By Guy Page
Supporters of President Donald Trump’s intervention in the L.A. riots will be present at the ‘No Kings’ rally Saturday, June 14 in Ferrisburgh. And some of them will be waving iconic ‘Fight Fight Fight’ signs.
The ant-Trump rally is one of about 30 scheduled to be held Saturday in Vermont, the most per capita of any state in the union. Rallyers will gather between 11:00 and 2:00 in front of the Ferrisburgh Union Meeting Hall at the corner of Route 7 and Middlebrook Road. Park at the Meeting Hall, the Town Clerk’s Office (west of the building), or the Central School, according to a post on Front Porch Forum.
Supporters of Trump say they plan to attend, and will wave signs depicting the iconic ‘Fight Fight Fight’ photo of Trump moments after he was shot in Butler, PA. To reserve a sign, FM message Stephen Thurston of Ferrisburgh.
ICE Out! rally held in Burlington – Yesterday evening, Tuesday June 10, members of the ‘50501’ anti-Trump advocacy group rallied at City Hall Park to show solidarity with demonstrators in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York City. The event, organizers say, responded to recent actions in Los Angeles, where, on June 6, ICE detained 40 community members, including SEIU president David Huerta, without notifying the city or LAPD.
Birthday cake on the State House lawn – Supporters of Trump also will gather on the Vermont State House lawn Saturday to celebrate Flag Day and the birthdays of the U.S. Army (250th) and Trump (79th), event organizer Greg Thayer of Rutland said.
Balint, Mahdawi, Pieciak at Burlington No Kings ‘ICE Out’ rally – As reported Tuesday by the Burlington Daily News, leading elected officials and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi will be present at the No Kings rally in Burlington Saturday.
Burlington’s Waterfront Park will host the NO KINGS rally from 12 to 4 p.m. on June 14th. The event is also being organized by 50501 Vermont, a local chapter of a national organization seeking to uphold the constitution, end executive overreach, and resist peacefully. The event is expected to be the largest in Vermont this year, with over 25 related “No Kings” events scheduled across the state.
The Burlington event will feature four marches converging at Waterfront Park, coordinated by Camel’s Hump and Queen City Indivisible groups, the Resister Sisters, and the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation. Speakers during the rally are set to include U.S. Representative Becca Balint, activist and recent Columbia University graduate Mohsen Mahdawi, Vermont Treasurer Mike Pieciak, and cartoonist and author Alison Bechdel.
GOP praises Democrat senator condemning LA riots – VTGOP Chair Paul Dame Tuesday praised a social media post by Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) describing the L.A. Protests as “anarchy and true chaos”. Dame wrote:
”Very few Democrats have demonstrated the bravery of Senator John Fetterman to stand up to his fellow Democrats to assert basic standards of decency. I wholeheartedly agree that demonstrations and protests are essential tools of liberty in our democratic republic. I also join Sen. Fetterman in describing what is happening in L.A. is bordering on anarchy and chaos.
“Democrats, like the ones who are ruling California today, are losing the moral high ground, just as Sen. Fetterman has suggested when they fail to fulfill some of the basic expectations of civil government, namely protecting the public’s safety. This sentiment is shared by many as this post has now been viewed over 10 Million times, with almost a quarter million likes.
“This should be a wake up call to Democrats that many voters are looking for a return to the kind of sanity that Sen. Fetterman is demonstrating, and if their wants to change its trajectory, they need to follow his lead, and abandon the extreme voices on the far left that are leading to anarchy, theft, public destruction of property and attacks on law enforcement.”