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He needs to hear from us, we the people,
said Colleen Duffy-Smith, 71, who helped organize the lunchtime demonstration as a volunteer with the progressive political advocacy group MoveOn The idea of somebody who was not elected, who does not have a mandate to lead, who also happens to be the richest man on earth, taking unilateral actions outside of normal processes, feels so deeply disconnected with our values, with just basic democratic principles, that it, I think, is setting off an alarm in a lot of people’s minds,
I have to believe, given the heinous actions that are being signed with a Sharpie on the daily, abridging people’s personal freedoms, their civil rights, our social service programs, our aid abroad, that somebody would have a conscience,
We’re seeing a lot of the energy that happened in 2016 and 2020 really coming back as people are feeling pretty incensed by the actions of Musk and Trump,
said Ravi Mangla, the national press secretary for the Working Families Party (WFP). The people who rely the heaviest on these services are your workforce – the people that are pumping your gas at the gas station in your town but who are barely able to afford to live in your town,
she said, describing her message to the congressman They scoff at the constitution,
said Kathleen Hirschi, 74, who wore a knitted pink pussy hat that became a symbol of an anti-Trump resistance movement during his first term to the Palm Desert protest I came here to have a discussion,
McCormick said as the tense session came to a close We are all freaking pissed off about this,
a constituent told McCormick They wouldn’t be complaining so much if we weren’t doing something useful.”
In a joint interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump praised Musk and brushed aside his critics Remember your oath, ... When he’s snooping through your bank accounts, you dump him.”
another warned, as a mobile billboard circled nearby, featuring the president and the billionaire tech mogul, with the message Why is a supposedly conservative party taking such a radical and extremist and sloppy approach to this?”
Another attendee concerned by the administration’s dismissal of hundreds of workers at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked I don’t know how I’m going to be able to afford his prescriptions.”
Without federal assistance, she worries They feel like they’re not being respected,
I’m hoping that, before it’s too late, people wake up,
We’re going to forge a new and lasting political majority that will drive American politics for generations to come,
said Trump, who has hinted at running for a third term in 2028 contrary to what is spelled out in the US Constitution Our method is similar to that of our dear friend Elon Musk,
Our adversaries hope that President Trump will move away from us [Europe], ... knowing him as a strong and effective leader, I bet that those who hope for divisions will be proven wrong.”
Our president wakes up every day knowing he’s the greatest president of all time.”
And the homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, whose home state of South Dakota includes the ripe-for-addition Mount Rushmore, topped them all by just coming out with it He was a sleepy, crooked guy. Terrible, terrible president. He was the worst president in the history of our country ... Every single thing he touched turned to shit.”
Trump mocked Biden’s golf handicap and bathing suit and offered a baseless opinion She does not like me. She’s a very angry person. You notice the way she is? She’s always screaming. She’s crazy.”
He took aim at the Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren over her past claims of Native American ancestry, recycling the “Pocahontas” nickname he once gave her and jibing
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