By Tom Markland, The Journal
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Dozens of local protesters braved cold, windy weather on Thursday morning to stand together in protest of policies pushed by President Donald Trump’s administration.
They started at around 10 a.m. in front of Rep. Riley Moore’s office on Winchester Avenue, which officially opened just a few weeks ago. The office was closed at the time of the protest. Later, they moved to stand in front of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s office on Foxcroft Avenue.
Several of the protesters decided to attend just the day before, after seeing a story from the Associated Press concerning an internal memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which allegedly discusses the cutting of over 80,000 jobs from the organization. The large majority of the protesters were local, with some coming from as far as Berkeley Springs.
