- Title: Historian calls ongoing protests against Trump policies "unprecedented"
- Date: 30th January 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (JANUARY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS PROTESTERS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE CHANTING "NO HATE, NO FEAR, REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE" CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA UNITED STATES (JANUARY 30, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. LARRY SABATO, POLITICAL SCIENTIST, HISTORIAN SAYING: "The degree of protest in this very young presidency is absolutely unprecedented. We've never had this before it usually takes six months, a year, two years three years for the level of animosity toward a new president to build to the point where there are widespread demonstrations or it's a second term of a president who maybe is mired in an unpopular war, but Trump has been in just a little over a week. He's been taking very controversial actions. I think it has surprised everybody that there have been so many people willing to come out not just all over the United States but all over the world to send a signal to Donald Trump early on that he's not exactly their favorite president." WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (JANUARY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS CHANTING "LOVE, NOT HATE, THAT'S WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT" WOMAN HOLDING FLAG, SAYING "TRUMP IS HATE" PROTESTER SHOUTING "We have to end this racism now. We're not going forward, this country is going backwards now. What is this country becoming?" CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA UNITED STATES (JANUARY 30, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. LARRY SABATO, POLITICAL SCIENTIST, HISTORIAN SAYING: "The signals that they have sent so far and it's early, are that they're going to stick to their base. Everything they have done to this point stokes enthusiasm among the people who are members of the Trump cult his followers not only the people who voted for him the people who showed up at the rallies. He is keeping their devotion to him at a high level and he simply assumes that that will be enough to sustain him." WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (JANUARY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS PROTESTERS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING SIGNS AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION BAN MAN WEARING T-SHIRT STATING HE IS ONE OF 65,844,610 AMERICANS AGAINST TRUMP CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 30, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) DR. LARRY SABATO, POLITICAL SCIENTIST, HISTORIAN SAYING: "One assumes that the presidential staff will learn as they go along, but here's the fly in the ointment. It's a guy named Donald Trump. He is by nature a disrupter. His preferred method is chaotic. And I think they're going to have a heck of a time training him to be the kind of predictable president that Americans have become used to. Maybe it's boring but at this point boring is looking awfully good." WASHINGTON, D.C. UNITED STATES (JANUARY 29, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS PROTESTERS OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE HOLDING SIGNS AGAINST THE IMMIGRATION BAN
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- Keywords: Trump immigration protest political analyst Sabato
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002619XKQV
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- Story Text:A global backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy continued to gain strength on Monday (January 30) after protests across the country and around the world erupted calling the newly signed executive order discriminatory and divisive.
Trump's executive order on Friday took effect immediately, wreaking havoc and confusion for would-be travelers with passports from the seven countries and plunging America's immigration system into chaos.
Along with Syria, the U.S. ban of at least 90 days affects travelers with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, including those with dual nationality that includes one of those countries.
Trump said his order, which indefinitely bans refugees from Syria, was "not a Muslim ban", though he added he would seek to prioritize Christian refugees fleeing the country.
Political scientist and historian, Dr. Larry Sabato from the University of Virginia said widespread protests this early in a presidential term were "unprecedented."
"Trump has been in just a little over a week. He's been taking very controversial actions. I think it has surprised everybody that there have been so many people willing to come out not just all over the United States but all over the world to send a signal to Donald Trump early on that he's not exactly their favorite president."
Protesters have taken to the streets in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Washington, Detroit, Seattle as well as many other cities across the U.S. touting the president's ban as "Un-American" and "divisive."
Sabato added Trump is fulfilling campaign promises he made to his steadfast base and he is betting their support will be enough to "sustain" him through his controversial presidency.
"The signals that they have sent so far and it's early, are that they're going to stick to their base. Everything they have done to this point stokes enthusiasm among the people who are members of the Trump cult his followers not only the people who voted for him the people who showed up at the rallies. He is keeping their devotion to him at a high level and he simply assumes that that will be enough to sustain him." - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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