ANN ARBOR, MI — Beth Andersen stood in the sun Wednesday for veterans, democracy and the U.S. Constitution.

The child of World War II veterans, Andersen is critical of President Donald Trump’s administration, citing the president’s attacks on veterans’ First Amendment rights.

“I can’t stand to see what is happening in this country right now with our democracy,” said Andersen, a retired librarian. “Now they’re trying to make illegal protest and the right to freedom of speech, which is the First Amendment.”

Andersen joined about 30 union organizers Sept. 17 in front of the Lt. Col. Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center on Fuller Road in Ann Arbor to protest Trump’s cuts to veterans workers’ union rights.

Organized by the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2092, which repres

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