MoveOn.org and Occupy Vancouver are planning a peaceful demonstration on Friday outside of U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler’s closed-door campaign kickoff fundraiser, which will feature U.S. House Speaker John Boehner as a guest.
According to protest organizers, the demonstration will highlight Republican policies that protesters say favor big corporations rather than create jobs for everyday people.
“John Boehner and the rest of the Republicans ran on a promise of jobs,” according to a news release sent out by the protest groups. “Since then, all they have offered is the same tired policy agenda of tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy and deregulation that we had under George W. Bush. … At the same time, they have blocked virtually every job creation bill introduced by the Democrats and reduced federal support to the states, resulting in layoffs for teachers, police and firefighters.”
Rep. Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, is completing her first two-year term in Congress.
Members of the media are barred from attending the fundraiser. Boehner, R-Ohio, has a policy that “fundraising events are closed to the press,” his spokesman, Cory Fritz, said in an email on Wednesday.
