Malia Obama Takes On Trump: Former First Daughter Is Standing With Standing Rock...

[babylonsister]

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Malia Obama Takes On Trump: Former First Daughter Is Standing With Standing Rock Protesting ILLEGAL Pipeline

January 27, 2017




Former President Barack Obama spent months refusing to comment on who his daughter Malia cast her ballot for last November when she voted in her first ever election, but did reveal two weeks ago in his final White House press conference that she and sister Sasha were ‘disappointed’ by Donald Trump’s victory.

And this past Monday, just four days after her father vacated the Oval Office, Malia made it clear just how disappointed she was in the new commander-in-chief by joining a rally protesting his plans to revive the Dakota Access pipeline project.

The 18-year-old student, who will be heading off to Harvard University later this year, was one of approximately 100 people who gathered on Main Street at the Sundance Film Festival to let it be known how upset she was with President Trump’s plan to move forward with the controversial transport system.

The group braved the blistering cold and heavy snowfall as they held up signs reading ‘Exist. Resist. Rise.’ and ‘Impeach corporate control.’

That first sign expressed the group’s solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, while the second expressed their displeasure with the Sundance Film Festival for allowing Chase Bank to be a sponsor of their event due to the fact that they are invested in the pipeline.

[eleny]

1. Can you imagine if she ever went to Standing Rock with her Secret Service detail in tow?

[Victor_c3]

19. That's what I was thinking

However I just learned that presidential children don't get Secret Service for life after their parent leaves office.

That would have made a hell of a scene - especially if she got arrested!

[eleny]

22. I thought that she still has it now while things could intensify again

Not that I would urge her to go up there. But I was imagining how it would be if she did.

[irisblue]

2. apple/trees/those roots run deep.

[Ilsa]

3. A caller to Thom Hartmann today said that

Protestors at Standing Rock have been cropdusted (my term, not hers) by the goons and henchmen working for the big energy corps. Said they have tested positive for pesticides on their skin and they've had varying degrees of breathing problems.

I don't know if she was for real. Has anyone else heard this and from a reputable source? I hope Malia will be okay. Good on her.

[Leghorn21]

11. Ilsa, i'm not a twitterer myself, but Ruth Hopkins has been my

go-to source on Standing Rock - she's a reporter for Indian Country Today, among other things, and was living at SR until about 2-3 weeks ago...she has definitely mentioned the pesticide spraying (via a crop duster a while back)...finding anything in like, Bismarck newspapers? Not gonna happen.

https://mobile.twitter.com/RuthHHopkins?p=s

[HoneyBadger]

12. Malia was at Sundance, not Standing Rock

Please read the original post. She is showing support, but she is not there.

[Ilsa]

14. Sorry, I misunderstood. NT

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. Shine on Malia.

[Cha]

5. The next generation of Obamas!

Mahalo, Malia!

[Seedersandleechers]

8. I want to see President Malia

and Vice President Sasha!

[nycbos]

17. They probably have to much sense to run for office.

Obama said that about Michelle.

[NastyRiffraff]

6. Excellent!

She's headed for big things.

[mcar]

7. An intelligent, well-raised young woman

[Me.]

9. The Real 1000 Points Of Light

[whathehell]

10. Great girl, like her parents.

Good going, Malian.

[ffr]

13. Everyone be careful up there.

Republicans say it's okay to run you down in a vehicle and kill you.

Proposed laws would crack down on protesters who block roadways - CNN
Rep. Keith Kempenich (R) introduced the North Dakota bill, which states that if a driver "unintentionally" causes injury or death to someone blocking traffic on a roadway, then the driver will not be liable for damages.

Kempenich said he was spurred to act after Dakota Access Pipeline protesters last year moved to block public roadways, scaring some of his constituents.

"It turned from a protest to basically terrorism on the roadways, and the bill got introduced for people to be able to drive down the roads without fear of running into somebody and having to be liable for them," he told CNN.

So while you're dead and others are maimed, it'll be up to the prosecution to prove that the driver killed you intentionally. If they claim it was an accident that they drove over you and backed up and drove over your dead body again, they could get off if this Republican bill becomes law.

Thus, be careful out there Malia.

[sukranvenu]

15. Obama

In my point of view ,Obama is a best president

[babylonsister]

18. Hey, welcome to DU!

Yes, we all agree Obama is loved and missed. No one is happy here on DU.

[nycbos]

16. I think that is the Quaker education talking.

And I mean that with the highest compliment.

[smirkymonkey]

20. What a brave, decent girl!

Compare her to a useless piece of crap like Ivanka.

[SunSeeker]

21. K & R