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Hunterdon County Emergency Rally to Oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban
February 3, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Joey Novick 908-892-6859
joeynovick@gmail.com
Hunterdon Emergency Rally to Oppose President Trump’s #MuslimBan
Thursday, February 2nd, 5-6:30 pm – in front of the Historic Courthouse, Main Street, Flemington NJ
During his Presidential campaign, candidate Trump said he supported a ban on Muslims entering the country and registration of Muslim-Americans.
Now, President Trump has made good on his campaign promise and issued an Executive Order banning entry from 7 majority-Muslim countries – Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – for 90 days, suspending the entire US refugee admissions system for 120 days, and suspending the Syrian refugee program indefinitely. Hunterdon joins the nationwide protest.
What: Hunterdon Emergency Rally to Oppose President Trump’s #MuslimBan
When: Thursday, February 2 – beginning 5 pm
Where: In front of Historic Hunterdon Courthouse on Main Street, Flemington
Speakers include:
Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (LD-16)
Alexa Offenhauer – Hunterdon Anti-Racism Coalition
Alexi Velez – ACLU-NJ
Emam Yaser Elmenshawy – ICHC (Islamic Center of Hunterdon County)
Marie Corfield – Vice President of the Hunterdon County Education Association
Kevin Leach – Senior Class President, Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Statements from:
Rep. Leonard Lance
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman
NJ State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg
At a rally on Sunday at Dulles Airport, Senator Cory Booker said, “We must stand as witness, we must stand as resistors, we must stand in opposition to what others are trying to do to violate the law, the constitution, and our values…But I’m telling you right now that tomorrow more people will be trying to come into our country….And what frustrates me is that they are being singled out now simply because of how they have decided to pray and their country of origin. That has to be unacceptable to every American.”
The public is invited to attend and show their opposition to this Executive Order of President Trump.