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‘Loyal opposition’ takes a stand as Trump is sworn in

SOME OF THE hundred-plus people who braved the cold Monday in Middlebury to call out Donald
Trump on the day of his inauguration were clear about their feelings for the nation’s 47th president.
Independent photo/Steve James
January 23, 2025
While President Donald Trump was taking his oath of office in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda at noon on Monday, a crowd of more than 100 of his Addison County constituents had gathered amid freezing temperatures in Middlebury’s Court Square to publicly oppose many of the environmental, immigration and economic policies he pledged to implement during the next four years.
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