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Tue Feb 21, 2017, 04:24 AM Feb 2017

Not My President! declare anti-Trump protesters in Atlanta

Source: ajc.com





Christian Boone The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

2:37 p.m Monday, Feb. 20, 2017 Georgia Politics and Government

“Not My President’s Day” protesters walk up Peachtree St. on Monday. They say Donald Trump is unfit for the presidency. Photo: Christian Boone/AJC

Several hundred “Not My President’s Day” protesters marched in Atlanta on Monday, arguing Donald Trump is unfit for the White House.

The rally was one of a number taking place in across the country Monday to coincide with Presidents’s Day.
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For Tristan Merediz, 72, it was his first protest.

“I come from South America,” said Merediz, who has lived in the U.S. for 60 years. “Trump reminds me of a dictator. The way he attacks the press, the way he attacks the people. Look at (Hugo) Chavez in Venezuela or (Evo) Morales in Bolivia. They’re all the same.”......................



Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/not-president-declare-anti-trump-protesters-atlanta/Hxwh4MWM1RbAPm0yrMzO3N/








“Not My President’s Day” protesters walk up Peachtree St. on Monday. They say Donald Trump is unfit for the presidency. Photo: Christian Boone/AJC

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