Trump supporters wave Russian flags at CPAC (MRGA)

Source: New York Post
Published: Feb 25, 2017
Author: Daniel Halper and Bruce Golding
Post Date: 2017-02-25 15:52:01 by Hondo68
Views: 1675

A political prankster passed out small Russian flags emblazoned with President Trump’s name at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference — where Trump supporters blindly waved the banners during his Friday morning speech until they were confiscated, according to online reports.

Photos show people in the crowd holding the flags, which have “TRUMP” printed in gold capital letters on the middle blue stripe — and stern-faced men in suits holding handfuls of them as they scan the audience.

“Crowd at CPAC waving these little pro-Trump flags that look exactly like the Russian flag. Staffers quickly come around to confiscate them,” Snapchat’s Peter Hamby tweeted.

Photos also show a young man wearing a red shirt and a visor as he distributed the flags before Trump’s speech.

The culprit was identified as liberal activist Ryan Clayton, who told BuzzFeed News that he spoke with a fake Russian accent as he told CPAC attendees: “Trump and Putin great leaders, yes?”

An accomplice in the stunt, Jason Charter, said he and Clayton gave away about 1,000 flags.

“Most people saw Trump’s name on the flags and didn’t give a second thought to the fact that they were Russian,” Charter told BuzzFeed.

Both men are members of “Americans Take Action,” a self-styled “network of populists” whose Web site calls for Trump’s impeachment.

Poster Comment:

The Trump lemmings will follow virtually anywhere.

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#1: rlk    To: hondo68 (#0)

Putin has a lot more sense than our previous four presidents --or Merkal who is destoying Germany.

rlk posted on 2017-02-25 16:52:24   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Hondo68    To: rlk, progressives posing as conservative, CPAC leadership (#1)

Putin has a lot more sense than our previous four presidents --or Merkal

True. What's odd is that the CPAC staff is treating it as offensive. They're playing into the leftist, Russia bad meme, and confiscating the flags as if liking the USA and Russia at the same time is wrong?

Their censorship makes CPAC look petty, and shallow. Thin skinned special snowflakes "triggered" by Russian Trump flags.

Such are the dangers of authoritarianism, it makes you look stupid because that's how you're behaving.

Hondo68 posted on 2017-02-25 17:20:25   Reply   Private Reply