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'This Is What Autocracy Looks Like': Hundreds Protest Firing Of FBI Director
'This Is What Autocracy Looks Like': Hundreds Protest Firing Of FBI Director
by Staff in News on May 10, 2017 3:40 pm
By DCist contributor Becky Little
Hundreds of people gathered at the White House today—some moseyed over from nearby offices on their lunch break, while others had flown into D.C. this morning—to protest President Donald Trump's termination of FBI Director James Comey.
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On Wednesday at noon, at least 300 people gathered in front of the White House to call for an immediate and independent investigation of Trump’s relationship to Russia. One woman held a sign reading “Twinkle twinkle little czar / Putin put you where you are,” and someone had constructed a giant Trump head that floated ominously through the crowd.
Ben Wikler, the Washington director of MoveOn.org, which helped organize the rally, led call-back chants like “Show me what autocracy looks like / This is what autocracy looks like.”
For about an hour, Wilker and other guest speakers like Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and Mike Breen, president and CEO of the Truman Center and Truman National Security Project, condemned Trump’s actions. They also called on Congressional Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to get behind an independent investigation of Trump.
by Staff in News on May 10, 2017 3:40 pm
By DCist contributor Becky Little
Hundreds of people gathered at the White House today—some moseyed over from nearby offices on their lunch break, while others had flown into D.C. this morning—to protest President Donald Trump's termination of FBI Director James Comey.
....
On Wednesday at noon, at least 300 people gathered in front of the White House to call for an immediate and independent investigation of Trump’s relationship to Russia. One woman held a sign reading “Twinkle twinkle little czar / Putin put you where you are,” and someone had constructed a giant Trump head that floated ominously through the crowd.
Ben Wikler, the Washington director of MoveOn.org, which helped organize the rally, led call-back chants like “Show me what autocracy looks like / This is what autocracy looks like.”
For about an hour, Wilker and other guest speakers like Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and Mike Breen, president and CEO of the Truman Center and Truman National Security Project, condemned Trump’s actions. They also called on Congressional Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan to get behind an independent investigation of Trump.
