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Trump Tower Now Looks Like a Middle Finger to Chicago
The Chicago Reader ^
| November 9, 2016
| Ryan Smith
Posted on 11/09/2016 4:27:35 PM PST by PBRCat
In the run-up to Election Day, Donald Trump's eponymous tower on Wabash Avenue had been widely viewed as a 98-story joke. Thousands of people had RSVP'd on Facebook for a "Point and Laugh at Trump Tower" event scheduled following the election, the presumption being that he would lose to Hillary Clinton. On the sidewalk along Wacker Drive directly across the river from the skyscraper, someone had set up a makeshift photo studio—a framing device that passersby could use to complete what had become the selfie du jour: a middle finger directed at Trump's obnoxiously monogrammed building. Just last week the City Council voted to remove an honorary "Trump Plaza" sign outside the tower as a response to comments he made about violence in Chicago.
This morning I returned to Trump Tower to see what, if anything, had changed now that Trump's highly mockable presidential bid had become a sobering reality. The selfie stand was gone. A lone redheaded woman held a sign that read "Hate will never win."
I gazed up one more time at Trump's shiny skyscraper. It almost seemed to be flipping the middle finger right back at Chicago.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; losers; progressives; trump
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Another progressive who mocked President-elect Trump is reduced to bitter tears of remorse.
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:27:35 PM PST
by
PBRCat
To: PBRCat
Michael Moore:
“The election of Donald Trump would be the biggest “F** Y** ever recorded in Human History!”
Well????
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:29:31 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: tcrlaf
Today, Loons are protesting outside Trump Tower in NYC and Chicago.
To: jennychase
Trump Tower parking garage entrance now completely blocked.
To: jennychase
To: jennychase
BernerOfOligarchy @severson_sean 34s34 seconds ago
Trump tower in Chicago is under attack by a bunch of whiny kids who lost. Kinda like when they all got trophies as kids. Don't hurt feelings
To: jennychase
Therapy Dogs Visit Capitol Hill After Election | NBC Bay Area
To: jennychase
To: PBRCat
It almost seemed to be flipping the middle finger right back at Chicago. Not Trump's finger. Ours.
To: PBRCat
Is this the rag homeless people demand donations to read?
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:44:20 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: jennychase
Yeah “not my president” protests by NYC liberals are now screwing up the evening commute for NYC liberals.
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:44:35 PM PST
by
bigbob
(The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
To: tcrlaf
To: PBRCat
Not to belittle but didn’t Trump sell that tower?
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:46:44 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: jennychase
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:47:19 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
To: jennychase
Trump tower in Chicago is under attack by a bunch of whiny kids who lost. Kinda like when they all got trophies as kids. They're probably shills - bought and paid for by George Soros.
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:51:43 PM PST
by
GOPJ
(Democrats were played for fools by their own political operatives! That's how they were blindsided)
To: PBRCat
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:55:04 PM PST
by
Chode
(You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING! ich bin ein Deplorable...)
To: PBRCat
Shitcago .. November .. Fire Hoses .. Simple !
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:55:45 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: PBRCat
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posted on
11/09/2016 4:57:59 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: tomkat
New York City Alerts @NYCityAlerts
Video: Thousands of anti-Trump protesterso marching. Numerous arrests being made by NYPD. Via @MaddowBlog
To: jennychase
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