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RESIST: 80,000 March in Raleigh for Voting Rights, Democracy & #MoralResistance
'A loud majority is outraged and the whole world is in turmoil asking what can we do. Well, we know we’ve got a hard fight ahead, but we know how to win'
Feb 12, 2017
Outrage over the Trump administration helped bring tens of thousands of marchers to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday.
Trump and the policies he will try to enact with the GOP-led Congress on immigration, health care and civil rights motivated many at Saturday's march.
Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP branch and leader of the "Moral Monday" movement, said in a speech: "A racist and greedy extremism that came to power in North Carolina four years ago now controls the White House and the Congress in D.C. Millions are afraid. A loud majority is outraged and the whole world is in turmoil asking what can we do. Well, we know we've got a hard fight ahead, but we know how to win."
Barber called Trump an "extremist, narcissistic con artist" who is "obviously unsuited for the job of president." He said they march "because it's wrong to defend and excuse the lies and the fear and the hate of Trumpism" that has brought "extreme federal appointees and white nationalists into the White House. It's wrong and it's racist and it's demonic to (instill) fear into our immigrant and our Muslim brothers and sisters. It's wrong to build a wall to keep Mexicans out while you let the Russians in. Bowing down is not an option. Standing down is not an option. The guy in the White House is a mortal, not a god."
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Outrage over the Trump administration helped bring tens of thousands of marchers to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday.
Trump and the policies he will try to enact with the GOP-led Congress on immigration, health care and civil rights motivated many at Saturday's march.
Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP branch and leader of the "Moral Monday" movement, said in a speech: "A racist and greedy extremism that came to power in North Carolina four years ago now controls the White House and the Congress in D.C. Millions are afraid. A loud majority is outraged and the whole world is in turmoil asking what can we do. Well, we know we've got a hard fight ahead, but we know how to win."
Barber called Trump an "extremist, narcissistic con artist" who is "obviously unsuited for the job of president." He said they march "because it's wrong to defend and excuse the lies and the fear and the hate of Trumpism" that has brought "extreme federal appointees and white nationalists into the White House. It's wrong and it's racist and it's demonic to (instill) fear into our immigrant and our Muslim brothers and sisters. It's wrong to build a wall to keep Mexicans out while you let the Russians in. Bowing down is not an option. Standing down is not an option. The guy in the White House is a mortal, not a god."
Outrage over the Trump administration helped bring tens of thousands of marchers to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday.
Trump and the policies he will try to enact with the GOP-led Congress on immigration, health care and civil rights motivated many at Saturday's march.
Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP branch and leader of the "Moral Monday" movement, said in a speech: "A racist and greedy extremism that came to power in North Carolina four years ago now controls the White House and the Congress in D.C. Millions are afraid. A loud majority is outraged and the whole world is in turmoil asking what can we do. Well, we know we've got a hard fight ahead, but we know how to win."
Barber called Trump an "extremist, narcissistic con artist" who is "obviously unsuited for the job of president." He said they march "because it's wrong to defend and excuse the lies and the fear and the hate of Trumpism" that has brought "extreme federal appointees and white nationalists into the White House. It's wrong and it's racist and it's demonic to (instill) fear into our immigrant and our Muslim brothers and sisters. It's wrong to build a wall to keep Mexicans out while you let the Russians in. Bowing down is not an option. Standing down is not an option. The guy in the White House is a mortal, not a god."
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