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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 02:47 PM Feb 2017

Attention please, Illinois residents, resisters and Indivisible folk:

I just found out that there will be a "Support Trump" rally next Saturday, March 4th in Springfield, Illinois. It is being organized by two women from Clay County, Illinois (home of a local KKK chapter, per Southern Poverty Law Center). It is scheduled for 11am to 4pm at the Lincoln Statue at the state capital. Among those scheduled to speak or be present are a couple TeaBagger "dignitaries" and one Rosanna Pulido, a "project spokeswoman" for the Illinois Minutemen. Illinois Minutemen is a wonderful group dedicated to preventing us from becoming "another Mexifornia!" They are apparently connected to or similar to groups like Fortress America, Oath Keepers, etc.

I ask anyone who can possibly make it to Springfield next Saturday to show up in your pink hats, Not My President tee-shirts or whatever with signage appropriate for this event. So far, they have only two hundred responses on their Facebook, but I'm sure that will go up as it was just announced today. Also, if Admins could cross-post this to Activism, I'd appreciate it. I ask anyone involved with Indivisible to publicize this as widely as possible. Social media and phone trees could help us outnumber these Trump lovers and that would be a good thing.

RESIST!

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Attention please, Illinois residents, resisters and Indivisible folk: (Original Post) Atticus Feb 2017 OP
Great idea! Can you post this on Eliot Rosewater Feb 2017 #1
Nice! How about posting to U of I somehow... surely there could be interest from there Kimchijeon Feb 2017 #2
link? mopinko Feb 2017 #3
Sorry, no actual link. This was just in local small town paper. nm Atticus Feb 2017 #5
This is a local group organizing as part of the national "March4Trump" BS. nm Atticus Feb 2017 #6
Please kick this now and again for visibility. nm Atticus Feb 2017 #4
ah, i misread. mopinko Feb 2017 #7

Kimchijeon

(1,606 posts)
2. Nice! How about posting to U of I somehow... surely there could be interest from there
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 03:12 PM
Feb 2017

Champaign's not too far from Springfield

mopinko

(70,078 posts)
7. ah, i misread.
Mon Feb 27, 2017, 07:35 PM
Feb 2017

you mentioned the fb, and i thought you meant for the protesters.

little sis is working out in dupage w indivisible. she is a precinct chair for dems there.

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