Now that a few hours have passed since Donald Trump canceled a rally due to “security concerns” after protesters infiltrated the pavilion at University of Illinois at Chicago, more concrete details are emerging. It appears that MoveOn, a left-leaning activism organization and network of organizers, is taking partial credit for the troupe of protesters that descended on the rally this evening.
.@JohnKingCNN on #MoveOn‘s support of student leaders who organized protest of #TrumpRally in #Chicago.https://t.co/9MOp9UjcKL
— MoveOn.org (@MoveOn) March 12, 2016
Depending on how a person looks at this, they are either claiming responsibility for a democratic uprising or a violent riot.
MoveOn celebrating violence in Chicago outside #TrumpRally pic.twitter.com/eBb0LSff8Y
— Ariel Cohen (@ArielCohen37) March 12, 2016
Various pundits and commentators, like Megyn Kelly and Bill O’Reilly, have expressed the opinion that what happened tonight was an assault on the First Amendment.
MoveOn’s mission statement says that they seek to “lower the barriers to participation in our democracy.”
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