Residents gather for Not My President's Day protest in San Angelo
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Nearly 100 people gathered at San Angelo City Hall on Feb. 17 for a Not My President's Day protest.
Event organizers shared that the protests help people unite and give them a platform to protest the direction the United States is going in and an overreach by the Trump administration on the world stage and at home.
'For me, the message is really about recognizing that we have members in our community that don't agree with what's going on and that we need to be present for each other and try to start to build that presence and that community for ourselves to support each other as we move forward into whatever is to come,' said protest organizer China Young.
Protestors also signed a letter that will be sent to Sen. August Pfluger, asking him to be a voice for the people who elected him into Congress and to defend the Constitution.
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