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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter
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President Trump says, “It’s embarrassing for the country to allow protesters.”

It’s the opposite.

We will stand, sit and kneel until we are free from hate and bigotry, until #blacklivesmatter, “until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Trump says, “In the old days, we used to throw [protesters] out.”

That’s true: many Americans died protesting, especially here in the South.

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Trump says, “You don’t even know what side the protesters are on.”

President Trump has indeed been very clear about which protesters he supports.

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Trump says, “I don’t know why they don’t take care of a situation like that.”

The 1st Amendment is why: “Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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Americans have had far too many reasons to protest in recent years. And we’ll keep protesting.

We stood up with @UniteThePoor.

We marched with @womensmarch in cities across the United States.

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We went to the airport with @RepJohnLewis to fight Trump’s Muslim Ban. #NoMuslimBanEver

We knelt in solidarity with @Kaepernick7 and other athletes using their platform to fight oppression.
And when Heather Heyer was killed while protesting white supremacy, we didn’t stay quiet.

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So, President Trump: Protest is not embarrassing.

It’s constitutional, it’s our history, it’s powerful.

#TheMarchContinues
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