WASHINGTON — Rosie O’Donnell and cast members from Broadway shows sang show tunes just outside the White House fence on Monday, joining what have been nightly protests against President Trump ever since his Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin.
O’Donnell told the hundreds of those gathered at Lafayette Park that the message she wanted to send was that “in no uncertain terms that we are alive, awake and we are woke.”
O’Donnell and the cast members from shows like “Wicked,” “The Lion King,” “Hamilton” and “Beautiful” wore T-shirts that read, “Now Showing: Truth.”
She pointed out one woman in the crowd and her sign: “‘Good silent people are the wind behind evil.’ That is such a great sign, lady.’”
This was the 22nd night of protests in front of the White House, in what has come to be known as the Kremlin Annex. A group of political activists launched the nightly gatherings in the reaction to Trump’s press conference with Putin, with the goal of keeping the president awake.
Speakers brought up a number of issues — childhood separation and attacks on the press — but the underlying theme was the urgency of getting Trump out of office.
Protest with Rosie O’Donnell and musicians and singers has begun outside…
