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That also seems to have had the opposite of their intended effect.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
It caused more people to commit more to being in the streets more of the time, to come out in larger numbers, to come out with more resolve and, honestly, with more emotion.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
It definitely sent support for them soaring all around the country.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
On Friday, you'll recall, there were huge marches and demonstrations in Minneapolis.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
A day in which the whole city of Minneapolis basically shut down.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
Kids home from school, people didn't go to work, people agreed that they would spend nothing that day, transact no business that day.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
They instead spent the day in prayer and protest and finding new ways to stand up for each other, including these
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
dozens of members of the clergy who were arrested Friday morning at the Minneapolis-St.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
Paul airport.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
They were there urging Delta Airlines and Signature Aviation and other companies with business at the airport to stop cooperating with ICE.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
Peaceful civil disobedience by members of the clergy, dozens of whom were arrested at the start of the day Friday morning in that bitter, bitter Sub-Zero cold.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
It was the next day, Saturday.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
when Trump's federal agents killed Alex Preti in the street.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
And the streets filled instantly in response, in protest, in anger, in grief.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
And by that night, there were protests and vigils all over the city and on Sunday as well, just everywhere in Minneapolis.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
At the site where they killed him, at Whittier Park in that same neighborhood where they killed him,
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
in downtown at Minneapolis City Hall and communities all over the city, retirement homes, right?
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
Where octogenarians came out into the bitter minus 20 degree weather to hold candles in vigil for Alex Preddy and for their city.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
I mean, still today, this was a walkout today at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
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Maddow: Trump in retreat as disastrous anti-immigrant campaign becomes political catastrophe
But it wasn't only Minneapolis standing up for themselves.