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Thousands march in Washington in wilting heat to protest Trump’s immigration policy
Washington Post ^ | 06/30/2018 | By Marissa J. Lang, Julie Zauzmer and Hannah Natanson

Posted on 06/30/2018 7:48:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

The rally began with drums and a reminder that the story of most Americans began somewhere else.

A representative of the Piscataway Indian Nation addressed a crowd of thousands assembled in Lafayette Square on Saturday in Spanish, then English. Sebastian Medina-Tayac burned tobacco, a Native American prayer tradition, said a prayer and then sang an indigenous-language song from Bolivia that means, “take courage.”

“We don’t believe in borders. We don’t believe in walls,” Medina-Tayac said.

The rally ended with a march past the White House and the Trump International Hotel and on to the Department of Justice, where protesters affixed signs to the building gates:

“We are better than this,” one said.

“Las familias merecen estar unidos,” said another, which translates to “Families deserve to be united.”

Starting around 9 a.m., thousands had made their way to Lafayette Square, with many more filling in along 16th Street and into Farragut Square, areas that had been blocked off in anticipation of 50,000 protesters’ arrival in the District.

The crowd seemed somewhat shy of that, although organizers said aerial photographs indicated it was still in the tens of thousands.

About 750 similar “Families Belong Together” rallies were planned throughout the country in every state — from big cities such as Boston, Chicago and New York to tiny ones such as Antler, N.D., which has a population of 27.

The message: End President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has split children from their parents and detained families crossing the southern U.S. border.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: agitprop; aliens; astroturf; immigration; march; protest; soros; sovereignty; trumpillegals
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To: raiderboy

Parasites will always be with us.but it is not fair when we work and they leach off of our toil.


21 posted on 06/30/2018 8:03:17 PM PDT by raiderboy (Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.)
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To: FLT-bird

Lol, yep that’s some hot irony : )


22 posted on 06/30/2018 8:05:49 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Up to $1500/week.
$15-$18 hourly rate + bonus + overtime!


23 posted on 06/30/2018 8:08:13 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: SeekAndFind

Washington Post will pathologically inflate the actual size of the crowd. It couldn’t do otherwise.


24 posted on 06/30/2018 8:08:38 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho) to sun spots)
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To: SeekAndFind

Great optics for us. “We don’t want no borders!” This does not sell well even among mainstream Democrats.


25 posted on 06/30/2018 8:10:29 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Regulator

Hilarious. Spanish is an “indigenous” language?

Don’t tell the Aztecs. They’re still bitter about La Malinche.

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Good one.


26 posted on 06/30/2018 8:12:42 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: SeekAndFind

And?


27 posted on 06/30/2018 8:13:39 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Trillian

Thats 2 wks pay for me... When does the prosecution of those that pay for this happen? Sedition and treason are crimes when they try to overthrow the government


28 posted on 06/30/2018 8:13:40 PM PDT by Conservative4Life (But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death:Proverbs 8:36)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow! If they braved the heat and stuff, we should like totally accede to their demands!


29 posted on 06/30/2018 8:14:50 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: SeekAndFind
“We don’t believe in borders. We don’t believe in walls,” Medina-Tayac said.

Awsome. I'm gonna build me a casino over on the Rez!

30 posted on 06/30/2018 8:17:44 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: SeekAndFind

Only 3 writers?

Someone must have taken a vacation.

Probably a patriotic American...


31 posted on 06/30/2018 8:18:52 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: SeekAndFind

You all realize these protests are financed by drug cartels? It’s the Latin American drug cartels that have the most to fear from border enforcement

Domestic politicians on both sides of the aisle are financially owned by the drug lords

The politicians get money and any kind of perks the want for ensuring that the status quo continues


32 posted on 06/30/2018 8:33:43 PM PDT by Professional
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To: SeekAndFind

“We don’t believe in borders. We don’t believe in walls,” Medina-Tayac said.

We do.

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33 posted on 06/30/2018 8:34:14 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Regulator

Few will understand your reference to “La Malinche.” For those do not look it up on google. Oddly today google stills references it correctly. That will probably change.


34 posted on 06/30/2018 8:34:39 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Less than a good sized Trump rally


35 posted on 06/30/2018 8:35:12 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: DoodleBob

It looks to me like the supporters of liberty outnumber the supporters of lawbreaking.

I agree!


36 posted on 06/30/2018 8:45:11 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: Lurkinanloomin

People who break into other people’s homes believe that, also


37 posted on 06/30/2018 8:46:54 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Indian doesn’t believe in borders or walls? Try carrying a firearm or hunt or trespass on the res and see what that gets you.


38 posted on 06/30/2018 8:47:35 PM PDT by Glennb51
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To: SeekAndFind

If the protestors don’t want children separated from their real parents, then tell them NOT TO COME HERE ILLEGALLY. Or stay in Mexico, apply for asylum there, get a job, and apply for a legal US entry visa or asylum.

My great grandfather did it that way. So did his kids, and my other grandfather and grandmother. And they all had jobs waiting for them when they came here.


39 posted on 06/30/2018 8:49:38 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: ghostkatz

Because properly calling it “federal law” would be too informative and accurate for the Washington Post.


40 posted on 06/30/2018 8:53:41 PM PDT by daler
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