Looks like Trump's hotel in DC is serving a purpose after all

[ehrnst]

[narnian60]

1. I hope they don't just get trashed.

[dhill926]

2. they will....

and then we should just keep replacing them....

[ehrnst]

3. Many more were left in front of the Museum of American History. (nt)

[narnian60]

4. Great!

[Ligyron]

7. After he's impeached they can put them on display.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

5. K&R nt

[ffr]

6. Damn right!

[Jacob Boehme]

8. Friggin' Awesome!

They should make a tRump shaped piñata out of them.

[ProudLib72]

9. Countdown till

the twit tweets about all the liberals leaving trash that he has to pay to be cleaned up.

[diane in sf]

12. Yeah, it's a wingnut theme on FB already.

[bigtree]

14. it's a trumped-up lie

...both the inauguration and protest left a mess.


Still, this from the Park service:

Whether they were here to support the president or to protest, the National Park Service said most people were respectful.

“Our crews reported that while the trash was overflowing, the trash was at the cans,” said NPS Spokesman Mike Litterest. “The people, you know, participants and visitors to the Mall had been very respectful of trying to keep it clean.”

[mcar]

23. That's what I witnessed

Clean, respectful, kind crowds.

[Wounded Bear]

31. Part of predicting the crowd size is estimating how many trash cans to provide.

[Ms. Toad]

25. That started on Saturday. n/t

[bdamomma]

10. that is wonderful

you know I have erased using the word "great" and this little smilies reminds me of him.

[IronLionZion]

11. littering

Even Michael Moore encouraged recycling the paper instead of littering the street. City workers have to clean it up, not Trump's workers.

[bigtree]

13. no end to the shaming

...fuck that.

This was an impressive gesture. That hotel is a flash point for resistance.

Looking forward to the pics of Moore picking up trash.

[IronLionZion]

16. Low income city workers picked up the trash

as they always do in situations like this. It doesn't affect Trump at all

[bigtree]

29. full of shit

...shaming.

[IronLionZion]

30. Who do you think picks up the trash?

Trump?

[bigtree]

36. full of shit

...shaming.

[ehrnst]

37. Actually, Park Service dovetailed the labor for the two events, so it wasn't double the labor

And they said that people were great about leaving trash next to the trash cans when the trash cans overflowed.

And the crowds were much lighter than expected for the inauguration, so the actual picking up of the trash wasn't that onerous.

It's not like people left signs strewn in the streets, or on the White House lawn. They left them in specific, limited places.

Is that clearer?

[IronLionZion]

38. Yeah that's great. I get why people left the signs

And I have volunteered some weekends with the park service to clean up trash around our monuments. Tourists can be real shitheads leaving food and drink containers. The park service are good people and woefully understaffed.

We all have our own perspectives on things

[JCanete]

35. yeah, I doubt that was the intent of the post. The real point isn't that city workers have to

clean this up, it's that it costs out of the city budget to do so. I don't really think it's a problem, and if people think there's something powerful in the gesture of leaving these signs there, then I hope you're right, but my first reaction was also slightly uneasy about the choice.

People who disagree with you aren't always to be assumed that they are evil incarnate or hate the movement and hate women and everything else, and being as quick as you are to assume so is...unfortunate.

[ehrnst]

17. The Park Service says the cleaning is going well, and they dovetailed labor for the two events

http://wtop.com/local/2017/01/nps-cleanup-going-well-after-inauguration-womens-march/

[IronLionZion]

20. The park service are excellent people

I've done volunteer work with them before to clean up trash and do gardening around the monument areas. They really need more funding for what they do instead of budget cuts like the GOP is promising.

[Ms. Toad]

26. The article mentions what my family members said -

The trash cans had not been emptied after the inauguration, so they were already full - and no official place to leave the signs. (Also that some of the signs are being kept by the Smithsonia.)

[Justice]

27. I was there - exactly right.

[ehrnst]

18. Also - there was little room to breathe on the metro, let alone carry a sign back with you. (nt)

[IronLionZion]

21. I know, I was there and I live here

Dumpsters

Anyway, the park service did say that people were less messy this time than at other events and many did make an effort to pile it up next to the overflowing trash cans.

[Wounded Bear]

32. Sexism alert....there were a LOT of women there...

they are neater, don't you know.

[IronLionZion]

34. Yes they are

it was an honor to march with them!

[eppur_se_muova]

15. "The only minority threatening America is the rich." Damn, that's a good one.

Needs to be saved and passed around.

[oberliner]

19. Take your signs home and recycle them

Don't just leave them on the ground or on the street.

[Wounded Bear]

33. I consider that part of the protest...

[blogslut]

22. These signs were placed as a message.

For those condemning, do you also condemn those who leave flowers, candles and cards at significant locations to memorialize people who have died?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. Go to the Google Maps streetview in front of the Trump hotel right now.

Not exactly sure when the picture was taken, but there's definitely a message there.

[luvMIdog]

28. I'm so grateful

All of these protesters have lifted my spirits so much. I would like to thank all of them from the bottom of my heart.

[McCamy Taylor]

39. They need to "Occupy" that hotel 24-7.