Bringing a little irony to the White House lawn
Image via Twitter/John Boese
This past Saturday, millions of women and men from around the world rallied to protest the rise of fascism, misogyny, and bigotry—not to mention a few other worthy causes. To visually represent a united front against these forces of oppression, protesters carried signs of all shapes, colors, and sizes, pronouncing various versions of the overarching sentiment that we’ve had enough. Part of getting the message across to Donald Trump (who refused to acknowledge the overwhelming size of the crowds) involved plastering these signs on the fence circling the White House lawn.
While some signs were funny and others were serious, they all echoed the resounding truths that prompted the march in the first place. When the rights of a few are jeopardized, everyone’s rights are compromised. The signs and protests and work we have ahead should reinforce to Trump that we will not bend to his whims; he is, in fact, our employee. Keep scrolling to see what Trump currently has the pleasure of seeing from his new office—a wall built out of love and solidarity for and by the people he’s promised to marginalize.
We decided to build a wall of signs in front of the White House at the #WomensMarch DC #equality #wildfeminist… https://t.co/pznTV3qGDD— WILDFANG (@WILDFANG) 1485040611
The first wall that Trump built is a wall of leftover signs #WomensMarch https://t.co/u68V60QVlY— ?? John Boese ?? (@?? John Boese ??) 1485046871
Just as they did at Trump International Hotel, women are leaving their protest signs at the fence outside the White… https://t.co/SrxIrMrChD— BJ Nemeth (@BJ Nemeth) 1485038648
Wall of homemade signs earlier on fence at White House during #WomensMarchOnWashington. So many, it just fell over.… https://t.co/RcTUYDRUve— Ben Kesling (@Ben Kesling) 1485044629
Wall of signs. #dtla #dumptrump #womensmarch https://t.co/cbn2zhazkg— Cindy Elizabeth (@Cindy Elizabeth) 1485114527
An entire wall of signs deposited @TrumpHotels #WomensMarch https://t.co/lYeigubJhn— JP Schnapper-Casteras (@JP Schnapper-Casteras) 1485038721
@smithsonian Many artifacts fr #WomensMarchOnWashington lined up on fence at White House ellipse. #preservehistory https://t.co/8Jvu1a82qb— Tracy Meyer (@Tracy Meyer) 1485039409