Sunday, February 20, 2011

Wisconsin protests: anti-union tea party protesters were out-numbered today 35-to-1.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports that anti-union tea party protesters were out-numbered today 30-to-1.

The crowd of protesters on the Capitol Square this afternoon has grown to as many as 60,000, according Joel DeSpain, a spokesman for the Madison Police Department.

~SNIP~

Early estimates of the pro-Walker crowd were around 2,000.

UPDATE: The Associated Press is reporting that the number of pro-union protesters at 70,000. That takes the ratio up to 35-to-1.

In case there is any question about whether or not this was a tea party gig:

Read more-Daily Kos

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