Politics & Government
Grandmother Creates Giant Protest Trump Message In Cornfield
A grandmother was found to be responsible for cutting the giant "RESIST" message into a Bedminster cornfield for Trump to see last weekend.
BEDMINSTER, NJ — It took a Califon grandmother three days and more than 30 hours to cut out 70-by-40 foot letters that stretch about 200 feet long to spell out the "RESIST'' in a Bedminster cornfield this past weekend for President Donald Trump's visit to the area, according to nj.com.
She also created the female symbol in front of the word in the cornfield.
Her action was originally reported as an act of criminal mischief by a farmer using the field.
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The owner of the crops rents the land, which was later found to be damaged by the sister of the owner of the land. The owner of the land agreed to reimburse for the damages.
The anonymous grandmother told nj.com that she did this for her four grandkids to know they can make a statement.
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"There's not a whole lot I'm happy about,'' she told nj.com. "His positions toward the environment, his positions toward women, his positions toward immigrants.''
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