Colorful Signs Mean They're Paid Protesters, Donald? | Paula Poundstone

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Critics of Minnesota anti-ICE protests falsely call protesters paid - PolitiFact

President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly characterized Minnesota protesters as paid professionals. 

Although it's common for professional community organizers to be involved in protests, reporting by multiple news outlets, statements from people on the ground and experts' observations show thousands of Minnesotans have been voluntarily protesting.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2026/jan/26/donald-trump/Trump-paid-protesters-ICE-Minnesota-Minneapolis/ 

 

Fact Checker: No, George Soros isn’t paying Kavanaugh protesters

Soros's Open Society Foundations give grants to a liberal group opposing Brett Kavanaugh's nomination. But that money comes with strings attached and doesn't wind up in protesters' hands. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/05/no-george-soros-isnt-paying-kavanaugh-protesters/

There Are Real Paid Protesters, but They're All Right Wingers

The right has neglected to mention that "paid protesters" are part of the right-wing apparatus....
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/there-are-real-paid-protesters-theyre-all-right-wingers

While the world discusses North Korea missile launch, Trump complains about tax marches

Rehashing the election, Trump believes the Tax Day protesters must’ve been paid....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-tweets-tax-march-cbf0fd7ac4cc

No evidence that protesters are paid to disrupt Republican town hall meetings

Several Republican lawmakers have accused protesters at recent town hall-style meetings of being the tools of deep-pocketed benefactors pushing a liberal agenda. They’re being paid to demonstrate, some GOP officials say, with some activists being shipped in from out of state to Republican-led congressional districts to kick up an artificial fuss....

...While Gohmert is not the only official to claim protesters are being paid, nothing has yet turned up to support those claims. The burden of proof still lies with the accusers, however, and Republicans haven’t been offering any evidence (and neither did Democrats when they made similar claims about the tea party a few years ago)....
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/27/louie-gohmert/protesters-are-paid-disrupt-town-hall-meetings-goh/

Arizona Republicans Want To Prosecute Protesters The Same Way They Do Terrorists (The Huffington Post)

The Republican-led Arizona state Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would permit the government to seize protesters' assets and prosecute them under a racketeering law designed to target organized crime. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arizona-bill-protesters-racketeering_us_58af3692e4b060480e05e81d?