Sunday, October 29, 2017 4:21:37 PM
Hail to the chief: cyclist gives Trump the middle finger
Woman makes her feelings clear as she is overtaken by the US president’s motorcade on its way out of one of his golf clubs
The woman repeated her gesture once she had caught up with the motorcade. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Sunday 29 October 2017 15.44 EDT
First published on Sunday 29 October 2017 07.40 EDT
The president of the United States is used to being saluted, but a cyclist in Virginia put her own particular slant on the tradition on Saturday when she was overtaken by Donald Trump’s motorcade.
The woman on her bike was photographed raising her middle finger when Trump’s vehicles passed her on their way out from the Trump National Golf Club on the banks of the Potomac river, on the outskirts of Washington DC. She repeated the gesture when she caught up with the motorcade.
As noted in the White House pool report, “POTUS’s motorcade departed the Trump National Golf Club at 3.12pm, passing two pedestrians, one of whom gave a thumbs-down sign. Then it overtook a female cyclist, wearing a white top and cycling helmet, who responded by giving the middle finger.
“The motorcade had to slow and the cyclist caught up, still offering the finger, before turning off in a different direction. Motorcade is now gathering speed and heading for DC.”
Social media users responded to the image of the cyclist with messages such as “Heroine!” and “Her2020”.
Earlier on Saturday, as Trump’s vehicle entered the luxury golf club in northern Virginia, a region where he has little support, a woman stood at the entrance with a handwritten sign that said: “Impeach.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/29/hail-to-the-chief-cyclist-gives-trump-the-middle-finger
Woman makes her feelings clear as she is overtaken by the US president’s motorcade on its way out of one of his golf clubs
The woman repeated her gesture once she had caught up with the motorcade. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
Sunday 29 October 2017 15.44 EDT
First published on Sunday 29 October 2017 07.40 EDT
The president of the United States is used to being saluted, but a cyclist in Virginia put her own particular slant on the tradition on Saturday when she was overtaken by Donald Trump’s motorcade.
The woman on her bike was photographed raising her middle finger when Trump’s vehicles passed her on their way out from the Trump National Golf Club on the banks of the Potomac river, on the outskirts of Washington DC. She repeated the gesture when she caught up with the motorcade.
As noted in the White House pool report, “POTUS’s motorcade departed the Trump National Golf Club at 3.12pm, passing two pedestrians, one of whom gave a thumbs-down sign. Then it overtook a female cyclist, wearing a white top and cycling helmet, who responded by giving the middle finger.
“The motorcade had to slow and the cyclist caught up, still offering the finger, before turning off in a different direction. Motorcade is now gathering speed and heading for DC.”
Social media users responded to the image of the cyclist with messages such as “Heroine!” and “Her2020”.
Earlier on Saturday, as Trump’s vehicle entered the luxury golf club in northern Virginia, a region where he has little support, a woman stood at the entrance with a handwritten sign that said: “Impeach.”
[...]
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/29/hail-to-the-chief-cyclist-gives-trump-the-middle-finger
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