Presidential Election Results Lead to Anti-Trump Demonstrations
Protesters in Georgia and around the country reacted negatively to Tuesday’s election of Republican Donald Trump, staging mostly peaceful demonstrations in Georgia and around the country. Students at Emory University staged a “march through campus in SILENCE and solidarity for the healing of hate in our country,” according to a Facebook post by the Young Democrats of Emory promoting the event.
Students at Emory were in the news last spring after someone wrote pro-Trump slogans in chalk at various locations on campus.
In Athens, around 60 protesters gathered near the UGA Arch, including Alexandria Talley, a junior majoring in avian biology. Talley told the Red & Black,
One of my really close friends actually committed suicide last night mostly because of the election. It makes me feel better [to be at the rally.] It makes me feel like I’m doing something.
What I’m really hoping to see is that even though so many people did vote for Trump I really hope that not all of them have same values. That even though right now it seems that all of America is for racism and sexism and homophobia and everything — that it won’t turn out that way.
Also Wednesday, around 400 protesters gathered at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park and marched to Philips Arena, as reported by the AJC. The Georgia protests echoed others around the country, including in New York, Washington, and Los Angeles. According to the Washington Post, members of the Trump transition team weren’t surprised at the protests, and expect them to continue through the inauguration in January.
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Soros had some left-over agitation money!
I would bet the crew of college kids chanting & rooming down Bull St in Savannah yesterday have no clue what a Soros is. I also know they do not know how to spell ‘election’ and have poor artist skills(SCAD students have way better looking signs when they protest).
The Soros Socialists apparently don’t respect the results of a legitimate election. ” 5-6-7-8, Amer-i-ca was never great!” What a bunch of losers!! Maybe they could get a job?! Fat chance…
Protestors were, indeed, bused in. Even after a legitimate election, They.Will.Not.Stop. Truly sad…
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/figures-anti-trump-protesters-bussed-austin-fakeprotests/
If Clinton had won and Trump loyalists were acting like this, can you imagine the media criticism and name calling that would be going on right now?
These are not “protesters”. They are anarchists, being allowed to foment their hate on national and international media, mics in their faces while they scream for “revolution.” Spoiled rotten childish tantrums writ large by grown people in our nation’s streets, their parents never allowed them to learn how to lose. But at least local enforcement of permit laws should be enforced, requiring city permission for mass gatherings at a requested location — these flash mobs are unlawful assembly.
Don’t act like if Clinton won, there wouldn’t be certain loud voices talking about liberty trees and the blood of patriots.
Why is it that even after Trump wins, his supporters (here and externally) are still searching for ways to fan the flames of negativity and outrage?
Move it along folks. People always complain about elections. This is nothing new.
Really Jack? After Obama won in ’08, streets were closed in downtown Atlanta (and around the country) as celebrations spilled out blocking traffic. Did you see pissed off anti-Obama voters protesting? Disrupting traffic? Fighting police? No. There were no disruptive protests. Hell, there were no protests at all.
Trump supporters like myself are not fanning the ‘flames of negativity and outrage’. Most were thrilled with the outcome and celebrated accordingly. We didn’t run out into the streets closing roads, we didn’t gloat. We watched our victorious candidate calmly perform the duties expected of a president-elect by meeting with Obama, Ryan and McConnell. We won but didn’t do an end zone dance.
Clinton lost. Most of the agitators didn’t vote. Thus they failed themselves. But this is to be expected when kids are pampered and not taught how to win or lose. They get their participation trophies growing up and think this is how the real world works. Sorry millenials, the real world identifies winners and losers and operates within the rule of law. Welcome to reality.
But i thought that the protesters were paid shill agitators? Which is it?