Young Republicans Descend on Climate March to Defend Capitalism
Fight fire with fire.
Caleb Bonham of Campus Reform has the story:
Republicans taunt NYC climate change protesters with giant Reagan cutout
Occupy Wall Street’s climate change protests saw some unwelcome guests this afternoon as a group of young Republicans descended upon lower Manhattan with a giant Ronald Reagan cutout.
The counter-protesters, which have been described as “a pair of Young Republicans in blazers and Ray-Bans,” infiltrated the #FloodWallStreet gathering Tuesday afternoon and chanted “[w]e are defending capitalism.”
Tyler Hinsley told Campus Reform he organized the counter-protest because “someone needed to support free market capitalist ideas.” Hinsley said that after joining the climate change protest a female attendee grabbed the Reagan poster and tried to light it on fire. The crowd then proceeded to rip the poster of the 40th President to shreds.
Republicans taunt NYC climate change protesters with giant Reagan cutout (Campus Reform)