“We Reject The President-Elect”

I challenge the Independent to do the following:

These protesters show their rejection of our democracy. It is foundational that our free, fair votes choose our leaders. After that, the reality is they mostly ignore us, manipulate and use us for their own purposes. But every two years, we vote; every four years, we choose a president. 120 million people voted including many Hispanics, some 30% of whom voted for President-elect Trump. You are demonstrating against democracy's result. Color it how you will, these protests are insulting and ill advised.

Paul,

Would you be able to get a list of the Federal funding the City currently receives?

This says it all.

Resist Much

Timothy Egan NOV. 11, 2016

This is a very dangerous man, our next president. Dangerous in his certitude about what he doesn't know.But welcome, for now, President-elect Donald Trump.The Republicans will control everything, including the Supreme Court. Washington is theirs, with minimal checks and balances. And if the forgotten, the undereducated, the Rust Belt survivors think they are going to see a renaissance of their communities, consider this headline from Yahoo Finance on the day after the election: "Trump win is a 'grand slam' for Wall Street Bankers." He will not betray his class.But resistance is not futile. Within the durable strength of the Constitution are many options — peaceful, legal, effective countermoves, not the burn-it-all down schemes of the Trumpsters.The strongest resistance should come from the white working class; they will soon find out that Trump will treat them the same way he treated the suckers who signed up for his fraudulent university. When steel mills fail to return to Youngstown, or when new trade deals produce no more magic than the old ones, these economic exiles will wonder how they got betrayed. Look to the euphoria of soon-to-be deregulated Wall Street bankers for your explanation.The wall will not be built, nor will it be paid for by Mexico. It's absurdly expensive, and unworkable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/opinion/resist-much.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-abc-region&region=span-abc-region&WT;.nav=span-abc-region&_r=0

The protests can not change the outcome of the election. Everyone had a stake in this election, but it is a done deal and we now have to live with the consequences. The elephant in the room is the supreme court. Politicians come and go, but justices get a lifetime appointment. These feel good protests will not sway Trump or his crew at all. They are on a mission, and that mission can only be slowed, not stopped. There is a large group of folks in this country that have been awakened by what they see as disregard for the rule of law. The pendulum has swung to the right, and Trump will do what he said he would. He has all branches of government, so there are going to be zero surprises. The only question, is how and when he will press the buttons. Undocumented, illegal, or whatever name you wish to use people who came into the United States are going to have a big problem. Folks that were born here are citizens, so the big question is how minor children born here to parents that are not here legally end up. At the end of the day, they will always be citizens of this country, but if the parents are forced out, they will undoubtedly take the children with them. It is a tough issue, and one that was not thought of when the parents came here and started a family. Personal decisions and elections have consequences. The law has not changed. What has changed is that enforcement is going to be oppressive under the Trump administration. We either change the immigration laws or abide by them. Not likely under this administration, This will be an ugly chapter in our history, but we will survive as a people. How we deal with this, over time, will define us as a people. when you take a chance, the possibility of a loss is always present. The scope of the loss, is what is important in the end.

I will respect my President Obama and accept Trump as President. I will not, however, accept the"good ole boys/girls".....Gingrich, Guiliani, Christie, Palin and Omarosa and the pig that called Mrs. Clinton the C word.. I thought Trump was going to "drain the swamp". Looks like he got to the bottom pretty quickly.

Oh, you "protesters" don't accept the election results? After excoriating Trump for not SAYING that he would give blank-check approval in advance to election results. You're not practicing fascism yourselves?

Let's get together and work for positive good. Get involved and persuade the government to make the right decisions. That's the way it's supposed to work.

Unproductive, infantile behavior. Maybe they can stomp their feet and hold their breath until they turn blue.

Here is the important lesson for Millenniums. When the winners of the election hear that the losers are unhappy, the winners don't care. There is not a participation trophy going to the losers. Put on your "big boy pants" and stop whining.
As for Sanctuary cities, the Republicans will do nothing, it simply is not important enough to them and not politically beneficial.

The biggest concern I have is the Supreme Court. Rolling back rights of people – gay, women's reproductive, civil, etc. can get very dangerous. That's what revolutions are made of. We shall see.

I will never oppose peaceful protest from any group. That said, the questions I have for all of these angry protesters are, did you vote? Did you knock on doors to encourage others to vote? Did you register other Democrats? Did you drive friends, family members or strangers to the polls? Because if you didn't do any of those things, then you have absolutely nothing to protest.

