...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.President Donald Trump’s response to the attack at a violent white supremacist rally, that left one counter protester dead, has pushed a New York State lawmaker to introduce a bill that would strip Trump’s name from a state park.
Assembly member Nily Rozic, a Democrat from Queens, has started a petition to change the name of the Donald J. Trump state park to honor Heather Heyer.
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Trump donated the 430-acres of land to the state in 2006 under the condition that New York prominently display his name at the park, Buzzfeed reported in February 2016 when a different state legislator was trying to remove Trump’s name from the space.
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The park is now mostly abandoned, but Rozic thinks the change would send a message.
“We believe that re-naming Donald J. Trump State Park to Heather D. Heyer State Park would not only honor her name and her activism, but serve as a reminder of how important it is for us to denounce those who seek to divide us,” she said.
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“The renaming would acknowledge that its current designation does not reflect the goals of uplifting and unifying New Yorkers,” Rozic told Buzzfeed.
TPM
Friday, September 8, 2017
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