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Speaker 1: The rally on Boston Common is one of more than

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Speaker 1: twenty five hundred taking place across the country what's billed

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Speaker 1: as a National Day of Defiance against President Donald Trump.

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Speaker 1: It marks the third time since Trump's return to the

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Speaker 1: White House in January the opponents have mobilized against him,

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Speaker 1: and it comes as the government shut down highlights the

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Speaker 1: state of partisan differences that define the national political debate.

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Speaker 2: So we are standing up to say that the United

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Speaker 2: States was founded on democracy, on the rule of law,

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Speaker 2: and on our constitution, and we're here to uphold all three.

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Speaker 2: We see that this administration is authoritarian. They are trying

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Speaker 2: to impose a lot of restrictions on our freedoms and

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Speaker 2: our liberties, and we are not going to stand idly

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Speaker 2: by wle that happens.

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Speaker 1: There's a counter demonstration set to take place outside the

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Speaker 1: State House. Donald Trump's supporters out to portray the No

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Speaker 1: King's Rally as a hate America event on Boston Common.

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Speaker 1: Mike Maclin WBZ, Boston's news radio