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struggle4progress

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Mon Jun 8, 2020, 10:06 PM Jun 2020

Black women going after him. And winning

By Petula Dvorak
June 8, 2020 at 11:05 a.m. EDT

... When our frightened, authoritarian president tried to silence protests ... by militarizing the streets of the District ... D.C. Mayor .. Bowser ... authorized city workers to paint “BLACK LIVES MATTER” in traffic-safety yellow letters large enough to be seen from space.

And she renamed the spot where peaceful protesters were gassed, hit with rubber projectiles and forcefully removed so President Trump could have a meaningless photo op in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church.

So Trump now lives behind more than a mile of fencing, right in front of Black Lives Matter Plaza ...

It’s not hard to bring out the worst in Trump. But black women do it well by simply being who they are. And speaking the truth ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/muriel-bowser-and-black-women-are-going-after-trump-and-theyre-winning/2020/06/08/aedac460-a97a-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

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Black women going after him. And winning (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2020 OP
Keep it up, ladies!❤ Karadeniz Jun 2020 #1
The black woman I know he does not want to entangle with tulipsandroses Jun 2020 #2
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