LOD: Against the Madness

The NC General Assembly came back to town today, as demonstrators protested the leadership’s lousy record of out-of-control mischief and “madness against schools,” “madness against workers,” “madness against voting rights,” “madness for fracking,” etc.  The Associated Press provides a good overview, and News 14 has this video of the demonstration. Protestors later went inside the General Assembly building to the second floor, where they lined up outside Speaker Thom Tillis’ office. The plan was to quietly show him the “madness” signs and let him know they were watching as he walked to the House Chamber to begin the special session. But the police intervened and, at the request of Tillis’ staff, they ordered the citizens of NC off the second floor. See the video of Adam Sotak, Democracy North Carolina’s organizing director, as he explains the protestors’ desire to see Tillis. Mark Binker of the Greensboro News & Record unearthed the obscure rule used to push people away. The over reaction seems to just confirm the “touch of madness” that has infected the Republican leadership.