Leftist Protesters ‘Boo’ During National Anthem at Madison Tea Party Rally
Posted on April 17, 2011 at 6:32pm by Jonathon M. Seidl Print » Email »
Demonstrators from both the Tea Party and the left showed up in droves in Madison, WI on Saturday to attend a rally featuring Sarah Palin. The Associated Press covered the clashes:
Capitol Police estimated about 6,500 people converged on the building Saturday, but said it was impossible to tell how many were tea partyers and how many were labor supporters. The Capitol Police is a division of the Wisconsin Department of Administration, a Walker cabinet agency.
The tea partyers appeared clustered in front of the building, waving “Don’t Tread on Me“ flags and signs that read ”Public workers—the party is over,“ ”Thank you, Scott,“ and ”Tax and spend brings the end.”
Counter-protesters surrounded them, banging drums, bellowing into bullhorns and ringing bells. Bitter arguments broke out along the edges of the two groups over everything from the size of government to corporate power.
That’s old news by now. But what you may not have heard is that the leftist, union protesters seem to have mirrored the attitude of their counterparts thousands of miles away in Oregon — they booed during the patriotic gesture known as the National Anthem:
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