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Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day
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Ours coincided with our Pride, they actually marched with us in the parade up to the capitol and then joined us. It was incredible, unlike anything I've seen in this city. Do I think Trump is going to magically be unseated? No. But let's make a habit of this, since I am not sure voting will actually happen in 28, and we need mob size forces to be easily called up.
A lot of these protests, especially in bigger cities, have all kinds of booths at them too. The one near me had like 6 for just one congressional candidate, one for a mayoral candidate, and multiple for revolutionary socialists/communists, along with people walking all over the rally handing out fliers about a general strike.
Tons of people sign up for these things, or even if they don't sign up to strike/canvass, end up changing their voting habits accordingly. A lot of local stuff can be really impactful, since a lot of the policies most directly felt by people are local policies (e.g. is the pothole in front of your house fixed? Is your rent expensive? Is there visible poverty on the streets? Are the buses slow?) rather than federal ones (e.g. "we cut billions in research grants but you'll only really start noticing the overall effects yourself many years from now")
I do wish we could just get all the people going to things like this to head over to ICE facilities and block 'em day and night, but it's a good consolation that they're taking some other actions regardless.
Glad to hear your protests had some local political activism attached! Great place to platform and remind people that qualified candidates are everywhere!