Meet David Roper. David is the guy who held up the “Thanks Tea-Tards” sign earlier today at an OFA rally. And he’s pretty damn proud of it:
RT "@reidepstein: OFA rally on the Capitol steps pic.twitter.com/hzIphIazfq" @_sean85_ @dannyboi965 @Sambo986 my siiiign!
— david roper (@dwroper) October 15, 2013
According to him, the sign was just “a joke”:
@daveweigel yes my real sign was this one… only took the red one out for a few mins before leaving as a joke pic.twitter.com/eNe9hyomwN
— david roper (@dwroper) October 15, 2013
Hilarious, right? But let him be clear: he’s not affiliated with OFA. He was just there for the party:
https://twitter.com/dwroper/status/390162453432369152
Be that as it may, he was nevertheless seen among OFA protesters, which, by lapdog media logic, makes him their spokesman. We’re still waiting for OFA to denounce him. We’re sure it’ll be any day now.
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Update:
Roper deleted the tweet containing the photo of him making the sign. Unfortunately, he’s still responsible for being a bonehead. He owns that sign:
@dannyboi965 Going to vets end the shutdown rally tomorrow at WW2 memorial – what should my sign say? "this shutdown is tea-tarded"?
— david roper (@dwroper) October 14, 2013
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Meanwhile, OFA has reportedly responded. From Politico:
After reporters tweeted photos of a sign that read “Thanks Tea-Tards,” OFA headquarters in Chicago contacted Ruiz and asked her to have it removed, she said.
An OFA official said “we neither support nor approve of the inappropriate language in a sign… today.”
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