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DFW

(54,424 posts)
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:19 PM Feb 2017

Spicer says Trump protesters are "paid professionals." Paid by WHOM exactly?

What is the wage of a "paid professional" protester anyway? Anybody here a member of the Paid Professional Protesters Union? They can't even pin this one on their arch Bogey Man, George Soros. Even if they are working cheap, say $50 a day, out of which they have to pay their own expenses, including food, transportation and lodging, three million people worldwide cost $150 million a day. Even billionaires get budget conscious at that kind of frivolous spending.

Besides, Spicer and Trump should consider that our country faces a far greater danger than paid professional protesters outside the White House, namely the overpaid amateurs INSIDE the White House.

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Spicer says Trump protesters are "paid professionals." Paid by WHOM exactly? (Original Post) DFW Feb 2017 OP
When will I get my check? guillaumeb Feb 2017 #1
Godot will get there first. n/t DFW Feb 2017 #4
I was just protesting Sun. - where's my ca$h? wordpix Feb 2017 #42
I marched this weekend Gothmog Feb 2017 #2
Ummmm...that would be a lot of people worldwide to pay... EllieBC Feb 2017 #3
They just throw out a lie and hope it take root. Blue_true Feb 2017 #43
Where's my check crazycatlady Feb 2017 #5
Plz send me a pm about them. n/t Turn CO Blue Feb 2017 #27
I can see why he would think that Kber Feb 2017 #6
kick Hekate Feb 2017 #7
They know this because they're paying them? Native Feb 2017 #8
I hope he tells us who is paying the protestors Sanity Claws Feb 2017 #9
Proof? C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #10
They just can't believe that many people don't like them TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #11
I think we should unionize. herding cats Feb 2017 #12
"Of course, all those protesting me are paid professionals..." regnaD kciN Feb 2017 #13
George Saul Soros Alinski III Esquire? Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2017 #14
Soros, baby! Virtually every twitter mention of protestors by drumpistas mentions Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #15
If they keep this up, I'm blaming Black Bloc on Breitbart funding Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #16
I make $25,000 per month working from home as a paid professional protester... mike_c Feb 2017 #17
Check's in the mail, mike!! Ready to begin my new career, stat! Whoo hoo!! eom Leghorn21 Feb 2017 #24
I bet Trump would show you how to set up a University Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #40
There are taxes to collect! Croney Feb 2017 #18
SEE?! Trump is bringing back JOBS!! leftstreet Feb 2017 #19
Huh - I could have used a bit o' that cash a few weeks ago...DC is expensive! jmg257 Feb 2017 #20
We do it for free because we hate Trump so much Spicer. Demsrule86 Feb 2017 #21
Good and thanks. panader0 Feb 2017 #36
It's time for CNN/MSNBC and WashingtonPost to feature who invested in TeaParty. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #22
They need to believe their opponents get marching orders from somewhere... JHB Feb 2017 #23
Still waiting peggysue2 Feb 2017 #25
As someone who has struggled to find work in my field in the past Lanius Feb 2017 #26
You're more likely to get rich chasing leprechauns than you are hoping GOP fantasies will come true. DFW Feb 2017 #29
Spicer is so far out of his depth his suits don't fit. Solly Mack Feb 2017 #28
He certainly doesn't exactly seem comfortable in his role DFW Feb 2017 #30
Probably because she did. Solly Mack Feb 2017 #35
Why isn't our government collecting TAXES from these professionals Spicer? rzemanfl Feb 2017 #31
Last time I marched, I found a dime on the sidewalk. I got paid. Eyeball_Kid Feb 2017 #32
Trump left it for you Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #38
They owe me money then. n/t tazkcmo Feb 2017 #33
I missed the pay window!! kairos12 Feb 2017 #34
Trump "facts" abound out of the mouth of Spider Spicer Angry Dragon Feb 2017 #37
Well I still haven't got my check(s) Botany Feb 2017 #39
Bannon paid protesters bdamomma Feb 2017 #41

EllieBC

(3,031 posts)
3. Ummmm...that would be a lot of people worldwide to pay...
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:23 PM
Feb 2017

Never mind alternative facts. Trump and Company live in an alternative universe. They refuse to accept that even some Trump supporters are now questioning him.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
43. They just throw out a lie and hope it take root.
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 08:03 PM
Feb 2017

If the lie doesn't take root, they never look back just move to the next lie.

crazycatlady

(4,492 posts)
5. Where's my check
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:24 PM
Feb 2017

The only thing I'm being paid for regarding anything related to protesting is pussyhats. However, the cost of the pussyhats covers labor, materials, and shipping (if applicable).

