Posted on 01/25/2017 12:49:30 PM PST by Morgana
WASHINGTON (AP) - The morning after President Donald Trump issued orders to delay environmental rules and restart pipeline projects, Greenpeace protesters climbed a 270-foot construction crane blocks from the White House and unfurled a massive orange and yellow banner with the word, "RESIST."
A spokesman for the environmental group, Travis Nichols, said the protesters are encouraging resistance to Trump and his agenda. A Greenpeace statement said the demonstration is "calling for those who want to resist Trump's attacks on environmental, social, economic, and educational justice to contribute to a better America."
Police closed three city blocks to traffic around the site Wednesday morning, but officers on the scene appeared to be doing little more than monitoring the activists, who were secured with ropes and harnesses as they hung from the crane.
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And they get paid really, really well.
Water cannon? That would make things mighty cold!
That gives them the high ground over our White House. I would have been fine if they had shot them down and left them hanging for a few days.
Donald Trump and his supporters are the resistance.
The Democrats are the Empire attempting to strike back!
Oh for one of those rare crane tip overs
And just who was supposed to be securing these cranes? I don’t know anything about construction, but I suspect that a lot of damage and loss of life could result from the high-jacking of one of these cranes.
hilarious, Obama did crazy things with everyone’s money but because it was under the table nobody complained
That reminds me, Trump needs to extradite to Peru the Greenpeace people responsible for damaging the Nazca lines in one of their protests.
“High Ground Over White House”
I’m a little surprised they didn’t get shot. Aren’t there snipers on the roof of the WH? I’m sure at the very least they were in some cross hairs.
” but officers on the scene appeared to be doing little more than monitoring the activists”
And people are paying you....why?
This should be allowed ... Darwin will take care of it.
I troll DU. On Monday, they were slapping themselves on the back about their march.
On Tuesday, they were TERRIFIED.
“And they get paid really, really well.”
it’s a pretty intense job:they can EASILY accidentally kill people on the ground.
Okay, so every known virtue signaller has now signalled virtue to each other, now what? Orgasm?
Resist we much.
The Secret Service was probably well within their rights to shoot those lunatics, but I imagine they quickly assessed that the President and the White House were in no danger.
I'll bet there's going to be some serious discussions regarding these sorts of security lapses in future.
Trump needs to bring in the Outlaws or the Angels, arm them with 2 x 4’s and tell ‘em to break the pinatas when they get low enough.
I too think those discussions will take place.
You can be SURE there were PLENTY of Unseen ones!
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