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Virginia Dem Who Gave Trump The Middle Finger Says It's Time To Heal. Republicans Are Not On Board
NOV 10, 9:05 PM
A Virginia Democrat Who Gave Trump The Middle Finger Says It’s Time To Heal. Republicans Are Not On Board
Daniella Cheslow https://twitter.com/DaniellaCheslow
Across the street from the Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Va., Juli Briskman looked for signs the president might still be on the property Sunday. There was no security overlooking the black and gold entrance signs, and the ambulance that usually parks in the club’s parking lot while President Donald Trump visits was also missing. The commander in chief had departed, Briskman concluded, with the confidence of a person who has gathered with a group called “Protest Champions” outside this golf course at least 50 times during Trump’s presidency.
“We follow the White House pool Twitter account and we know when he leaves the golf course, we can just start rallying the troops,” she said.
Briskman, 53, is the most notorious troll of Trump’s Virginia golf club. In October 2017, she was photographed giving Trump’s motorcade the middle finger as she rode her bike. That picture led her to lose her job — but then she ran for office and helped flip the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from red to blue. Now Briskman says that since Joe Biden was declared winner of the election, it’s time to stop antagonizing Trump.
“I don’t feel the need to come out and protest unless something radical happens,” she said. “Unless for some reason he refuses to concede, unless for some reason he refuses to leave office, but I don’t see that happening.”
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A Virginia Democrat Who Gave Trump The Middle Finger Says It’s Time To Heal. Republicans Are Not On Board
Daniella Cheslow https://twitter.com/DaniellaCheslow
Across the street from the Trump National Golf Club in Potomac Falls, Va., Juli Briskman looked for signs the president might still be on the property Sunday. There was no security overlooking the black and gold entrance signs, and the ambulance that usually parks in the club’s parking lot while President Donald Trump visits was also missing. The commander in chief had departed, Briskman concluded, with the confidence of a person who has gathered with a group called “Protest Champions” outside this golf course at least 50 times during Trump’s presidency.
“We follow the White House pool Twitter account and we know when he leaves the golf course, we can just start rallying the troops,” she said.
Briskman, 53, is the most notorious troll of Trump’s Virginia golf club. In October 2017, she was photographed giving Trump’s motorcade the middle finger as she rode her bike. That picture led her to lose her job — but then she ran for office and helped flip the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors from red to blue. Now Briskman says that since Joe Biden was declared winner of the election, it’s time to stop antagonizing Trump.
“I don’t feel the need to come out and protest unless something radical happens,” she said. “Unless for some reason he refuses to concede, unless for some reason he refuses to leave office, but I don’t see that happening.”
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