The professional left is coming into the Texas to provide professional outrage at the Capitol during the special session. They are here to bully Texas.
Good luck. It didn’t work in Wisconsin, and Texans aren’t easily bullied. Also, the unemployable rejects who protest for money should be pitied, not feared.
The left is petrified that Texas is going to pass strong pro-life legislation.
This Occupy-style astroturf is not Texas, and this heat can’t be brought to bear in Texas elections. It is smoke and mirrors.
Some of the liberals in Austin are pretending the left’s protests are organic. Craigslist ad after Craigslist ad for paid protesters suggests otherwise.
One of the primary articles that made the “organic” suggestion was written is the Texas Tribune after the mob descended on the Senate at the end of the first special session.
The Texas Tribune is a site run by a transplanted New Yorker named Evan Smith, and the article was written by another transplanted New Yorker named Aman Batheja.
The Texas Tribune’s largest published funder, the Knight Foundation, is headquartered in Miami, Florida. The Tribune also once received a donation from George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.
In addition, the “#standwithwendy” twitter support for Wendy “Babycrusher” Davis was reportedly almost 3/4ths from outside the state.
The truth is, it was pro-life Democrat Senator Eddie Lucio who made some of the most heartfelt and inspiring remarks about the value of life during Babycrusher Davis’ filibuster. This is Texas.
Davis’ politics are more northeastern liberal than a Texas Democrat. Many Texas Democrats are pro-life, including prominent ones like Sen. Lucio and Sen. Zaffarini.
Who knows, maybe during their stay the protesters will eat some barbeque, drink a Shiner, and start to think straight.