Refuse Fascism mobilizing to demand removal of Trump, Pence
While many have questioned if President Donald Trump’s actions, from pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio to his controversial travel ban and long-denied ties to Russia, are impeachable, a group of activists hopes to see he and Vice President Mike Pence gone long before any official proceedings.
“This regime poses an existential threat to the future of people all over the world and the planet itself,” said Sunsara Taylor, co-initiator and spokesperson for Refuse Fascism. “Trump's pardon of Arpaio is the most full-throated endorsement of racist profiling, humiliation, and torture of immigrants — and the most blatant signal to law enforcement, ICE and fascists of all kinds that the president will support law-breaking as long as it’s in the service of terrorizing and ethnically cleansing black and brown people. “
Refuse Fascism began in December and has since taken part in many protests around the country. It is now mobilizing a nationwide protest on Nov. 4, nearly a year to the day that Trump and Pence were elected, with a rally cry of, “This nightmare must end: The Trump/Pence regime must go!”
Metro spoke with Taylor soon after Refuse Fascism held organizational meetings for the event in five cities, including New York, on Aug. 19.
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