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Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · last yr.

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

StatesmanJournal.com
SERVING SALEM, KEIZER
AND THE MID-VALLEY
"If you don't say anything, you're accepting it."
Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident
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WALLET
CHOICES
LIMIT GOVERNMENT
Oregon Taxpayers United
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TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal
Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol.
Protesters slam Fed spending
Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes
BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR.
Statesman Journal
Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation.
Oregon State Police estimated more
SCRAP THE CODE
than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people.
The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it."
Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months.
Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest.
West Salem resident Steve Albin said he
came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers.
"They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim
See Protest, 2A
Inside
Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A
Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A
• ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.

The idea that President can negotiate/dictate bilateral “deals” by using the full force of the federal government to punish and humiliate his perceived enemies goes against the whole idea of the rule of law. That should be the story, rather than normalizing this authoritarian behavior.