Farmer brings livestock to protest inauguration

A farmer brought interesting companions to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Ethan Abbott showed up Friday with a llama, two alpacas and a dove.

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Abbott told BuzzFeed News, "It's time we get corporate money out of our government, out of our farms, out of our food, out of our families, out of our freedom."

A farmer brought along three llamas to protest the inauguration https://t.co/LkF01iqV3D pic.twitter.com/3BMAeCv70d
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 20, 2017

Meet Ethan Abbott who brought two alpacas, a llama, & a bird for the #inauguration to "take back our farms...and freedom" pic.twitter.com/6fAnDB8G3U
— Ryan Lovelace (@LovelaceRyanD) January 20, 2017

Abbot said the four-legged crew, Thaddeus, Shay and Tragically Cute, enjoy marching. The dove, named Hubert, spent most of the protest sleeping inside of Abbott's jacket.

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