{"id":1924229,"date":"2023-05-04T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-branch-targets-republican-councilwoman-with-7-kids-at-6-a-m-outside-her-home\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T12:16:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T16:16:54","slug":"naacp-branch-targets-republican-councilwoman-with-7-kids-at-6-a-m-outside-her-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-branch-targets-republican-councilwoman-with-7-kids-at-6-a-m-outside-her-home\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP targets Republican councilwoman with 7 kids at 6 a.m. outside her home."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnaacp-branch-targets-republican-councilwoman-with-7-kids-at-6-a-m-outside-her-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924229&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>NAACP Holds Press Conference Outside Republican Councilwoman\u2019s Home<\/h2>\n<h3>Protesters Criticize Councilwoman\u2019s Stance on Public Health Bureaucracy<\/h3>\n<p>The South Bend, Indiana branch of the NAACP held a press conference outside the home of Republican City Councilwoman Amy Drake on Thursday morning. The group was protesting Drake\u2019s criticism of Indiana\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-woke-nonprofits-behind-the-cdcs-inclusive-communication-guide\/\" title=\"Meet the Woke Nonprofits Behind the CDC\u2019s \u2018Inclusive Communication\u2019 Guide\">public health bureaucracy<\/a>. Drake, who has written opinion articles for The Federalist, called the demonstration a form of \u201cdomestic terrorism\u201d intended to influence her votes by harassing and threatening her family.<\/p>\n<h3>Peaceful Demonstration Switched to Press Conference<\/h3>\n<p>South Bend NAACP Chairwoman Trina Robinson told The Federalist that after internal pushback, she decided to switch the \u201cpeaceful demonstration\u201d to a press conference, still outside the Drakes\u2019 home at 6:30 a.m. Drake cited the FBI\u2019s definition of domestic terrorism: \u201cAppearing to be intended to influence the policy of government by intimidation or coercion.\u201d She and her husband spent three days before the event calling police, fielding calls from constituents and friends, and making plans to ensure their children\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<h3>Protesters Express Displeasure at Councilwoman\u2019s Public Record<\/h3>\n<p>Robinson told The Federalist the goal of visiting Drake\u2019s home was indeed to put pressure on her and express displeasure at Drake\u2019s public record, since their public comments at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flint-councilman-threatens-crackhead-colleague-he-says-is-trying-to-control-100-million-in-coronavirus-funds\/\" title=\"Flint Councilman Threatens \u2018Crackhead\u2019 Colleague He Says Is Trying To \u2018Control\u2019 0 Million In Coronavirus Funds\">city council meetings<\/a> did not move Drake to vote as the group wants. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-branch-targets-republican-councilwoman-with-7-kids-at-6-a-m-outside-her-home\/\" title=\"NAACP targets Republican councilwoman with 7 kids at 6 a.m. outside her home.\">demonstrators held signs stating<\/a>: \u201cAmy Drake voted no $$$ for -behavioral crisis center -Motels4Now -Portage Manor,\u201d \u201cLead Testing Protects Children,\u201d and \u201cWe Support Opioid Crisis Relief Funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Confrontational Political Actions Against Conservatives and Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>The demonstration fits a pattern of confrontational political actions against conservatives and Republicans, including mob action in the state capitols of Tennessee, Texas, Montana, Kentucky, Kansas, Florida, Oklahoma, and Missouri. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told The Wall Street Journal this week that the five constitutional justices remain under constant threat of assassination.<\/p>\n<h3>Protesters Consider Showing Up at Public Official\u2019s Home a Form of \u201cFree Speech\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Robinson says she considers showing up at a public official\u2019s home a form of \u201cfree speech\u201d and said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tokyo-525-people-hospitalized-for-falling-on-ice-in-record-snowfall\/\" title=\"Tokyo: 525 People Hospitalized for \u2018Falling on Ice\u2019 in Record Snowfall\">local police told<\/a> her the group could show up at Drake\u2019s home so long as they stayed on the sidewalk. Drake says she asked for police presence to ensure everyone\u2019s safety and was told they might send an unmarked car. On Thursday morning, Drake said she couldn\u2019t see any police outside as the press conference commenced.<\/p>\n<h3>South Bend Residents\u2019 Tragic Conditions<\/h3>\n<p>Robinson then directed her focus to the desperation she and others feel at many South Bend residents\u2019 tragic conditions. Like many other American cities, South Bend has highly visible homeless, generational poverty, and drug problems. Robinson equated Drake\u2019s opposition to expanding ineffective government bureaucracy with leaving desperate citizens without the resources to make better lives.<\/p>\n<h3>Drake Responds to Protesters<\/h3>\n<p>Drake told The Federalist she and her husband decided against any kind of counter-demonstration to avoid \u201cescalating.\u201d They also adamantly opposed violence of any kind. But they considered the local activists\u2019 decision to personalize politics by showing up at their home at the time their children go to school to be an act of hostility. After a month cooling off period, Drake said she would be willing to have a civil discussion with Robinson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A South Bend, Indiana, branch of the NAACP held a press conference Thursday at 6:30 a.m. outside the house of Republican City Councilwoman Amy Drake to protest her criticism of Indiana\u2019s public health bureaucracy. A May 1 press release and social media posts proclaimed the group\u2019s intent to protest outside Drake\u2019s home, where she lives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":519,"featured_media":1924230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[10432,8726,3790,4247,13195,3911,4841],"class_list":["post-1924229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-a-m","tag-councilwoman","tag-home","tag-kids","tag-naacp","tag-republican","tag-targets"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/519"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}