{"id":131206,"date":"2016-08-04T18:53:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T00:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/stop-that-stop-that-youre-not-brandishing-the-constitution-while-im-here.html"},"modified":"2016-08-04T18:53:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T00:53:46","slug":"stop-that-stop-that-youre-not-brandishing-the-constitution-while-im-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/stop-that-stop-that-youre-not-brandishing-the-constitution-while-im-here.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Stop that! Stop that! You&#039;re not brandishing the Constitution while I&#039;m here!&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know it&#39;s an intentionally provocative hearkening to the Khizr Khan thing, but, really, there are <i>no<\/i> good optics possible for the Trump campaign throwing out some people who <i>silently<\/i> stood up at one of his rallies and held up pocket copies of the <i>US Constitution.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/08\/04\/politics\/donald-trump-protests-constitution\/\">http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/08\/04\/politics\/donald-trump-protests-constitution\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, of course, the crowd booed. As they would.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6315141349713369073\/6315141350337768034'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-4VlosFB3nh8\/V6PjmV1DamI\/AAAAAAAECqo\/9Gv6X71IrjUtKnau4JCk5WWOStUkIaN4Q\/Trump%2BProtesters%2BConstitution.PNG?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Pjw6jovcJaZ'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, I know it&#39;s an intentionally provocative hearkening to the Khizr Khan thing, but, really, there are no good optics possible for the Trump campaign throwing out some people who silently stood up at one of his rallies and held up pocket copies of the US Constitution. http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/08\/04\/politics\/donald-trump-protests-constitution\/ And, of course, the crowd booed. As &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/stop-that-stop-that-youre-not-brandishing-the-constitution-while-im-here.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&quot;Stop that! Stop that! You&#039;re not brandishing the Constitution while I&#039;m here!&quot;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Trump+Protesters+Constitution.PNGimgmax=660.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147693,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/i-the-jury-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":131206,"position":0},"title":"I, the Jury","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Dec-19 10:43pm","format":"aside","excerpt":"Mitch McConnell, the jury foreman in the impeachment trial is admitting that he's collaborating with defense counsel.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":131964,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/07\/when-the-lesser-of-two-evils-is-the-compelling-choice.html","url_meta":{"origin":131206,"position":1},"title":"When the &quot;lesser of two evils&quot; is the compelling choice","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 7-Nov-16 10:42pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Someone who in 2012 prominently refused to vote for Obama [http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2012\/09\/why-i-refuse-to-vote-for-barack-obama\/262861\/] so as to send a \"message\" has changed his tune and is voting this year for Clinton -- largely because of the grave danger Trump poses.'If you\u2019re a constitutional conservative, or a classical liberal, or a Bernie Sanders progressive,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136353,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/09\/pulling-out.html","url_meta":{"origin":131206,"position":2},"title":"Pulling Out","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-May-18 6:48pm","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/18965459\/status\/994360965671010304 \"Trump Considering Pulling U.S. Out of Constitution\" Heh. https:\/\/t.co\/Jr9FU0JsCR #satire #or-IS-it","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~Tweets&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~Tweets","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/tweets"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/trump1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131636,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/27\/trump-promises-horrifying-nominees-for-scotus.html","url_meta":{"origin":131206,"position":3},"title":"Trump promises horrifying nominees for SCOTUS","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Sep-16 12:07am","format":false,"excerpt":"Promises, promises ... 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