Weather Underground Bill Ayers at Chicago Trump protest – tweeted by Progressives Today
CHICAGO – Friday night in Chicago, Saul Alinsky revolutionary tactics were revived as President Obama's old friend Bill Ayers emerged onto Chicago's political scene yet once again, this time publicly congratulating protesters that shut down a rally that was to feature Republican primary candidate Donald Trump.
Businessman Trump was about to take the stage before a crowd of over 10,000 – with thousands reportedly outside, unable to get into the University of Illinois -Chicago Pavillion when the event was canceled. Hundreds of those inside the arena turned out to be Trump protesters, determined to shut down Trump's speech.
When the protesters and Trump supporter confrontations inside and outside of the event grew out of control, Trump told Fox News Sean Hannity Friday night his Secret Service detail and the Chicago Police counseled him to cancel the event, and he agreed.
Bill Ayers, who never spent time in jail for the anti-police violence the Weathermen Underground perpetrated during the 1960s, took to Twitter, saying, "We shut Trump down! Beautiful gathering of anti racist youth"
We shut Trump down! Beautiful gathering of anti racist youth. pic.twitter.com/uYOFXMvKhX
— Bill Ayers (@WilliamAyers) March 12, 2016
Ayers re-tweeted calls for help for those arrested by Chicago police and boasts of stopping the Trump rally:
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