Protests meant to highlight and counter Trump administration actions characterized by some as authoritarian brought a range of voices and messages to Pittsburgh-area streets Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Aspinwall, summarized the day’s big takeaway, saying, “peaceful protest is an American thing” and “we don’t mess around with kings.”
At the downtown Pittsburgh event, following the singing of “America the Beautiful” shortly before 1 p.m., Legal Director Vic Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania took to a stage accompanied by a Donald Trump puppet. He told a crowd packed on Grant Street that President Donald Trump’s domestic actions constituted an invasion of America…