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It\u2019s the oldest trick in the radical handbook: \u00a0Provoke your political opponents to violence as a way to discredit them. \u00a0Protesters associated with George Soros\u2019s MoveOn.org have been showing up at Donald Trump rallies, taunting Trump supporters until some of them start throwing punches. \u00a0Then the news reports violence at Trump rallies, and the media and Trump\u2019s opponents blame him for the violence.<\/p>\n

MoveOn.org has promised to dog Trump\u2019s appearances with mass protesters \u00a0in the general election. \u00a0(See this<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Now the group has organized \u201cDemocracy Spring,\u201d which it promises to be the \u201clargest civil disobedience action of the century.\u201d \u00a0It will start on April 2 in Philadelphia, whereupon activists will march all the way to Washington, D.C., a ten-day trek that will culminate with activists occupying the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. \u00a0MoveOn.org, which has been joined with other radical organizations, expects \u201cthousands of arrests,\u201d and is already putting into place legal representation for protesters who break the law.<\/p>\n

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This, whether or not Trump gets the nomination. \u00a0Things are going to get very, very ugly in this country.<\/p>\n

From Aaron Klein, Anti-Trump Groups Threaten \u2018Largest Civil Disobedience Action of the Century\u2019 \u2013 Breitbart<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

They intend to march across the East Coast in order to spark a \u201cfire that transforms the political climate in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

The operation, calling itself Democracy Spring, is threatening \u201cdrama in Washington\u201d with the \u201clargest civil disobedience action of the century.\u201d The radicals believe this will result in the arrest of thousands of their own activists.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will demand that Congress listen to the People and take immediate action to save our democracy. And we won\u2019t leave until they do \u2014 or until they send thousands of us to jail,\u201d the website for Democracy Spring declares, channeling rhetoric from the Occupy movement.<\/p>\n

The group is backed by numerous organizations, including the George Soros-funded groups MoveOn.org, the Institute for Policy Studies, and Demos.<\/p>\n

The pro-Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)\u00a0MoveOn.org has been playing a prominent role in organizing anti-Trump activism, including last weekend\u2019s shutdown of the billionaire\u2019s rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.<\/p>\n

Another group endorsing Democracy Spring is the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The DSA\u2019s Chicago branch drove protesters to last weekend\u2019s nixed Chicago Trump event, as this reporter exposed.<\/p>\n

The AFL-CIO, the nation\u2019s largest labor federation, announced in a press release earlier this month it is \u201call in behind Democracy Spring,\u201d perhaps indicating significant mobilization.<\/p>\n

Next month\u2019s Democracy Spring chaos is set to begin with a meetup on April 2 at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, in the spirit of Granny D, the Selma to Montgomery marchers, Cesar Chavez and the farmworker pilgrimage, and others who walked for freedom, we will set out on a 10 day, 140-mile march from Philadelphia to the Nation\u2019s Capitol,\u201d states the website.<\/p>\n

In Washington DC, Democracy Spring expects \u201cthousands of Americans\u201d to engage in a \u201csit-in on the Capitol building in Washington DC in what will be the largest civil disobedience action of the century.\u201d<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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