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Democrats Brace For Repeat of 1968 Protests, Violence Ahead of Convention

Charlie Kirk Staff

05/05/2024

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Democrats Brace For Repeat of 1968 Protests, Violence Ahead of Convention

The Democrat Party is terrified of the monster it created rearing its head at their national convention.

The Party is bracing for what it believes will be massive protests by pro-Palestinian protesters reminiscent of the 1968 convention where anti-Vietnam War protesters descended on the convention, The Washington Examiner reported.

“This last week has taken the demonstrations to a different level,” William Daley, the former chief of staff for former President Obama said to the Washington Post. “It portends that you have the potential for big demonstrations. Whether they get violent — that’s more imaginable today than it was a year ago.”

“To analogize what’s going on in the country today with 1968 is ridiculous,” the former chief of staff, who was at the convention, said. “Only people who weren’t alive in ’68 have that idiotic perception.”

The Party believes it will be able to escape the optics of the protests via a security arrangement with the Secret Service.

“Peaceful protest is fundamental to American democracy, and has been a fixture of political conventions for decades,” Matt Hill, a spokesman for the DNC, said. “While Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans stoke political violence, we support the ongoing security coordination at all levels of government to keep our convention safe.”

“When the country looks to Chicago this August, the unity and excitement of Democrats will stand in stark contrast to the chaos and extremism stewing in the GOP,” he said.

But the Trump campaign is seizing on the protests that have followed President Biden during hisn 2024 campaign.

“Everywhere Joe Biden goes, chaos follows and he is berated by angry Americans who are fed up with his terrible policies,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said of the anticipated protests. “Chicago will be no different, as people in the city, particularly Blacks and Hispanics, are suffering from Biden’s illegal immigrant invasion and soft-on-crime policies, and they have a right to make their voices heard.”

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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