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suffragette

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2. Trump has an interest in pushing this. The protestors know this.
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 03:14 PM
Dec 2016

Some background:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028150362


http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/tribes-celebrate-as-corps-rejects-dakota-access-pipeline-easement/
“I don’t feel less needed,” said Peterson, who, like others, said he was concerned the victory could melt away if the company drilled anyway. There is also concern that President-elect Trump — an investor in the project — could seek to push the pipeline through once he takes office.

Many opponents — who have been dubbed “water protectors” — said they still don’t want to leave the camp as long as the company has equipment at its drill pad and police continue to block the highway that accesses the construction site.

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“I hope everyone can just go home; it’s real,” he said of the victory. “It’s not a hoax. Of course what is on everyone’s mind is what happens in seven weeks (when Trump takes office), and that is a legitimate question.”

Indeed, Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., the state’s only congressman and a longtime Trump supporter — and someone Trump is said to be considering for Energy Secretary — issued a statement Sunday promising a turnaround.

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