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Washington Post reporter compares DC rioters to Boston Tea Party

by Joe Concha - 01/21/17 11:32 AM ET

Washington Post reporter and CNN contributor Wesley Lowery on Friday defended rioting protesters at President Trump’s inauguration, comparing them to the patriots behind the Boston Tea Party.

Lowery was responding to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who criticized protesters in a tweet shortly after the inauguration.

“Nothing is more unAmerican than protesters who are not peaceful. Disgusting,” McCaskill tweeted.

In response, Lowery wrote: “The participants in the Boston Tea Party would likely beg to differ.”

Nothing is more unAmerican than protesters who are not peaceful. Disgusting.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) January 20, 2017

The participants in the Boston Tea Party would likely beg to differ https://t.co/DsxII9elS9

— Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) January 20, 2017

{mosads}Rioters had smashed windows and blocked traffic when Lowery tweeted. There were already more than 95 arrests by 2 p.m. Friday, according to RTV-6 Indiana.

Rioters went on to vandalize several cars and set a limousine on fire. Hundreds ended up arrested and charged with rioting, and six police officers were injured.

On Friday during and after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, hundreds were arrested and charged with rioting and six police officers injured in Washington, D.C..

Rioters also vandalized several cars, set a limousine on fire and smashed windows to multiple businesses.

Lowery added in a later tweet that the “a lot of protest live coverage is journalistically useless.”

Lowery, who has been with the Washington Post since 2014, was signed by CNN this week to provide political analysis on-air.

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