(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Artist Cat Palmer makes photos of protesters dressed in white jumpsuits who spelled out "GO HOME TRUMP" on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol, Sunday, December 3, 2017, during a protest organized by artist Cat Palmer ahead of Trump's visit Monday. When asked why she organized the event she said:
"Because Senator Dabakis called me and told me too!
We don't have somebody representing our voices right now, right?
Thats a problem. Sometimes when we feel helpless we make art hoping our voices will be heard. It's an outlet for people.
It's therapeutic, .... because we are feeling lost right now."
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Protesters dressed in white jumpsuits spelled out "GO HOME TRUMP" on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol, Sunday, December 3, 2017, during a protest organized by artist Cat Palmer ahead of Trump's visit Monday.
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Protesters dressed in white jumpsuits spelled out "GO HOME TRUMP" on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol, Sunday, December 3, 2017, during a protest organized by artist Cat Palmer ahead of Trump's visit Monday.
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Melissa Bond helped read the comments made famous from the Access Hollywood tape of Trump speaking about how he approached women while speaking with Billy Bush. Earlier these protesters dressed in white jumpsuits spelled out "GO HOME TRUMP" on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol, Sunday, December 3, 2017, during a protest organized by artist Cat Palmer ahead of Trump's visit Monday.
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune)
Beekeeper Babs Isak wore her white beekeeper's outfit to fit in with other protesters dressed in white jumpsuits as she helped form the "U" in "Trump" as they spelled out "GO HOME TRUMP" on the south lawn of the Utah State Capitol during a protest organized by artist Cat Palmer ahead of Trump's visit Monday. They had originally formed a message containing the word "F__K" but a UHP officer explained to them that the word was not permitted on the capitol grounds. They settled for GO HOME TRUMP, Sunday, December 3, 2017.
Saying she felt somewhat helpless and lost, artist Cat Palmer decided to organize a protest Sunday on the south lawn of the Utah Capitol ahead of President Donald Trump’s Monday visit, hoping to provide an outlet for people who feel their voices aren’t being represented by the nation’s leaders.
Her message: “Go Home Trump,” spelled out by 113 protesters dressed in white jumpsuits.
Palmer said she organized the rally after encouragement from Utah Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City.
“We don’t have somebody representing our voices right now, right? That’s a problem. Sometimes when we feel helpless we make art hoping our voices will be heard,” Palmer said. “It’s an outlet for people. It’s therapeutic ... because we are feeling lost right now.”
Palmer’s protest comes a day after thousands of Utahns gathered at the state Capitol in support of Bears Ears and Grand Escalante national monuments, both of which face drastic reductions by the Trump administration.
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