A view of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Photo from public domain)
Rachel Faulkner had just come home from picking her daughter up from daycare. With a pro-Trump demonstration planned that day at the Capitol, a half-mile away, Faulkner was eager to hunker down with her wife and child.
“Protestors were gathered in our parking lot,” said Faulkner, a staff member of the Jewish nonprofit Safety Respect Equity Network. “Some were wearing ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweat shirts.”
She looked over at the Chanukah window decorations that they hadn’t gotten around to putting away.
“It was the first time I had thought to take down our personal Jewish signifiers.”