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pstokely

(10,528 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 09:16 PM Jan 2017

Protesters voice dissent over President Trump's cabinet nominations

Source: KOMU

COLUMBIA - Dozens of protesters gathered outside Sen.Roy Blunt's office Tuesday to voice dissent over President Trump's cabinet nominations.

Local organization CoMo for Progress hosted the event named "Stop Trump's #SwampCabinet" to call on Blunt to vote no on these "unqualified and unworthy candidates."

"We've had a hard time reaching him at his D.C. office, CoMo for Progress member Kate Canterbury said. "In his office here, we're experiencing full voice mails, not getting responses."

Canterbury said a lot of people she met from the organization have never been political active before.

"They just feel compelled that people that work for agencies that or for the government that are seeing changes happened so fast that are not able to keep up with them," Centerbury said. "We concerned about unqualified people been appointed."

Read more: http://www.komu.com/news/protesters-voice-dissent-over-president-trump-s-cabinet-nominations

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Protesters voice dissent over President Trump's cabinet nominations (Original Post) pstokely Jan 2017 OP
Great news, super good, considering this is Missouri, a former Confederate State. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2017 #1
OK Ligyron Jan 2017 #2
We need to start getting pointers Bayard Feb 2017 #3

Bayard

(22,069 posts)
3. We need to start getting pointers
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 01:47 PM
Feb 2017

Talk to countries that have overthrown their dictatorships.......tactics, collaboration, networks.

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