After Occupy DC’s violent attack on AFP’s Defending the American Dream Summit last nite, Americans for Prosperity released the following statement
Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) issued the following statement today:
“While we support the right to free speech and to peaceably assemble, it is saddening and unacceptable that the “occupy” group launched an attack on our own peaceable assembly and expression of free speech,” said AFPF Executive Vice President Tracy Henke.
Henke continued, “There is a deep divide in our fundamental vision for America. We at AFPF advocate for individual freedom and responsibility, ideas that enrich and empower society as a whole.”
Rather than inciting class warfare, our leaders need to focus on creating an environment that will enable American businesses to create jobs and economic growth–and they need to condemn these increasingly violent protests.
In hundreds of AFPF events, there has never been an arrest or reported act of violence by our members.
This comes on the heels of this. Sure, as Mike put up here, the Koch brothers do help to fund AFP and I think the "Fat Kat" was a cute instantiation of political theater – the angry mob is not. Under the rubric of "We are the 99%", these groups are starting down that slippery path of "because we are the 99%, we can do what we want" which translates as "the majority can do what we want – and we will".
In essence, they are really starting to believe their own slick PR tagline "We are the 99%" to the point that many believe that everyone not in their definition of the 1% automatically supports them regardless of their political leanings (taking the idea of "No Labels" and feeding it massive amounts of steroids).
