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Supporters cheer Trump at ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally outside White House
WTOP-TV ^ | June 3, 2017 | Dennis Foley

Posted on 06/03/2017 11:47:04 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of demonstrators, primarily from the D.C. area, gathered in front of the White House late Saturday morning to show their support and appreciation to President Donald Trump.

“I’m sorry he has to take all of this abuse,” Marilyn Ochs of Bethesda said while holding a handwritten sign. “But he can take it!”

The Fairfax County Republican Committee organized the event in support of the president’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

“We basically think it’s a bad deal for the country. It’s an example of the kind of unilateral decision making President Obama was making,” said committee chairman Matt Ames.

He said this is not about the climate.

“If you work for the federal government, if you live in the D.C. area, I think, in principle, you care about good government,” Ames said.

Ames said if this had been handled like a treaty and had gone through the Senate, President Trump would not have been able to make the decision to leave the agreement.

“We believe that there is a climate issue and we need to solve it,” committee executive director Steve Buckingham said while passing out “Trump-Pence” stickers. “But signing an agreement that has no enforcement, no mechanism to enforce any aspect to it, is ridiculous.”

The Pennsylvania Avenue demonstration was called a “Pittsburgh, not Paris” rally, even though Pittsburgh went to Hillary Clinton during the presidential election.

“We’re well aware of the fact Pittsburgh — Allegheny County, specifically — went to Clinton,” Buckingham said.

The demonstrators still embraced the message.

“President Trump is the president for all Americans, not just the ones who voted for him,” Buckingham said. “For us, the whole ‘Pittsburgh not Paris’ has really resonated.”

Many attendees were not at the event to support or oppose the Paris agreement. They came out to just offer some support to the president.

“We know he’s always getting a lot of heat for always doing the right thing,” Donna Widawski said. “The president has their back. The president is trying to do the right thing.”

Ochs also chimed in.

“We’re very, very strong in our support,” Ochs said passionately. “They say he’s a bully, he’s rude — what? I don’t see it.”

She said Trump has her unconditional support — with one exception.

“If he ever shows weakness,” she said, “he’s finished.”


TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues; State and Local
KEYWORDS: climatechange; fakescience; globalwarming; trump

1 posted on 06/03/2017 11:47:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 06/03/2017 11:48:27 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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This is how we show Our President we the American Voter are behind him!!!
3 posted on 06/03/2017 11:59:52 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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4 posted on 06/03/2017 12:03:32 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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Fairfax County Republican Committee

They finally found a parade to jump in front of......too bad they couldn't organize a candidate so the dem couldn't run unapposed.

5 posted on 06/03/2017 12:23:17 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: Helicondelta

Infowars has offered $1,000 reward for holding up a “CNN is ISIS sign or t-shirt, and if you can get in a plug for Infowars, you can get $2,500. Infowars is the one who inspired the “Bill Clinton is a Rapist” t-shirts, etc., and rewarded people who got on tv with that slogan.

They have set aside $200,000 for the anti-CNN campaign and may increase it, depending on how successful the campaign is.


6 posted on 06/03/2017 1:00:46 PM PDT by euram
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AT&T wants to buy out Time Warner. CNN is a Time Warner property. Speak to that.


7 posted on 06/03/2017 11:00:22 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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