The resistance in action!
Protesters bravely climbed a construction crane in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to unfurl a “RESIST” banner in defiance of the Donald Trump presidency.
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A group of about seven people risked arrest to scale the crane at a construction site located only a few blocks from the White House. According to police reports, 15th street between L and M streets is currently closed off.
Tweeter Elizabeth Conaty alerted us to the occurrence and sent us pictures of the protesters as they hung a huge banner that read “RESIST” in all caps:
Hey @ThePerezHilton protestors are scaling cranes here in DC. Thinking they are going to drop a sign pic.twitter.com/gB4Q4jytJN
— Elizabeth Conaty (@EAC1019) January 25, 2017
Thank you @greenpeaceusa !!@ThePerezHilton pic.twitter.com/EcK26cl8cv
— Elizabeth Conaty (@EAC1019) January 25, 2017
All we could hear was cheering when they dropped the banner @ThePerezHilton pic.twitter.com/z9yCkoc8BA
— Elizabeth Conaty (@EAC1019) January 25, 2017
This is awesome and brave as fuck!
Only 4.1% of people in D.C. voted for Trump, compared to 92.8% who voted for Hillary Clinton. That’s a measly 11,553 compared to 260,223 for Hillary!
And it shouldn’t come as a shock that protesters in the area are strictly anti-Trump.
We have a feeling this act of protest is only the beginning!
Fight on!
[Image via Elizabeth Conaty/Twitter]
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