Demonstrators burn Trump effigies in Mexico during border wall protest

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Protesters burned effigies of President Trump Donald John TrumpPoll: Trump leads Biden by 7 points in Iowa Biden campaign cancels event in Texas after pro-Trump cars surrounded its bus Obama shooting three pointer while campaigning for Biden goes viral MORE and Border Patrol agents during a demonstration in Mexico against the U.S. border wall on Saturday.

Reuters reported that several dozen demonstrators at a Tijuana protest called on U.S. voters to oust Trump in Tuesday's election, while criticizing the president's assertion that Mexico would pay for his plan to build fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Chants of “Trump, we won’t pay for your wall,” were heard, according to the news service, while one organizer said that activists would also put pressure on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden Joe BidenPoll: Trump leads Biden by 7 points in Iowa Biden campaign cancels event in Texas after pro-Trump cars surrounded its bus Obama shooting three pointer while campaigning for Biden goes viral MORE to keep his word and implement reform to the U.S. immigration system should he be elected.

“We’re calling on people to vote against Trump and in favor of hope. Biden has promised us a humanitarian migration reform, we’ll be watching to ensure the promises are kept this time,” Hugo Castro told the news service.

Trump claimed frequently during the 2016 campaign that Mexico's government would be forced to pay for his planned wall along the border, a claim that has since evolved in meaning to describe the president's plans to make up the costs of border fencing along parts of the border with changes to U.S.-Mexico trade policy.

The president moved to divert about $2.5 billion in U.S. military funding for the project, a move that is currently facing a challenge at the Supreme Court.

Brickman274 on November 2nd, 2020 at 01:10 UTC »

"The key to burning an ex-wife effigy is to dip it in paraffin wax and then toss the flaming bottle of isopropyl alcohol from a safe distance. Do not stand too close when you light an ex-wife effigy."

-Ron Swanson

NorthernGamer71 on November 1st, 2020 at 21:31 UTC »

Nothing burns like an effigy

glarbknot on November 1st, 2020 at 21:14 UTC »

Who doesn't love a food old fashioned effigy burning?!