Posted on 06/30/2018 7:48:11 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The rally began with drums and a reminder that the story of most Americans began somewhere else.
A representative of the Piscataway Indian Nation addressed a crowd of thousands assembled in Lafayette Square on Saturday in Spanish, then English. Sebastian Medina-Tayac burned tobacco, a Native American prayer tradition, said a prayer and then sang an indigenous-language song from Bolivia that means, “take courage.”
“We don’t believe in borders. We don’t believe in walls,” Medina-Tayac said.
The rally ended with a march past the White House and the Trump International Hotel and on to the Department of Justice, where protesters affixed signs to the building gates:
“We are better than this,” one said.
“Las familias merecen estar unidos,” said another, which translates to “Families deserve to be united.”
Starting around 9 a.m., thousands had made their way to Lafayette Square, with many more filling in along 16th Street and into Farragut Square, areas that had been blocked off in anticipation of 50,000 protesters’ arrival in the District.
The crowd seemed somewhat shy of that, although organizers said aerial photographs indicated it was still in the tens of thousands.
About 750 similar “Families Belong Together” rallies were planned throughout the country in every state — from big cities such as Boston, Chicago and New York to tiny ones such as Antler, N.D., which has a population of 27.
The message: End President Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which has split children from their parents and detained families crossing the southern U.S. border.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Parasites will always be with us.but it is not fair when we work and they leach off of our toil.
Lol, yep that’s some hot irony : )
Up to $1500/week.
$15-$18 hourly rate + bonus + overtime!
Washington Post will pathologically inflate the actual size of the crowd. It couldn’t do otherwise.
Great optics for us. “We don’t want no borders!” This does not sell well even among mainstream Democrats.
Hilarious. Spanish is an “indigenous” language?
Don’t tell the Aztecs. They’re still bitter about La Malinche.
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Good one.
And?
Thats 2 wks pay for me... When does the prosecution of those that pay for this happen? Sedition and treason are crimes when they try to overthrow the government
Wow! If they braved the heat and stuff, we should like totally accede to their demands!
Awsome. I'm gonna build me a casino over on the Rez!
Only 3 writers?
Someone must have taken a vacation.
Probably a patriotic American...
You all realize these protests are financed by drug cartels? It’s the Latin American drug cartels that have the most to fear from border enforcement
Domestic politicians on both sides of the aisle are financially owned by the drug lords
The politicians get money and any kind of perks the want for ensuring that the status quo continues
“We don’t believe in borders. We don’t believe in walls,” Medina-Tayac said.
We do.
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Few will understand your reference to “La Malinche.” For those do not look it up on google. Oddly today google stills references it correctly. That will probably change.
Less than a good sized Trump rally
It looks to me like the supporters of liberty outnumber the supporters of lawbreaking.
I agree!
People who break into other people’s homes believe that, also
The Indian doesn’t believe in borders or walls? Try carrying a firearm or hunt or trespass on the res and see what that gets you.
If the protestors don’t want children separated from their real parents, then tell them NOT TO COME HERE ILLEGALLY. Or stay in Mexico, apply for asylum there, get a job, and apply for a legal US entry visa or asylum.
My great grandfather did it that way. So did his kids, and my other grandfather and grandmother. And they all had jobs waiting for them when they came here.
Because properly calling it “federal law” would be too informative and accurate for the Washington Post.
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