Trump Tower
showdown: Thousands plan confrontation, Leftists call for protest march against billionaire's 'fascist
policies', by Douglas Ernst, 3/17/16, WND
Thousands of anti-Trump
activists in New York City claim they will converge on Trump Tower this weekend
to protest the billionaire’s so-called “fascist policies.”
A Facebook page set up
by Cosmopolitan Anti-fascists has roughly 5,000 RSVPs for a protest at the
68-story building hovering over 5th Avenue. The event, which appears to be the
Big Apple’s attempt to answer anti-Trump protests March 11 in Chicago, will be
held Saturday at noon. Approximately 15,000 people said they are interested in
attending.
“Trump’s policy
threatens many of us in the Black, Latino, LGBT, Muslim and other communities.
These policies and this type of speech has no place in this country, and
certainly does not have a place in the city that Trump grew his empire in,
which is considered such a melting pot and home for many of the same people Trump
continues to wage war on,” the group’s invitation states. “Join us at Columbus Circle as we march to
Trump Tower as we say no to hate, no to divisiveness, no to fascist policies
and, most importantly, no to Donald J. Trump.”
Trump, the front-runner
for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, canceled a campaign event at
the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion last Friday over security concerns.
Thousands of protesters tested the Chicago Police
Department, Chicago Fire
Department, the Secret Service and the FBI until the rally was scrapped.
MoveOn.org, which
receives funds from billionaire George Soros, took partial credit for shutting
down the rally. The group told supporters in an email, “This is what standing
up to hate looks like – and it’s a huge win for student and community
organizers who knew they were risking their own safety by taking action,” Mediate reported March 11.
Four people were
arrested and two Chicago cops suffered injuries trying to restore order.
As busy as March has
been for anti-Trump activists, they show no signs of letting up in April. The
hacking group Anonymous announced plans of waging a large-scale digital war on
the Republican starting April 1.
“We need you to shut
down his websites, research and expose what he doesn’t want the public to
know,” an individual wearing a Guy Fawkes mask said in a YouTube video posted
March 4. “We need you to dismantle his campaign and sabotage his brand. … This
is a call to arms.”
Democracy Spring, which
has been endorsed by Soros-funded groups MoveOn.org, the Institute for Policy
Studies and Demos, has planned the “largest civil disobedience action of the
century.” The group will head to the U.S. Capitol next month to protest “billionaires
and big money interests” during a sit-in from April 11 through April 18.
“We will demand that
Congress listen to the people and take immediate action to save our democracy.
And we won’t leave until they do – or until they send thousands of us to jail,”
the group’s website states, WND reported Thursday.
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