More than a thousand events to be held across the country in a show of defiance against Trump’s ‘authoritarian overreach’Jamie Raskin is calling on the Donald Trump administration to keep its “hands off Greenland, that’s an independent country.”Raskin went on to add:“Hands off Canada, that’s an independent country. Hands off Panama, that’s an independent country. Statehood for Washington, DC!”“They showed America that organized people who want nothing but freedom can defeat organized billionaires.”“These were monsters who turned the flag of America into a weapon of war against our police. And now, Donald Trump says he wants to set up a fund to compensate them. Mr. Trump, if there’s got to be a fund to compensate people for January 6, we’re going to compensate the police officers and their families. We’re going to back the men and women of the blue, not the planners of the coup.” Continue reading…
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Author : Maya Yang
Publish date : 2025-04-05 16:28:00
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US protests live: Demonstrations planned across US to oppose Trump agenda
