Washington – Trump Changes Course After Denouncing Protesters

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    Protestors march during a demonstration against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump near Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York City, December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonWashington – President Donald Trump is doing a quick about-face about the protests that swept through Washington and around the world on Saturday.

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    Trump tweeted Sunday morning that “Peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy.”

    He then continued, “Even if I don’t always agree, I recognize the rights of people to express their views.”

    That came less than two hours after he first denounced the protests, which drew more than 1 million people. He tweeted he was “under the impression that we just had an election!” and adds: “Why didn’t these people vote?”

    While Trump is claiming these protesters didn’t vote, that seems unlikely.

    Trump won the vote in the Electoral College, putting him in the White House, but Democrat Hillary Clinton captured the popular vote by nearly 3 million ballots.


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    7 years ago

    The heck with all of those anarchists, miscreants, hoodlums, and others who call themselves “peaceful protestors”. In Saudi Arabia, Libya, Egypt, China, and elsewhere”, they would not tolerate the violent acts which have taken place, as is the case here. In some countries, miscreants such as those seen on tv, would disappear, never to be seen again.

    7 years ago

    These marchers, protestors or whatever they go by are either insecure, immature, spoiled rotten, or all of the above. We used to call them rebels without a cause. The women in his life seem to be a good indicator that President DT has treated them all quite well and fairly. Is envy of DT’s success driving these so-called protestors to the brink? Maybe they should start paying heed to the millions of women around the country who don’t see it their way.

    Buchwalter
    Buchwalter
    7 years ago

    He will be impeached

    StevenWright
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    StevenWright
    7 years ago

    Hey, Hillary won the majority only due to California and New York. Let’s have her be president of California, and we’ll show the world how nicely a 2-state solution works. The US will keep New York for lans swaps. And the lefty Californians will probably never recognize the US as a state. Hey if it’d for Israel it should be for the rest of the world.

    yaakov doe
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    yaakov doe
    7 years ago

    That is quite a reversal for Trump to recognize that Americans have the right to protest.