"This is not about the J20 defendants so much as it is about everyone's ability and right to be able to fight back." - Chelsea Manning
Activists, including whistleblower and Maryland US senate candidate Chelsea Manning, gathered today at Franklin Square in Washington DC to condemn the continued prosecution of 59 people arrested during Donald Trump's Inauguration.
"We've been continually seeing people getting charged with felony offenses for standing up and fighting back," Manning said of activists during the Trump era. "This is not about the J20 defendants so much as it is about everyone's ability and right to be able to fight back."
"I'm not a politician. I'm an activist," Manning told News2Share's Ford Fischer after the rally. "We all have power, and that's why I always stand in solidarity with protesters who try to make a difference in their own way. That's where the real power is. It's not in a ballot. It's in our own political agency every day."
Asked by another member of the press about her top priorities if she were elected, Manning replied, "Abolish Ice."
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