As a father of three daughters, I found Trump's misogynistic statements extremely reprehensible. However, he won and will be installed as the next President of the United States of America. Which results into him being my president too.

My younger brother and I, talk often about local and national politics. We both agree that the campaign spent more money on television than they did on the street. Thus, the overwhelming shocking defeat. Not to mention how flawed of a candidate we had representing our party.

We as Democrats need not blame Trump for our defeat, we need to blame ourselves and the DNC for our defeat.

Black voters [nationwide] for the most part, recall quite perceptibly the omnibus crime bill instituted by former President Bill Clinton that gave black men lengthy sentences for crimes that ironically didn't fit the time, instead of time that didn't fit the crime. So the idea that Hillary would release the prisoners that Bill locked up, most would appropriately construe as be preposterous.

I'm sure the preceding paragraph didn't sit too well with some, but it sits well with many a black families who suffered from Bill Clinton's use of an ink pen. Hillary's defeat yes, was detrimental. But as has been said, it wasn't totally numbing to many blacks as it was to others.

As a disclaimer, let me be clear, these are not my feelings.

There are so many reasons to be afraid. I have lost my country. Do we stand and fight or try to leave? Appeasing the devil won't work. I believe a civil war is ahead. Paint me black.

If we had a civil war every time a moron was elected President we would have no time to do anything else. Get serious and grow up.Trump said things that were not politically correct. He has done things in the past that were despicable. My guess is that this makes him a commensurate politician. You were about to put the Clinton's back in the White House. It's arguably just a matter of opinion which was the best of the worse when it came to despicable. When President Obama pardons Hillary Clinton that will speak volumes as to who was the best, worse choice.

posted by: Brian L. Jenkins on November 11, 2016 1:26pm

I will never oppose peaceful protest from any group. That said, the questions I have for all of these angry protesters are, did you vote? Did you knock on doors to encourage others to vote? Did you register other Democrats? Did you drive friends, family members or strangers to the polls? Because if you didn't do any of those things, then you have absolutely nothing to protest.

The DNC gambled, and lost.They picked the wrong nominee. Lesson learned the hard way.Hillary never should have been nominated in the first place.The people want it Bernie Sanders.The machine want it Hillary. The first clue was when she was under FBI investigation, and the second clue was when she rigged the primary elections.Had Democrats taken the concerns of average American seriously, especially the concerns of Millennials, they would have quickly realized Hillary Clinton was not the right nominee for the Democratic party. As far as the right to protest.My right is base on the First Amendment to the United States Constitution right to free expression. End the Two-Party Duopoly and replace it with Proportional Representation anlong with Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) Term Limits and Election Recall.Under this system more people will come out to vote due to the fact they have more choices.

Time to unify behind America. It will be hard work to make it fulfill its promises such as "justice for all." Please, let's devote our energies to constructive purposes.

@ Jim1,

Why paint you black, when the last civil war we had in this country it was white people who participated?

In 1968, 69 and 70 some of us remember that New Haven, like many other cities in the U.S., was in a state of upheaval. There were tanks and guardsmen on the SCSC campus waiting to be called downtown. There were police tear gassing and pepper spraying protesters. Yale's A & A building was burned out. Many of us were illegally wiretapped. Hells Angels were here to break the heads of Black Panther supporters. There was a war raging in Vietnam that so many felt shouldn't be happening. Kent State (silence)… Woman didn't have the right to choose, undocumented immigrants were deported routinely, everywhere, race relations were in shambles after the '68 riots. MLK and RFK were assassinated that same year, and Gay men and woman were in hiding, relegated to one bar on Chapel Street. Oh! Did I mention that Richard Nixon was President. And you have the *alls to stand there and tell me we're going to have a revolution or civil war because Donald Trump got elected. Get a life. The revolution happened while the U.S. was snorting coke, smoking weed and watching reality shows. We're only taking a break to catch our breath. While we're doing that, the rest of you can watch Downton Abbey on PBS.

It appears Mr. Whitbeck is unsure why he is protesting. He stated is concerned that Trump will "gut and weaken" the federal government, yet he marches in support of a city defying federal law. It would seem a weaker federal government ceding more power and rights to states and municipalities would benefit New Haven as a sanctuary city. A strong centralized federal government would have cut New Haven's funding long ago for its blatant defiance of the law.

But this protest is not about issues. It is merely a temper tantrum from people worried the free money train may halt.

