From USAToday.com:

WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall, pushing through barriers Sunday morning to protest the memorial’s closing under the government shutdown.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas were among those who gathered Sunday morning, along with former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, according to WTOP radio. Cruz said President Obama is using veterans as pawns in the shutdown.

“Tear down these walls,” the crowd chanted. Protesters also sang God Bless America and other patriotic songs as they entered the memorial plaza.

[Video deleted due to BZ‘s Abrasion Factor: “I couldn’t shut off auto-play.”]

Jeff Thompkins of New York told WRC-TV he was there because people fight and died for the freedom to visit public spaces and to protest.

“Our constitutional rights are being taken away,” Thompkins said. “People made the ultimate sacrifice, and they should be open to the public, open to everyone to come down here and see this. This is ridiculous. This is not just and not fair. It’s just not fair.”

Further, from Breitbart.com:

Veterans Remove Barricades from Memorials and Bring Them to WH

On Sunday, protesting the barricades placed at memorials around Washington D.C. by the vindictive Obama administration, veterans removed the barricades and proceeded to take them to the White House. Multiple people tweeted photos of the barricades being removed and taken for presidential inspection.

To me, it’s not the White House any more; it’s the Spite House.

From TheBlaze.com:

‘We Are Marching to the White House’: ‘Million Vet March’ Descends on Washington, Barricades Torn Down

And, courtesy of the NPS: they brought their finest armored vehicle for the horribly unctuous and rioting Conservative crowds tearing apart memorials and defecating on cop cars and overturning parked vehicles and lighting trash on fire and burning buildings.

Oh.  Wait.  Sorry.  That was Occupy Wall Street.  My apologies.  Got the two crowds confused for a moment.

But in any event, had the government wanted to plow into crowds of non-violent protesters, it certainly could have.  That’s the point.  They were ready, by God.

Want to see what’s really happening?  How about this:

Ted Cruz and Sarah Palin dare to pay homage to the American flag.

“Trail closed.”  Yeah.  I bet it was a piece of cake to drag that sign up there.

NPS guard spreads his arms not in embracement, but in a “get the hell out, yes, all of you” type of gesture seen recently in DC.  Sorry, not a real cop.

Yes, those heinous and riotous Conservative coneheads, daring to raise a voice up and generally spoiling things for Leftists and the Obama Administration.

Damn them.

BZ