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    Quote Originally Posted by Newmexican View Post
    Interesting that they aren't protesting Cruz. He has adopted the same stance on illegal aliens and unfettered Muslim immigration. Both of these categories produce massive welfare payouts...
    They don't want to waste their time and money on someone who isn't making it.

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    Activists Disrupt Ted Cruz’s Houston Rally On Behalf Of Immigrants, Women, And Low-Income Texans

    BY EMILY ATKIN MAR 1, 2016 8:47 AM

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    Protestors with the Texas Organizing Project are escorted off the premises after interrupting Sen. Ted Cruz's rally on Monday night.

    HOUSTON, TEXAS — At a packed house at Houston Baptist University on Monday night, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) held his last rally before Tuesday’s big presidential primary, where Texas and 11 other states will head to the polls. “Tomorrow is Super Tuesday,” Cruz told the crowd. “Tomorrow, Texas speaks its voice.”

    Unfortunately for Cruz, however, at least five Texans decided to speak their voices at Cruz’s rally — and they weren’t speaking in support of him. As soon as Cruz took the stage, three women stood up and began to chant: “Cruz, Perry, Abbott: Bad for Texas, bad for country.” They were referring to former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and current Gov. Greg Abbott, who are endorsing Cruz in the race.


    After those women were escorted out by security, two more women separately interrupted the rally with the same chant. Both were also escorted out and asked to leave the premises.


    As the women were put in a golf cart and driven off university property, they told ThinkProgress they’re with the Texas Organizing Project, an advocacy group for low- and middle-income Texans. The protest, they said, was a general one of policies championed by Cruz that they believe have hurt Texas residents.

    “We are freedom fighters — we want justice for all, not just for few,” said Lola Garcia, a Houston resident.

    “We want everyone to come up and succeed, not just the one percent. We want equal rights. We want a living wage.”


    Dorothy Wagner holds up the sign she used to protest Ted Cruz at his rally in Houston on Monday.
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    Garcia specifically mentioned immigration as a core issue of the protest. Since his campaign for the presidency, Cruz has shifted sharply rightward on immigration, pledging to round up and deport the 12 million undocumented immigrants living in America.

    And Texas, she noted, has 1.68 million undocumented immigrants, the second-highest number of all the states in the country.


    “Immigration is a part of this,” she said. “We defend immigrant rights, and we believe families should be kept together.”


    Amanda Garcia, another protestor, said Cruz’s rhetoric on abortion inspired her to interrupt his event. Cruz has fiercely made the case that he’s the most pro-life candidate, pledging to ban abortion and pull funding for Planned Parenthood if elected president. “He ignores women’s right to choose,” she said. “That’s a big issue.”


    Protests have become somewhat commonplace at Republican presidential candidate events, particularly at Donald Trump rallies, where protesters have been insulted and roughed up. Cruz’s response to the protest — and the response of his supporters — differed sharply from those at Trump events. There were no physical altercations, and Cruz did not comment on the women’s appearance. He did, however, accuse the women of being Bernie Sanders supporters.


    If he comes to Houston, he has to expect that Democrats are going to protest him.

    Though they wouldn’t say who they’re supporting in the race, the women acknowledged that they’re Democrats — and that Cruz’s rhetoric just doesn’t line up with their own. Mostly, they just seemed excited to be able to interrupt Cruz and get away with it.

    “The protest was about disturbing his peace,” Lola Garcia said. “If he comes to Houston, he has to expect that Democrats are going to protest him. And that’s what we’re doing. We’re Democrats, we believe in our core values and what we think the issues are, and he seems to disregard everything we are passionate about.”

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    Anti-Trump protest snarls evening commutes at Grand Central Station

    POSTED 1:27 PM, APRIL 14, 2016, BY ALLIE YANG, UPDATED AT 07:14PM, APRIL 14, 2016

    MIDTOWN — Metro-North warned commuters that protests may make for a difficult evening commute near Grand Central Thursday evening, and they weren't wrong.

    The demonstrations began about 5 p.m. outside the Grand Hyatt New York on 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Donald Trump will be speaking at the hotel for the NY State Republican Gala, a fundraiser hosting all three Republican candidates that costs $1,000 a plate.
    More than 1,500 people have said they will be attending the protest on Facebook. Groups including the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, United We Dream Action, and Make the Road helped organize the protests.

    The MTA suggests commuters allow for extra travel time to and from Grand Central Thursday evening.

    Riders are encouraged to use the North End Access to the Terminal at either the 47th Street and Madison Avenue or 48th Street and Park Avenue entrances.

    Police have closed sidewalks in the area.
    Anyone who needs to get to Grand Central should do so via underground entryways along Madison and Park avenues near 47th and 48th streets.

    More than 1,500 people have said they will be attending the protest on Facebook. Groups including the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, United We Dream Action, and Make the Road helped organize the protests.

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