Above Photo: GO HOME TRUMP on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol, Sunday, December 3, 2017.
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On Saturday, thousands of protesters angered by Trump’s expected Monday attack on two national monuments in Utah rallied in Salt Lake City, just two days ahead of his visit.
“Go Home Trump,” was the message spelled out by 113 protesters dressed in white jumpsuits.
Artist Cat Palmer organized the protest Sunday on the south lawn of the Utah Capitol ahead of President Donald Trump’s Monday visit, in which he is expected to dramatically reduce the sizes of Bears Ears and Grand Escalante national monuments.
“We don’t have somebody representing our voices right now, right? That’s a problem. Sometimes when we feel helpless we make art hoping our voices will be heard,” Palmer said. “It’s an outlet for people. It’s therapeutic, …. because we are feeling lost right now,” the Salt Lake City Tribune reports.
Utah artist Cat Palmer organized a protest to spell GO HOME TRUMP on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol. Palmer said: “Sometimes when we feel helpless we make art, hoping our voices will be heard. It’s therapeutic,.. because we are feeling lost right now.” #utpol #DumpTrump pic.twitter.com/1M780GVo75
— Scott Sommerdorf (@ScottSommerdorf) December 3, 2017
On Saturday, thousands of protesters angered by Trump’s expected Monday attack on two national monuments in Utah rallied in Salt Lake City, just two days ahead of his visit. The demonstrators denounced Trump’s expected action, many chanting and holding signs with messages such as “Protect Wild Utah.” Native American groups danced or formed drum circles.
Thousands of protesters in Salt Lake City are fired up by President Trump’s expected announcement to reduce the size of two national monuments in Utah https://t.co/EfBapfCLHL pic.twitter.com/fwbUMAFdMc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 3, 2017
Speakers who addressed the throngs of demonstrators included a state lawmaker and an official with the Navajo Nation.
Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch vowed said the president should see these monuments for himself. “I want him to visit Bears Ears before he takes any action,” Branch said.
On Monday, Trump will announce a plan to reduce the size of Bears Ears and Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by nearly two-thirds. Those monuments were designated by former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
The AP reported that Trump’s move would be the first such act by a president in half a century. Environmentalists and tribal leaders have decried the decision as illegal and an affront to Native Americans.
Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Trump plans to shrink Bears Ears National Monument by nearly 85 percent and reduce Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by almost half.
Large, peaceful protests in Utah against #Trump‘s Plan to reduce Bears Ears and Staircase-Escalante National Monuments by 85%, open them up to oil/gas drilling. Rep. Patrice Arent, Trump will “wreak destruction on a land he knows basically nothing about.” https://t.co/CRsyjRiHgY
— D.C. Made Simple (@DCMadeSimple) December 3, 2017
The plan would cut the total amount of land in the state’s red rock country protected under monument status from more than 3.2 million acres (5,000 square miles) to about 1.2 million acres (1,875 square miles). Trump has told Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and other Utah officials that he will follow the recommendation of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to shrink both monuments. Protesters will gather again Monday to greet Trump:
We have a location for Trump’s visit on Monday!
10:45 am at the Utah State Capitol!
Let’s give Trump a “warm” Utah welcome! #StandWithBearsEars #SaveGrandStaircase pic.twitter.com/kTGcZhdIOd
— Jamie Carter #Resist (@JCTheResistance) December 2, 2017
