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New York, NY – In the aftermath of Trump Tower forbidding protest signs, placards and posters, activists from the group Rise and Resist circumvented the rule staging a protest on July 31, 2019 inside Trump Tower.
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Participants conveyed their message by wearing T-shirts printed with messages supporting the four congresswomen attacked on Trump’s recent racially inflammatory tweets.
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Sickened and saddened by Trump’s racist attacks and policies, members of Rise and Resist wore shirts in support of Reps. Tlaib, Omar, Pressley, and Ocasio-Cortez at Trump Tower.
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Thousands of activists have taken to the streets and public places recently to counter the constant injustices of this administration. The resistance movement is gaining strength.
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In racist tweets over past weeks, Donald Trump almost certainly was referring to this group of liberal House freshmen whose elections in 2018 helped return the chamber to Democratic control.
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Among Trump’s tweets: “Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.”
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They’re all women of color. Every one of them is an American citizen. And of the four members of the self-styled “squad” duly elected to the House of Representatives, only one was born outside the U.S.
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