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fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 10:53 PM Aug 2020

Many people are saying there will be a large gathering outside of the White House on Thursday.

Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko:
Many people are saying there will be a large gathering outside of the White House on Thursday.

Thousands of patriots expected outside the White House on Thursday to protest Trump. Many people are saying this is the largest protest yet.



Don Winslow @donwinslow:
Just imagine what car horns, bullhorns and other noisemakers would do Thursday night around The White House when Trump is speaking. It would really be embarrassing for Trump if thousands of people showed up and just made a shitload of NOISE during his speech on the *SOUTH LAWN*

Fun facts: FIREWORKS can be heard blocks away from the location they are launched from. So can SIRENS.

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Many people are saying there will be a large gathering outside of the White House on Thursday. (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Aug 2020 OP
Please no violence kacekwl Aug 2020 #1
+1,000 Mz Pip Aug 2020 #16
Sounds like some Good Trouble!!! Blue Owl Aug 2020 #2
Keep up the good trouble!! i second the motion!! onetexan Aug 2020 #18
May be 'prevented' by tptb. elleng Aug 2020 #37
Those are some brave people. I wouldn't put it past him to call out the Guard. nolabear Aug 2020 #3
Cherry bombs and M-80s for background music,... magicarpet Aug 2020 #4
Unfortunately they are illegal, NameAlreadyTaken Aug 2020 #6
I really have to read more carefully. I read "squeaks" for "speaks"", and thought "perfect!" niyad Aug 2020 #29
If it's really a plan I wouldn't publicize it too much captain queeg Aug 2020 #5
That'd likely look worse... Drunken Irishman Aug 2020 #7
+1 n/t Laelth Aug 2020 #40
Publicaize the hell out of it so Dolt45 is ready to over react csziggy Aug 2020 #22
Once it's publicized to get Chumps attention, Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #25
Turn it over to the Tik Tok teens csziggy Aug 2020 #32
There could already be a large number of protesters enroute, Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #34
Maybe have thousands of silent protestors csziggy Aug 2020 #38
Trombones! TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #8
76 Trombones!!!!...nt global1 Aug 2020 #11
Vuvuzuelas! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #14
Excellent choices--I was thinking of the (lousy) trombonist interrupting the skinhead TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #15
Someone should bring one of these: Massacure Aug 2020 #9
Rent A Sound Truck And Blast Heavy Metal Music...... global1 Aug 2020 #10
How loud can we play "Won't Get Fooled Again"?? lastlib Aug 2020 #23
I've never put together a protest like this but it seems to me Grammy23 Aug 2020 #12
I know, right? Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #35
Vuvuzelas! 2naSalit Aug 2020 #13
Trump will just say all the noise is from his admirers DBoon Aug 2020 #17
Torches? Pitchforks? Sneederbunk Aug 2020 #19
Trump will go down in his bunker and release armed stormtroopers IronLionZion Aug 2020 #20
LOL. "And now, brought to you LIVE from the Presidential Bunker, Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #28
Lighting firecrackers around trigger-happy police who are scared of their own shadows? Iggo Aug 2020 #21
just make sure people are careful cab67 Aug 2020 #24
People Will Not Be Permitted Within 5 Blocks Of The Whitehouse DallasNE Aug 2020 #26
My husband just suggested sub sonics csziggy Aug 2020 #39
The mic the president will speak into won't pick up ambient noise Fiendish Thingy Aug 2020 #27
At Last!!!!!! McKim Aug 2020 #30
His brother's funeral was last Friday. Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author McKim Aug 2020 #31
GO PATRIOTS!!! I Love YOU!! I was just thinking Cha Aug 2020 #33
Oh, please. He would just say people are celebrating tavernier Aug 2020 #41

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
3. Those are some brave people. I wouldn't put it past him to call out the Guard.
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 10:56 PM
Aug 2020

Or the Proud Boys. Or the Brownshirts. None of it would look good.

NameAlreadyTaken

(977 posts)
6. Unfortunately they are illegal,
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:06 PM
Aug 2020

although there are many legal fireworks which make a lot of noise. Sadly, though, only a small subset is legal in DC and not enough to make any difference.

niyad

(113,315 posts)
29. I really have to read more carefully. I read "squeaks" for "speaks"", and thought "perfect!"
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:54 AM
Aug 2020

Nearly spit out my drink!

captain queeg

(10,198 posts)
5. If it's really a plan I wouldn't publicize it too much
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:03 PM
Aug 2020

He’d call in his goons and block things for several blocks. Of course that wouldn’t look good either.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
7. That'd likely look worse...
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:07 PM
Aug 2020

If Trump loses this election, there will be many inflection points - but if he loses by the margin he trails in the polls right now, I suspect you'll be able to tie it back to the event at the White House where he gassed protesters to clear them out for the photo-op. At that moment, he lost a lot of support in the polls.

