Posted on 06/23/2018 8:31:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) -- - A local transgender rights group is sending a message to lawmakers about the immigration crisis. The ‘We Exist’ Coalition says they’re rallying to give a voice to the hundreds of immigrant families and children.
It was a strong message coming from the steps of Niagara Falls City Hall Saturday.
“We need to have compassion, dignity and as much bravery,” said Angela Burnham, a leader with the We Exist Coalition of Buffalo.
She says people need to have compassion for the thousands of children separated from their parents at the border. She says she wants to help speak up for people she says can't speak for themselves.
“As a veteran this isn't what I fought for. This isn't what I wanted for my country,” said Burnham.
Saturday's rally was initially to focus on the anniversary of Title IX, but organizers decided to switch gears.
“We are and always will be primarily a transgender rights group organization but we have to stick up for others too, we have to stick up for what's right what's decent,” said Burnham.
Their message -- "We Care" -- is a response to First Lady Melania Trump who wore a jacket that read "I really don't care. Do you?” while traveling to visit a facility housing immigrant children.
Similar rallies were held in Seneca falls and New York City Saturday afternoon.
The We Exist Coalition is calling on lawmakers to pass an immigration bill.
“We have to put our foots down and say this not okay,” said Burnham.
President Trump signed an executive order earlier this week. The Trump Administration says it keeps families who illegally cross the border together.
But Burnham says the damage is already done.
“These children are going to have to carry around what's happening in these places for the rest of their life, even after it ends,” said Burnham.
Reps for First Lady Melania Trump have said there was no meaning behind her jacket.
The White House says about 500 kids have been reunited with their parents. But there are still questions on how the more than 2,000 children will be reunited with their families.
A vote on a compromise of an immigration bill was postponed until week.
I want these families reunited as quickly as possible, in their own country.
SICKOS
Gatherings of normal people seem to be getting harder to come by, don’t they?
Huh... a transgender organization that cares more about leftist politics than transgender issues... surprising...
Foots.
Not one of these people are helping take care of the illegal kids
I survived it for 8 years in my line of work under obamatard. Believe me, this is a fresh of breath air nowadays..
Much like Baltimore protests, cell phone communications, transport, legal assistance and protocols, lodging, and meals were paid for by government funded groups thru the Obama Administration.
This one has Hillary and Soros prints all over it. Just to keep Hillary off the indictment schedule.
Much like Baltimore protests, cell phone communications, transport, legal assistance and protocols, lodging, and meals were paid for by government funded groups thru the Obama Administration.
This one has Hillary and Soros prints all over it. Just to keep Hillary off the indictment schedule.
When Virtue Signaling begins to overlap.
Can’t find a photo of “Angela” Burnham. Maybe it’s for the best.
Can anyone explain the rationale of Melania wearing that jacket?
I don’t get the “news” and a search earlier turned up nothing to elaborate on the “I really don’t care” BS absent liberal histrionics.
Well that does it, nothing like wisdom dispensed from people who cant even figure out their own gender to make an impression.
Who is Amancio Ortega Gaona? How else does he make money? Who labors to make his 'jackets'?
It’s an inexpensive jacket fashionable among a certain age group of girls and young women. When women, even stunning ones like Mrs. Trump, approach 50 they grab at young people’s trends and fashions to make themselves feel younger. I’m sure you’ve seen it before.
Why is the 'jacket' inexpensive .. perhaps it is made by 'slave child labor'?
>>>Why is the ‘jacket’ inexpensive .. perhaps it is made by ‘slave child labor’?<<<
Yeah, Melania picked it up when she visited her Husband’s Concentration Camp on the Mexican Border where the Factory is located.
$39 a piece. That’s VERY inexpensive for Mrs. Trump.
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