{"id":8521,"date":"2013-05-29T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T23:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8521"},"modified":"2013-05-29T19:03:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T23:03:42","slug":"nyagv-protests-ted-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8521","title":{"rendered":"NYAGV protests Ted Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cruz.senate.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Senator Ted Cruz<\/a>\u00a0came to New York City today as <a href=\"http:\/\/capitaltonightny.ynn.com\/2013\/05\/ny-republicans-tout-diversity-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\">a guest of the state Republican Party<\/a>\u00a0for their annual dinner. \u00a0Upset over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/03\/14\/ted-cruz-dianne-feinstein_n_2877307.html\" target=\"_blank\">his confrontation with Diane Feinstein<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyagv.org\" target=\"_blank\">New Yorkers Against Gun Violence<\/a>\u00a0decided to protest him. \u00a0Egging them on were the state Democrats:<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Stand up for gun safety. Join NYAGV to Shame Ted Cruz\u2013 Wednesday, May 29 in NYC <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/QM20i68r3u\" title=\"http:\/\/nyagv.org\/join-nyagv-to-shame-ted-cruz-nyc-wednesday-may-29\/#.UaUA6rMrtDM.twitter\">nyagv.org\/join-nyagv-to-\u2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/%23CancelCruzFundraiser\">#CancelCruzFundraiser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York State Dems (@nydems) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nydems\/status\/339458833208467456\">May 28, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So, how was turnout for their protest?<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/images\/NYAGV-Ted-Cruz-Protest-NYC-05-29-2013.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/NYAGV-Ted-Cruz-Protest-NYC-05-29-2013.jpg\" width=\"525\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nOur man on the street reports maybe 50 (click on image to enlarge.)<\/p>\n<p>FAIL.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D8521&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8521\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8521\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8521\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Senator Ted Cruz\u00a0came to New York City today as a guest of the state Republican Party\u00a0for their annual dinner. \u00a0Upset over his confrontation with Diane Feinstein, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence\u00a0decided to protest him. \u00a0Egging them on were the state Democrats: Stand up for gun safety. 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