02-17-2025 - #OlympiaWA #OlyWA - Presidents' Day, 5051 Fifty Protests, Fifty States, One Day - Washington State Capitol
Thousands of #protesters showed at the Capitol on Monday in response to orange man and his crony friends. #Antifascist #protest signs were in abundance with non-stop references to Donald #Trump and Elon Musk. Large crowds gathered at the side of Capitol Blvd, in a circle on the lawn of the Capitol and at the Capitol steps.
An interesting trend seen in the #PNW #Washington #Oregon lately includes "Pro-America, Anti-Trump" protesters with an effort to "take back the flag". Other more classically right-wing representations such as #constitutional t-shirts, constitutional protest signs, references to supporting "law and order" and "rule of law" were seen.
Excerpt from February 13th "Governor Bob Ferguson Press Conference" (seen on TVW.org):
REPORTER: "With regards to your 100 million dollar proposed state grant program for local #police departments, what would you say to bystanders, #journalists and demonstrators who sustained permanent and serious injury during racial #justice #protests in 2020, in which police departments namely the #Seattle police department were found in violation by #federal courts with regards to failing to respect peoples constitutional rights" (CLIPPED)
FERGUSON: "I hear your question but, I'm also aware that we rank last, per capita, the number of law enforcement #officers we have, in the united states, and so I hear your thoughts and what's in your statement, but we need to move forward on making sure that #Washington is a safe place for all Washingtonians" (CLIPPED)
@ 40:30 - https://tvw.org/video/governor-bob-ferguson-press-conference-2025021318/
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