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Protesters Greet Obama as He Visits Oregon Shooting Victims

m.knox

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LOL - the asshole wanted to politicize the tragedy..... Well, the asshole got it.....

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ama-visits-oregon-shooting-victims?cmpid=yhoo

As President Barack Obama traveled to Roseburg, Oregon, on Friday to console family members of victims of last week’s mass shooting, he sought to steer clear of the debate over U.S. gun laws.

Protesters instead brought it to him, greeting his presidential motorcade with signs showing their displeasure with his visit and his recent calls for stricter gun laws.

A woman holding a sign that said “Please Leave Us in Peace,” was among the first of a few hundred people that lined the route used by Obama’s motorcade after he arrived in Roseburg. One man’s sign read “United We Stand... Obama We Fail!”


After Obama called firearms violence “something we should politicize” following the shooting that killed nine at Umpqua Community College, gun-rights advocates pledged to greet the president with demonstrations. More than 8,000 signed up to attend a rally protesting Obama’s visit, according to a Facebook event page titled “Defend Roseburg -- Deny Barack Obama.”
 
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