Brian Hook
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, the most concerning chant that I heard was when they were chanting, you know, Donald Trump and the USA are the biggest threat in the world today.
And these protesters were very angry with the president.
And as you saw, that clip was in the middle of the street in New York.
And so right behind me, we walked all the way up 8th Avenue from Times Square to Columbus Circle, where I am now.
And they overtook, you know, one of the biggest cities in the country.
And how on earth are you able to take over a street like that?
Well, we found out it's actually through the mayor's office.
They obtained a permit in seven hours, Cabot, and were able to put on that production.
Yes, so as we talked about yesterday, we saw it was the Answer Coalition was part of it, but then I'm also seeing reports of the People's Forum.
And apparently people are saying that that program has ties to the CCP.
And I talked to one of the protesters out here yesterday and I asked, how did you find out about this?
And then she tells me about the group chats that they have and the different roles that every protester can play in the group chats.
So they have sign makers, they have chanters, they have organizers, and they have outreachers, flyer printers.
And we saw, before the protest started, people bringing in these large signs, these large wagons carrying supplies.
And you'll notice in that video, several of the signs are the same.
And it just shows that this is ready to go.
And it's very difficult to get kind of something of that scale, a thousand people on the same page so quickly.
So you just know that there is some level of organization behind it.
Oh, we saw one protester yell at the group saying, you guys don't know what you're doing.
You shouldn't be doing this right now.