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BREAKING: Trumper Congress-members Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene sue Occupy Democrats. If you can’t beat them — or silence them — then sue them. That seems to be the operative principle behind the lawsuit that Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) just filed against Occupy Democrats and the Occupy Democrats Election Fund PAC. The pair of right-wing extremist MAGA lawmakers also sued the cities of Anaheim and Riverside in California, as well as the NAACP, the California LULAC state organization, Unidos For La Causa, the Greater Riverside Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters Riverside, Women’s March Action, the Riverside County Democratic Party, Antiracist Riverside, and Raincross Hospitality Management. To add insult to injury, the lawyer representing Greene and Gaetz in their suit is none other than attorney John Eastman. He’s facing legal issues of his own as the State Bar of California holds hearings to strip him of his law license, arguing that the former Trump lawyer “knowingly and willfully pushed false and outlandish allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 election and promoted an ‘unlawful’ scheme to overturn the election results.” The civil rights suit claims without stating a factual basis that Occupy Democrats, in conjunction with the other groups listed above, were all part of a grand conspiracy to prevent the pair from staging one of their “Put America First” political rallies at venues in Southern California back in July of 2021. As Occupy Democrats reported at the time, Reps. Gaetz and Greene had considerable difficulty securing a venue for their controversial “Put America First” rallies, which were named after a slogan originally used by Nazi sympathizers opposed to our nation’s entry into World War II to fight fascism. After initially booking a private venue in Laguna Hills — a town in the traditionally arch-conservative Orange County section of the state — the pair were rebuffed when the owners of the Pacific Hills Banquet & Event Center discovered exactly who would be speaking at the event. Gaetz and Greene were then forced to seek a last-minute substitution for their original venue and approached Raincross Hospitality Management which managed the Riverside Convention Center for the county. After a contract was signed, public outcry over the event led Raincross to cancel the even less than 24 hours before it was to take place. And what was Oppupy Democrats’ alleged conspiratorial role in all this? Posting a tweet that said, “RT IF EVERY CITY SHOULD DO THE SAME!” as the filing in the lawsuit renders it. Occupy Democrats issued the following statement in response to the lawsuit from Representatives Green and Gaetz: “Myself and Occupy Democrats will remain steadfast in our commitment to defending our organization and its constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of the press,” says Occupy Democrats Founder Omar Rivero. “We will not be intimidated by Rep. Greene, who helped incite Trump’s deadly insurrection, nor by Gaetz, who is currently being investigated by Congress for credible allegations of his involvement in sex trafficking with a convicted criminal.” We simply reported on and reacted to the news of Congressman Gaetz and Congresswoman Taylor Greene’s political failures, and nothing more,” says Occupy Democrats Executive Editor Grant Stern. “We will vigorously seek dismissal and hold the members of Congress and their infamous counsel John Eastman accountable to the fullest extent of the law for their actions.” We firmly believe that the lawsuit filed against Occupy Democrats is wholly without merit and is a transparent attempt to stifle free speech. Our organization has consistently exercised its First Amendment rights to express opinions and critique the conduct of public officials, including Rep. Greene and Rep. Gaetz.”

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