I suspect another night like that would be even more devastating than just loud horns in the background of his acceptance speech.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
22. Publicaize the hell out of it so Dolt45 is ready to over react
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:23 AM
Aug 2020

Then do nothing. No one shows up, no noise, nothing. I could see Dolt being all nervous during his RNC speech, worrying about being interrupted, with the WH surrounded by troops and security. Then **crickets**.

Dolt45 would have a meltdown in the middle of his speech with the anticipation he's going to be interrupted.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
25. Once it's publicized to get Chumps attention,
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:40 AM
Aug 2020

how would you then convey to the masses "please be a no-show" without the administration hearing of that also? Surely, they'd pick up on that if everyone else did.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
32. Turn it over to the Tik Tok teens
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:57 AM
Aug 2020

They kept the secret about the rally ticket buys secret right up until the day of.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
34. There could already be a large number of protesters enroute,
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 01:12 AM
Aug 2020

many - I"d think - will be traveling to be on site. That would be a real mess to reverse everyone as soon as they land in DC. Chump and his minions would play up the resulting clusterf***, and the Dems and protesters would look ridiculous.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
38. Maybe have thousands of silent protestors
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 01:23 AM
Aug 2020

If Dolt does what I'd expect from his past actions, he'd send troops after them with major offensive actions. If there were thousands just standing, holding protest signs but quiet, that would really show how fascist this administration is.

Again, Dolt would be unhinged by what he would expect the protestors to do versus the actual events.

global1

(25,249 posts)
10. Rent A Sound Truck And Blast Heavy Metal Music......
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:16 PM
Aug 2020

at the loudest volume - near the White House during his speech.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
12. I've never put together a protest like this but it seems to me
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:23 PM
Aug 2020

that the element of surprise is critical to pull it off effectively. Nothing tRump would like more than squashing such a protest so he looks like the strongman.

Telling the White House days in advance you intend to embarrass him on his big night seems to me to be a guarantee you will fail to carry out your mission. Just sayin’.....

DBoon

(22,366 posts)
17. Trump will just say all the noise is from his admirers
Sun Aug 23, 2020, 11:58 PM
Aug 2020

expressing their support for making america great again

IronLionZion

(45,446 posts)
20. Trump will go down in his bunker and release armed stormtroopers
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:12 AM
Aug 2020

tear gas, pepper spray, helicopters, it will be a fascist's wet dream.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
28. LOL. "And now, brought to you LIVE from the Presidential Bunker,
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:52 AM
Aug 2020

here is your president of the United States with his Acceptance speech...a speech like no one has ever heard before."

cue: Four Ruffles and Flourishes/Hail to the Chief

Iggo

(47,554 posts)
21. Lighting firecrackers around trigger-happy police who are scared of their own shadows?
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:19 AM
Aug 2020

What could go wrong?

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
26. People Will Not Be Permitted Within 5 Blocks Of The Whitehouse
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:46 AM
Aug 2020

Without a permit, which will only be handed out to people that have contributed to the campaign.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
39. My husband just suggested sub sonics
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 01:57 AM
Aug 2020

The kind that are subliminal and just makes people really uneasy but have little or no audible noise.

Fiendish Thingy

(15,616 posts)
27. The mic the president will speak into won't pick up ambient noise
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:48 AM
Aug 2020

And the mic’s to pic up the audience’s applause can be turned off. This won’t be like chopper talk, where there are various boom mics pointed towards the president.

The press won’t have their own cameras or sound systems, all audio and video will likely be fed and controlled by the RNC to the press pool.

Probably the best they can hope for is to create enough noise so that the audience can’t hear Trump when he’s speaking. Doubtful they can disrupt the audio of the broadcast itself.

McKim

(2,412 posts)
30. At Last!!!!!!
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 12:57 AM
Aug 2020

At last people are fed up enough to do this! I just hope its not the same day as his brother’s funeral, even through Trump is the worst ever, the event deserves respect.

Response to fleur-de-lisa (Original post)

Cha

(297,248 posts)
33. GO PATRIOTS!!! I Love YOU!! I was just thinking
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 01:01 AM
Aug 2020

today.. what are Patriots going to do during the Swamp Convention?!

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