Rev. Sharpton organizes D.C. rally during Trump's inauguration
Source: Scripps News
Posted 1:41 PM, Nov 14, 2024
Rev. Al Sharpton announced that he is organizing a rally in Washington on Jan. 20, coinciding with both the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The outspoken Trump critic announced the rally on MSNBC earlier this week.
While Trump supporters will be on one side of Washington watching him take the oath of office, I will be at the nations capital working to keep the dream alive, Sharpton said. There has never been a more important time to peacefully organize and mobilize.
In 2017, the largest anti-Trump rallies in Washington were held one day after his inauguration. Among them was the Womens March, which garnered thousands of protesters. Sharpton was among those who participated at an affiliated rally in New York.
On the same day as the Womens March, White House press secretary Sean Spicer called a news conference to falsely claim that Trumps inauguration was the most attended inauguration ever. Photo evidence showed the crowds for his rally were much smaller than President Barack Obamas 2009 inauguration, for instance.
Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/rev-sharpton-organizes-d-c-rally-during-trumps-inauguration
duncang
(3,591 posts)Try to claim the rally against him as supporting him.
Figarosmom
(2,612 posts)sheshe2
(87,464 posts)Good trouble.
Tadpole Raisin
(1,499 posts)Will Congress or the courts do anything? Can they?
CentralMass
(15,537 posts)Blues Heron
(6,130 posts)Had almost forgotten about good old sphincter - that was our first taste of the immense gaslighting to come. Wonder if he will have a role in the sequel?
BumRushDaShow
(142,211 posts)for Melissa McCarthy!
gab13by13
(25,221 posts)Tienaman square II
Apologies for spelling
markie
(22,920 posts)Initech
(101,900 posts)oberle
(57 posts)There already is a People's March on Washington on Jan. 18.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,631 posts)We need something that will bring fear to those who put him there. Don't care what it is.
littlemissmartypants
(25,483 posts)I have several times and it did me a lot of good. There's strength in numbers.
Power to the People!!
The Grand Illuminist
(1,631 posts)Yet nothing was ever done. Last time was 20 years ago.
perdita9
(1,166 posts)Make it clear that, if they threaten our rights we will attack their wallets
The Grand Illuminist
(1,631 posts)Temptation usually prevails.
electric_blue68
(17,977 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(1,631 posts)Now we have to deal with selective hearing.
electric_blue68
(17,977 posts)johnnyfins
(1,395 posts)And his cast of goons will KILL you and there will be NO accountability. I have a responsibility to my family. I wouldnt be within 20 miles of that place.
Joe_Gadway
(49 posts)I was thinking about going to the March on Jan. 18.
Now I will go to this event also.
Good to show the new president we are not going to hide from him!
Prairie Gates
(3,032 posts)IGNORE IT. That's the only way.
TomCADem
(17,760 posts)I appreciate the sentiment, but too many progressives refused to consider the facts that the race was close based on conspiracy theories that news media was faking polls to manufacture ratings.
oasis
(51,701 posts)not try to turn the Revs event into something other than he intended.
0rganism
(24,666 posts)"Look at that turnout for my inflammuration! Biggest ever! The blacks -- you remember the blacks? -- the blacks LOVE me!"
And the media will let him do it
CTyankee
(65,012 posts)perdita9
(1,166 posts)There were so many people they almost couldn't open the roads so we could March. They were afraid we wouldn't fit
GreenWave
(9,167 posts)There by my estimate 500,000 marched.
onenote
(44,620 posts)First, there already is a "people's march" scheduled for January 18. A second march, 2 days later, will split the attendance at both and might well result in the crowd on January 20 being smaller than Trump's crowd, which would be a bad look.
Second, having two competing events on January 20 will put a strain on security.
In 2017, the Women's march was held the day after inauguration.
BumRushDaShow
(142,211 posts)So fuck black people?
Yup.