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.
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I mean regular white democrats. Saw some anecdotes about lib callers trying to sell voters on this or that, and the guy replying that they’re opposed to abolishing ICE. I think the polling supports this.
Of course, the hispanics probably favor abolishing ICE by huge amounts, and after that would be the hipsters in colleges. Not exactly a stirring majority, but they’re the voice of the DNC.
And the deplorables went swimming....
But...but...it was stifling hot! /s
Now just a cotton pickin’ minnit here. Let’s be fair. Wait ‘til you see the turnout at Elk Antler, North Dakota, population 33, homeless population...aw, who cares?
We don't want it but we have accepted it so far, Lurkin. Why we have, I don't know.
The Bush League Republicans had US in a box, voting for their amnesty candidates because the Democrat was always worse.
I was anti Bush before anti Bush was cool. 😀
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