Good morning LG and all TF!
Yes, prayers up for all of the folks in CA affected by the fires! Just terrible!
Hope everyone has a great day! Looking forward to the rally tonight as well as news of the Mexico meeting! I suspect there will be a photo or 2 of the 2 leaders, which will make Trump look even more presidential (if that’s possible).
I don’t want to hijack this thread with more news of the rally last night, but was looking at the Everett Herald to see what they had to say (they are lib, but not as bad as the Seattle Slimes, from what I remember). The had 2 articles on the rally with a lot of pictures that I thought you all might be interested in. The coffeemaker in my room didn’t work, so you need to understand I read them w/o coffee :-o They seemed to be rather fair, let me know if you disagree.
Trump fills an arena and promises a fulfilled country
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/line-for-7-p-m-trump-rally-in-everett-is-growing/
One big party: Right and left face off on Everett’s streets
http://www.heraldnet.com/news/one-big-party-right-and-left-face-off-on-everetts-streets/
I was SO excited to see Rudy and my favorite Senator, Sessions, and even Reince! When they said he had brought a couple of surprise guests, I was thinking it was probably a couple of his kids, which would have been fine, too.
A little post-rally update:
As we (crowds) were coming out of the arena there were a lot of police officers standing in a line - we were all thanking them and they were smiling.
There were police and sheriff’s from all over - Seattle, Bellevue, Whatcom County, King County, Highway Patrol and I spoke with 1 motorcycle officer from Bellingham who smiled, thanked me and shook my hand when I thanked him for his service.
A crowd of us (probably at least a 1/2 block long, 2-3 deep) was walking east down the sidewalk (on the north side) of a main street towards the intersection of another main street. Someone in the front noticed police and protestors yelling on the southwest corner at the main intersection and we all started chanting TRUMP - TRUMP - TRUMP. When we got to the intersection we saw police using their bikes to block the protestors, who were chanting something, but I couldn’t understand what they were saying. It wasn’t long before the protestors headed down the street (south) away from the intersection and the police (or at least some of them) rode in the opposite direction (north) past us. I’d say about 20-30 minutes later, the protestors started marching down the sidewalk past us in the direction the police had ridden (north). The bicycle officers showed up fairly quickly and started following them and then an Everett police car went down the street behind them. They had just opened that road, but the police put the blockades back and wasn’t letting traffic through. That was my little after rally “excitement” for the evening.
Heading to the lobby for coffee and cont breakfast (wish I had Lysie’s!).
Thank you for reporting.
Hi, SC.
I think both of the articles you posted were fair and balanced.
Kind of scary being from lib WA or maybe a good thing.
I was taken back by this:
The Rev. Susan Cyr, an interfaith minister from Brier, said “Trump encourages people to hate one another, people within our country and internationally.”
What is this minister on.
Obviously, not paying attention to the current administration.
What an experience for you.
I loved the pre-rally interview of the crowds by RSBC.
So many young people.
Gives one hope!!!