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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 04:53 PM Feb 2017

Thousands march against Trump in Mexico City: 'Pay for your own wall!'

Source: LATimes


Mexicans march against Trump
People hold sugns against President Trump during an anti-Trump march in Mexico City on Feb. 12,


2017. (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/Getty Images)
Patrick J. McDonnellContact Reporter

Thousands of demonstrators waving Mexican flags and signs denouncing President Trump marched through central Mexico City on Sunday, the largest mobilization in the capital to date against the controversial polices of the Trump White House.

“We are not against the American people: This is about Trump, who is spreading hate and division,” said Maria Garcia, a former resident of Chicago who carried an unflattering, paper-mache likeness of the U.S. president. “The United States and Mexico are natural friends and allies, but Trump is destroying this.”

Organizers dubbed the march “Vibra Mexico” (roughly, Mexican vibe), and mounted an aggressive social media campaign encouraging people to attend. Police turned out in force to maintain security........................

The turnout and emotion were indicative of the widespread indignation that Trump’s various policies—widely viewed here as anti-Mexican-- have sparked south of the border....................

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-trump-protests-20170212-story.html





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Thousands march against Trump in Mexico City: "Pay for your own wall!"








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Protesters in Mexico City carrying their message for Donald Trump

"Sincerely, The Good Hombres"




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Thousands march against Trump in Mexico City: 'Pay for your own wall!' (Original Post) riversedge Feb 2017 OP
RESIST TRUMP EPN riversedge Feb 2017 #1
Good for them. Don't want my share of their anger, Hortensis Feb 2017 #2
Oh god, makes my day... pangaia Feb 2017 #3
We need a Mexican flag emoji !!!! pangaia Feb 2017 #4
Hmmmm....does this mean the check is NOT in the mail?? Bengus81 Feb 2017 #5

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
3. Oh god, makes my day...
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 05:10 PM
Feb 2017

FUCK YOU, TRUMP,
Sincerely, The GOOD Hombres!!




I mean,, what else is there to say except FUCK YOU !!


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