange County, CA is an example of Rachel Bitecofer's analysis. SunSeeker Aug 2019 #56
I don't like the group's trolling tactics. N/T lapucelle Aug 2019 #47
My daughter was at the dinner. She only saw two protestors actually at the dinner, but more deurbano Aug 2019 #18
Which is common for a LOT of "protestors" at many different events. oldsoftie Aug 2019 #34
Nadler has made it clear that there is an "informal" impeachment hearing going on in the judiciary Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #19
THANK YOU! Lulu KC Aug 2019 #24
They don't get it. Nancy's playing 5 dimension Tiddly-winks while McTurtle in the Senate is playing 3Hotdogs Aug 2019 #25
Don't you mean while Rome is burning? KPN Aug 2019 #37
And trump is playing Russian Roulette, with the gun pointed at this nation. Paladin Aug 2019 #39
+1 nt Javaman Aug 2019 #41
Plus Nancy is about to get some new data that shows, I hope, that the wave of 18 was not Eliot Rosewater Aug 2019 #54
If Nancy does anything she's got it all timed out to be most effective during the upcoming election WhoWoodaKnew Aug 2019 #32
Trump says "Thanks guys!" oldsoftie Aug 2019 #33
Why sure...let's stand on so called principle and impeach Trump into another four years...that will Demsrule86 Aug 2019 #44
No Impeachment Inquiry Four More Years jerrylp Aug 2019 #49
welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2019 #50
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