yup, they were creepy as fuck
PALO ALTO, Calif.—On the morning of Jan. 7, a mysterious protest took place on the campus of Stanford University, perhaps connected to the inauguration of California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom.
Six famous sculptures by Auguste Rodin in Stanford University’s Memorial Court were adorned in yellow vests, at the same time that Newsom was making his inauguration speech in the state capitol. The statues are symbols of civic virtue.
Californians started seeing yellow vests in December, when activists of the New California state movement began wearing the vests “in solidarity with French citizens” against socialism and globalism.
The group of sculptures at Stanford, called The Burghers of Calais, were commissioned by the city of Calais in 1884 and were completed in 1889. The sculptures have been symbols of the university in its Memorial Court, where there originally stood a statue honoring the Stanford Family.
Newsom, in his inauguration speech, said that he would continue the sanctuary-state policies and environmental policies adopted by his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown. California’s sanctuary-state policies and its strict environmental policies have both been widely criticized.
The slaying of Newman, California, police Corporal Ronil Singh by an illegal immigrant the day after Christmas caused a strong reaction around the nation to the state’s sanctuary policy.
Yellow vest-wearing activists in the New California state movement issued a grievance Jan. 1 that described the state’s sanctuary policy as “acts of insurrection against U.S. Constitution” and urged President Donald Trump to take proper action to stop the policy.
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