Hum: I recall armored personnel carriers (which I called tanks) and soldiers on the New Haven Green (during the Rackley trial , I think). To a young child, it was pretty cool, but my father did not want to linger. I also recall the burnt buildings in the Hill and on Legion Avenue, in 1968 (?). Lots of Jewish businesses torched by blacks who thought they were being exploited. Somehow, we got through all that, and now, only a few generations later, developers want to build in the Hill.

Oh hum. You can throw temper tantrums at those of us who post but I submit that TAKING RIGHTS AWAY is very different than not having them yet. Time will tell. Bloviating aside

Taking Bets. All you people who voted for Trump will be protesting to. I love this one.

If you voted for Trump because he's 'anti-establishment,' guess what: You got conned
By Paul Waldman November 11 at 12:49 PM

The greatest trick Donald Trump pulled was convincing voters he'd be "anti-establishment.Well, maybe not the greatest trick. But in a campaign full of cons, it has to rank close to the top. This was near the heart of Trump's appeal to the disaffected and disempowered: Send me to Washington, and that "establishment" you've been hearing so much about? We'll blow it up, send it packing, punch it right in the face, and when it's over the government will finally be working for you again.President-elect Donald J. Trump, who campaigned against the corrupt power of special interests, is filling his transition team with some of the very sort of people who he has complained have too much clout in Washington: corporate consultants and lobbyists.An organizational chart of Trump's transition team shows it to be crawling with corporate lobbyists, representing such clients as Altria, Visa, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Verizon, HSBC, Pfizer, Dow Chemical, and Duke Energy.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/11/11/if-you-voted-for-trump-because-hes-anti-establishment-guess-what-you-got-conned/


My bad I forgot even good old Joe Ganim the mayor of Bridgeport Praises Trump.

Give him a chance to take a deep breath and, I hope, come out with reassurances that the extreme part of his campaign was left behind," Ganim said. "My sense is, you've got a good man there.

http://onlyinbridgeport.com/wordpress/ganim-praises-trump-newton-joe-forgot-about-the-people-who-got-him-elected/

I rarely agree with you, THREE-FIFTHS, but you've hit the nail on the head here. All the previous mostly GOP Establishment types popping up to trade places with the current Democratic Establishment types. One could only hope (but not hold one's breath) that the Dems will not follow Hillary's lead in blaming the FBI director for her loss. That comes from believing their own hype that the recession was over in a couple years and not listening to their traditional blue collar workers base who were not worrying about free college education or Hillary's private emails--having more immediate concerns about their hours being cut or jobs being outsourced overseas. They need to remember the mantra of Bill Clinton's 1st campaign: "It's the economy, stupid!"

posted by: Pat from Westville on November 13, 2016 1:18pm

I rarely agree with you, THREE-FIFTHS, but you've hit the nail on the head here. All the previous mostly GOP Establishment types popping up to trade places with the current Democratic Establishment types.

Take a look at this.


KING: How Donald Trump is leading the transformation to turn the Republican Party into the new KKK
Shaun King

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, September 9, 2016, 12:23 PM


Just weeks before Stephen Bannon was tapped to become the new CEO of Donald Trump's presidential campaign last month, he bragged to Sarah Posner of Mother Jones that Breitbart News, the media company he has led for years, "is the platform for the alt-right."The phrase "alt-right" was coined by one of the most bigoted, racist, white supremacists in America — Richard Betrand Spencer. He is the brain of the alt-right movement — which is nothing more than white supremacist bigotry by a new name. In 2013, the Anti-Defamation League labeled him as "symbol of the new white supremacy." The Southern Poverty Law Center called the 38-year old-Spencer "a suit-and-tie version of the white supremacists of old, a kind of professional racist in khakis."They continued, "Spencer advocates for an Aryan homeland for the supposedly dispossessed white race and calls for 'peaceful ethnic cleansing' to halt the 'deconstruction' of European culture.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-trump-leading-transformation-turn-gop-kkk-article-1.2784690

Trust me there will be more to come.

Relax, people. The appointment of Bannon as advisor to a guy who listens to NO ONE ELSE is simply a political payback, a thank you for coming on board in the darkest days of the campaign. He'll have as much influence as the minister of culture in the Pol Pot regime!

The real appointment is Priebus as Chief Of Staff. That's access; and evidence of moderation in the actual conduct of the Presidency.

Trump's Secret Service code name: Clueless.