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Amid Boycotts, Trump Marks 400 Years of Democracy in America

Steve Herman

   JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA - Amid a boycott by some members of Virginia's
   legislative assembly and a brief protest by one of its lawmakers, U.S.
   President Donald Trump commemorated Tuesday the 400th anniversary of
   the body's first meeting in Jamestown, Virginia.

   "It's a tremendous honor to stand on these historic grounds as the
   first president to address a joint session of the oldest lawmaking body
   in all of the Western Hemisphere, the Virginia General Assembly," Trump
   said. "On this day, 400 years ago, here on the shores of the James
   River, the first representative legislative assembly in the New World
   convened. By the devotion of generations of patriots, it has flourished
   throughout the ages. And now that proud tradition continues with all of
   you."

   As Trump was in mid-sentence later in the address, Democratic delegate
   Ibraheem Samirah shouted, "Mr. President, you can't send us back!
   Virginia is our home! Mr. President, you cannot send us back! Virginia
   is our home!"

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