华盛顿—弗吉尼亚州立法机构的民主党人表示，如果唐纳德·特朗普总统来了，他们将抵制在弗吉尼亚州詹姆斯敦举行的纪念美国代议制民主400周年的活动。
根据该活动的网站，该活动是作为“美国进化”的一部分计划的，这是詹姆斯敦的一系列活动，詹姆斯敦是英国第一个永久殖民地，旨在庆祝1619年发生在美国和弗吉尼亚历史上的重要事件。
7月30日的集会计划纪念第一次立法会议，将有国会、弗吉尼亚立法机构和其他州立法机构的成员参加。弗吉尼亚州立法机关的民主党领导人在周五发布的声明中表示，“我们不会参加唐纳德·特朗普出席的纪念活动的任何部分。现任总统并不代表我们将在西方世界最古老的民主机构成立400周年之际庆祝的价值观。”
该组织以他们所谓的给组织者的一句忠告来结束他们的声明:“把他送回去。”这句话指的是7月17日特朗普集会上的一名抗议者。
在北卡罗来纳州的集会上，特朗普批评索马里出生的民主党众议员伊尔汉·奥马尔后，他的支持者开始高喊“送她回去”。这首歌来自特朗普几天前发布的推文，他在推文中告诉包括奥马尔在内的四名少数民族国会女议员“回到”她们来自的地方。
众议院民主党领袖@ efillercorn、众议院民主党主席@c_herring、参议院民主党领袖@ dicksaslaw和参议院民主党主席@senatorlocke就唐纳德·特朗普将出席下周在詹姆斯敦举行的纪念会议发表声明。
'Send Him Back': Virginia Democrats vow to boycott Jamestown celebration if Trump attends
WASHINGTON – Democrats in the Virginia state legislature say they'll boycott an event at Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 400th anniversary of representative democracy in America if President Donald Trump comes.
The event had been planned as part of "American Evolution," a series of events at Jamestown, the site of the first permanent English colony, to celebrate key events in American and Virginia history that took place in 1619, according to the event's website. A July 30 gathering had planned to commemorate the first legislative meeting and would feature members of Congress, the Virginia legislature and other state legislatures.
The Democratic heads of the Virginia state legislature said, in a statement released Friday, "We will not be attending any part of the commemorative session where Donald Trump is in attendance. The current President does not represent the values that we would celebrate at the 400th anniversary of the oldest democratic body in the western world."
The group ended their statement with what they called a word of advice to organizers: "Send Him Back."
The phrase is a reference to one shouted at a Trump rally on July 17. During the rally in North Carolina, after Trump criticized Somali-born Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, his supporters started chanting "send her back." That chant was drawn from a tweet Trump posted days prior in which he told four minority congresswomen — which included Omar — to "go back" where they came from.
Statement from House Democratic Leader @EFillerCorn, House Democratic Chair @C_Herring, Senate Democratic Leader @DickSaslaw, and Senate Democratic Chair @SenatorLocke on reports that Donald Trump will attend the commemorative session in Jamestown next week. pic.twitter.com/Mdrud9UH5S
