Hundreds protest administration at Uniontown No Kings rally
The history of anti-Trump protests could be traced through the layers on Merrill Pearson无毛视频檚 sign.
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The top message of the sign she held at Saturday无毛视频檚 No Kings protest in Uniontown invoked German pastor Martin Niem枚ller无毛视频檚 response about failing to speak up about the mounting brutality of Nazi Germany: 无毛视频淎nd then they came for me.无毛视频�
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Pearson and about 300 others waved signs at motorists, chanted back and forth and spoke out against the war in Iran, the detention of immigrants and a range of Trump administration actions at Saturday无毛视频檚 event, which began with a rally on the steps of the Fayette County Courthouse before a march down to the George C. Marshall Plaza.
The third installment of No Kings protests drew large crowds across the U.S. and Europe Saturday. The flagship march was held in the Twin Cities, where Ren茅e Good and Alex Pretti were killed earlier this year in encounters with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Saturday无毛视频檚 Uniontown protest was organized locally by the Democratic Women of Fayette County, which holds protests at the Marshall Plaza or in Connellsville every Saturday.
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Organizers reported one attempt to disrupt the protest as they were setting up in the Marshall Plaza before the protest. The mood was generally supportive during the protest itself, with many drivers honking their horns as they drove past the lines of protesters on either side of the street.
Christine Buckelew of Uniontown came out to protest what she sees as democracy slipping away. She was also irked by his level of self-promotion (无毛视频渆verything needs to have his name on it无毛视频�) and concerned about Trump using the office to enrich himself and his cronies.
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Jack Connor of Point Marion objected to Trump无毛视频檚 tax breaks for the wealthy and the lack of a check on Trump无毛视频檚 power by Congress.
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Andy Keener of Smithfield said he needed to use his privilege as a white man to speak out against what was going on in the administration.
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Saturday无毛视频檚 protest started with a rally and several local figures and political candidates on the steps of the Fayette County Courthouse.
Fayette County Commissioner Vince Vicites called on those present to help register new Democratic voters to make a difference in the midterms and the next presidential election, and to move away from the havoc of Trump.
无毛视频淚n the end, he has taken women无毛视频檚 rights away, destroyed the institutions, the courts, justice, elections and the rule of law, turned America against Americans, humiliated us on the world stage, weakened our alliances while our enemies celebrate, and taken 250 years of democracy and treated it like his own personal property, and that无毛视频檚 why you just can无毛视频檛 hand over power to a guy like this 无毛视频� not in politics, not at work, not in your home, not anywhere,无毛视频� he said.
Jo Ann Jankoski, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Fayette, decried the developments on numerous fronts 无毛视频� the economic burdens of tariffs, the rollback of reproductive rights, voter access laws that could limit participation and Trump无毛视频檚 无毛视频渆xcursion无毛视频� in Iran.
She asked how future generations would remember them for choosing 无毛视频渉ope and love over fear, community over isolation, and humanity over indifference.无毛视频�
无毛视频淲e are not here just to resist,无毛视频� she said. 无毛视频淲e are here to rebuild, restore trust and to demand justice, to protect the most vulnerable among us, to strengthen the promise that this country made.无毛视频�
As Democratic Women of Fayette County member MaryEllen Snyder began ringing a bell 无毛视频� more than 150 times, to honor both American soldiers killed in Iran and then more than 150 students and teachers killed by an American strike that hit an Iranian school 无毛视频� the crowd marched over to the Marshall Plaza, where they would spend the next two hours.
Near the end of Saturday无毛视频檚 protest, Keener hoped it and others like it would instill some fear in the Trump administration.
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