Sanity Claws

(21,851 posts)
9. I hope he tells us who is paying the protestors
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:35 PM
Feb 2017

I have been doing it for free and would like to collect some cash.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,208 posts)
11. They just can't believe that many people don't like them
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:49 PM
Feb 2017

enough to protest in the street, in the winter time. Not hundreds, not thousands, but MILLIONS. Trump keeps saying he won the popular vote, that there were millions of illegal votes, even though there is no evidence of that. Howard Stern all Trump really wants is to be loved, yet every day people are reminding him that he and his policies are not acceptable. It isn't just that people don't love him. They are seeing him for the crook and fool that he is. Sad!

regnaD kciN

(26,045 posts)
13. "Of course, all those protesting me are paid professionals..."
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:55 PM
Feb 2017

''...just like all those people I hire to cheer me at my press conferences!"

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
15. Soros, baby! Virtually every twitter mention of protestors by drumpistas mentions
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 05:56 PM
Feb 2017

George...if I ever hear of anyone else handing out them thar checks, will post here toot sweet!

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
17. I make $25,000 per month working from home as a paid professional protester...
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 06:06 PM
Feb 2017

...and so can you! Top protesters make even more! Order your copy of this revealing, money-making guide to careers in professional protesting for only $39.95. Start your new career today! Send $39.95 to mike_c before these are all gone!

Croney

(4,661 posts)
18. There are taxes to collect!
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 06:07 PM
Feb 2017

All the income tax going uncollected from these paid protesters could pay for a pretty big wall. Somebody get right on that.

Demsrule86

(68,631 posts)
21. We do it for free because we hate Trump so much Spicer.
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 06:25 PM
Feb 2017

I went to the March. No one had to paid...we spend dollars to show our contempt for would be Fuhrer Trump.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
23. They need to believe their opponents get marching orders from somewhere...
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 06:29 PM
Feb 2017

...and these days "from Moscow" is a Republican thing.

peggysue2

(10,836 posts)
25. Still waiting
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:05 PM
Feb 2017

Still waiting for my Soros check for the DC Million Women's March, plane fare and lodging. It was a Christmas gift, but still I could pay back my daughter-in-law who let me share her hotel room with another woman. And my pink pussy hat! I paid $28. Hope Soros will fly for the extra expenditure. And food, of course, including that $4 bottle of water at the Maryland House. Pricey!!

Spicer et al are beyond lame. Guess they've forgotten the Tea Party gang, the marches they swooned over and proclaimed a true symbol of patriotism.

How soon they forget.

Lanius

(599 posts)
26. As someone who has struggled to find work in my field in the past
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:07 PM
Feb 2017

I'd love to be a paid professional activist! I'd be out there every week if it meant a check in the mail.

DFW

(54,424 posts)
29. You're more likely to get rich chasing leprechauns than you are hoping GOP fantasies will come true.
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:10 PM
Feb 2017

Just a word to the wise........

DFW

(54,424 posts)
30. He certainly doesn't exactly seem comfortable in his role
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:12 PM
Feb 2017

He's in a permanent "mom always liked you best" mode.

Solly Mack

(90,778 posts)
35. Probably because she did.
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:21 PM
Feb 2017

Parents can love their children and still know when one of them is a schlepper.

rzemanfl

(29,566 posts)
31. Why isn't our government collecting TAXES from these professionals Spicer?
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:13 PM
Feb 2017

Is it because they are SMART like your boss?

Botany

(70,551 posts)
39. Well I still haven't got my check(s)
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:33 PM
Feb 2017

In Cleveland OH alone the tab would be:

30,000 x $25.00 = $75,000.00 (the police said 15,000 but I would guess it was @ least 30,000)

Now in the women's marches alone they had to have been @ least 4 million across America

4,000,000 x $25.00 = $100,000,000

"They" really say any damn thing that they want.

But sadly for the Fox News watchers they will buy into this crap.

bdamomma

(63,913 posts)
41. Bannon paid protesters
Mon Feb 6, 2017, 07:48 PM
Feb 2017

or should I say anarchists. They are paid by Bannon to give us peaceful protesters a bad name.

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