Trump orders removal of longest continuous act of political protest in U.S. history, in Oval Office show of despotism

[bigtree]

Trump ordered the removal of the White House Peace Vigil on Friday, marking an end to a 44-year protest against the nation’s nuclear weaponry and warfare.

A reporter informed the president of the ongoing protest — now manned by Philipos Melaku-Bello and a group of rotating volunteers — Friday in the Oval Office, describing the long-standing tent as an “eye sore” for visitors supported by the “radical left.”

“I didn’t know that. Take it down. Take it down today, right now,” Trump told staffers inside the White House.

However, the peace vigil in Lafayette Park stands out as a permanent stakeout for free speech and is widely known as the longest continuous act of political protest in U.S. history.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-orders-takedown-of-longtime-protest-tent-at-white-house/ar-AA1LYUWI

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton told the Post that protesters are well within their right to peacefully assemble outside of the White House on public property.

“The First Amendment protects peaceful protests, even when they’re seen as unsightly or inconvenient, and even when they occur in front of the White House,” Norton said in the statement.

“The Peace Vigil has stood in front of the White House for more than 30 years, with its organizers engaged in principled activism at considerable personal cost. If Representative Van Drew’s claim that the vigil creates public safety hazards were valid, it would have been removed long ago.”

[sop]

1. Now he wants to do away with the First Amendment.

Trump's assault on our democracy continues.

[DBoon]

2. If being an "eye sore" is grounds for removing the protest

Trump himself should have been removed long ago

[calimary]

5. Totally!

But it that it? Or do the peaceful protesters stand their ground?

[AverageOldGuy]

3. Just wait . . .

Expect within the next few days to see Trump's thugs descend on the camp, tear it up, beat up the protesters and arrest them. He will us one or more FBI, ICE, National Guard.

This may be the spark that ignites serious protests aimed at Trump and his thugs.

[BurnDoubt]

4. The entire (each and EVERY Democrat Member of Congress) Caucus should commit to joining shifts to oversee the ...

Continuation of the Protest and document the conduct of the Government in this matter.
He has a Constitutional Mandate to enforce the Constitution.
It is his Responsibility. And, he has NO right to abrogate the First Amendment or silence protest.
Time to Make Good Trouble.
We need Dems to gird their guts and put an end to this notion, once and for all.