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Northern Virginians Protest Barbara Comstock During Donald Trump Rally in Virginia
ICYMI: Northern Virginians protesting Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s offensive anti-immigrant rhetoric also denounced Congresswoman Barbara Comstock’s reckless comments on immigration and dangerous record on women’s health. A few excerpts from the Politico story are below:
“Among the signs waved by Latino, labor and Black Lives Matter protesters outside of Donald Trump’s rally here Wednesday night was one targeting a local congresswoman: “Trump & Comstock: Respect Women,” read a placard hoisted by an organizer for NARAL Pro-Choice.”
“Keisy Chavez, 44, the NARAL organizer carrying the sign tying Trump to Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, whose district lies across the street from the Prince William County Fairgrounds where the businessman held his rally on Wednesday night, said she was inspired by the idea of linking Trump’s newfound pro-life leanings and Comstock’s support for requiring transvaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions.”
“She also compared Comstock’s rhetoric on immigration to Trump’s. “They just make comments without taking any precautions,” said Chavez, whose family hails from Peru. “She compared us to FedEx packages.”
“Last year, speaking about illegal immigration and border security, Comstock said, “FedEx can track packages coming in here all of the time, we can track people who are coming into the country and we can do that right.”
ICYMI: GOP wrestles with prospect of Trump-led ticket
Politico
By Ben Schreckinger and Kevin Robillard
December 3, 2015
MANASSAS, Va. — Among the signs waved by Latino, labor and Black Lives Matter protesters outside of Donald Trump’s rally here Wednesday night was one targeting a local congresswoman: “Trump & Comstock: Respect Women,” read a placard hoisted by an organizer for NARAL Pro-Choice.
The Trump phenomenon is increasingly spilling over from the Republican presidential primary it has already upended and into House and Senate races, where Democrats smell opportunity and Republicans are beginning to ponder the once-unthinkable prospect of a 2016 GOP ticket led by the billionaire businessman as nominee.
On Wednesday, a memo surfaced from the National Republican Senatorial Committee that envisioned Trump as the party nominee and advised its candidates to embrace some of Trump’s themes and traits while denouncing some of his “wacky” and politically radioactive comments. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, meanwhile, is stepping up its efforts to tie Republican House candidates to the current frontrunner for their party’s nomination. That includes instructing the committee’s opposition researchers to look for comments made by Republican candidates about immigrants, women and other groups that echo Trump’s rhetoric and can be used to paint them with the same brush, according to a DCCC official.
“Even when House Republicans do not mimic his hateful rhetoric directly, the DCCC advises campaigns to draw comparisons to House Republican incumbents and Donald Trump, because they are part of the same party, with shared principles,” said the official.
The move to Trumpify GOP candidates is already underway. In September, a state representative and prominent Democratic Latino surrogate in Colorado authored an op-ed about an incumbent Republican congressman titled, “Mike Coffman paved the way for anti-Immigrant Donald Trump.” In it, State Rep. Joe Salazar charges that “Coffman is alarmingly similar to Trump.”
Keisy Chavez, 44, the NARAL organizer carrying the sign tying Trump to Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, whose district lies across the street from the Prince William County Fairgrounds where the businessman held his rally on Wednesday night, said she was inspired by the idea of linking Trump’s newfound pro-life leanings and Comstock’s support for requiring transvaginal ultrasounds for women seeking abortions.
She also compared Comstock’s rhetoric on immigration to Trump’s. “They just make comments without taking any precautions,” said Chavez, whose family hails from Peru. “She compared us to FedEx packages.”
Last year, speaking about illegal immigration and border security, Comstock said, “FedEx can track packages coming in here all of the time, we can track people who are coming into the country and we can do that right.” […]