CWA Veteran Delivers Powerful Speech at No Kings Rally

CWA Local 6215 Executive Vice President David Marshall, who is a representative for the CWA Minority Caucus, a delegate for the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, a Marine Corps veteran, and a member of Common Defense, the nation’s largest grassroots veterans’ organization, fired up the crowd in Dallas, Texas, at a recent No Kings Day rally.

He stated, “We did not take an oath to a president, not to a candidate, not to a political party. It was to the Constitution of the United States, to defend it against all threats, both foreign and domestic. I didn’t raise my right hand for a king. I raised it for liberty. I raised it for justice. I raised it for a government by and for the people. Right now that oath is being tested. We’ve seen peaceful protestors met with riot gear, and we’ve heard the threats to deploy active-duty Marines against American citizens. Let me be clear: using the military to silence dissent is not strength; it’s tyranny. And no one knows that better than those who have worn the uniform.”

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.