‘Hands Off’ protests begin across US to oppose Trump agenda – live
More than a thousand events expected in a show of defiance against US president’s ‘authoritarian overreach’Maxwell Frost, Florida’s Democratic representatve, is now adddressing the crowd in Washington DC. “We see the foundations of our society, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the very safety nets that people have fought for for generations to ensure that our country lives up to its promise are being targeted by the billionaires and the oligarchs and the corporations.This insidious rise of authoritarianism is fueled by corrupt billionaires and mega corporations who believe that they have the right to control every aspect of our lives, our healthcare, to our schools, to our thoughts, to our very free speech under the false banner of patriotism and freedom…We are not only the liberals who believe in liberty, we are not only the progressives who believe in progress. We are the conservatives who will defend the land, the air, the water, the climate system, the constitution, the Bill of Rights, social cecurity, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Act … the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Clean Water Act …Everything that their party of nihilists and authoritarians wants to tear down in the next few weeks, we are going to conserve and defend for future generations of America. Continue reading...
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More than a thousand events expected in a show of defiance against US president’s ‘authoritarian overreach’
Maxwell Frost, Florida’s Democratic representatve, is now adddressing the crowd in Washington DC.
“We see the foundations of our society, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the very safety nets that people have fought for for generations to ensure that our country lives up to its promise are being targeted by the billionaires and the oligarchs and the corporations.
This insidious rise of authoritarianism is fueled by corrupt billionaires and mega corporations who believe that they have the right to control every aspect of our lives, our healthcare, to our schools, to our thoughts, to our very free speech under the false banner of patriotism and freedom…
We are not only the liberals who believe in liberty, we are not only the progressives who believe in progress. We are the conservatives who will defend the land, the air, the water, the climate system, the constitution, the Bill of Rights, social cecurity, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Act … the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Clean Water Act …
Everything that their party of nihilists and authoritarians wants to tear down in the next few weeks, we are going to conserve and defend for future generations of America. Continue reading...
