Who is going to the protests on April 5th??
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Anonymous
So older people who remember what the Holocaust was about and respect women's rights are a proxy for what exactly? |
Anonymous
Maybe because: -privilege of being a man -went as the group's man/"bodyguard" -not immigrants -that group has already gone to college -the group has already worked the majority of life by now, nothing to fear when protesting. |
Anonymous
Letting the world know there are still sane people living here. |
Anonymous
Brown people are mostly staying home this time, because protesting under Trump could be deadly for them. White people 40+ are taking up the slack. |
Anonymous
Conn Ave .was lined with elderly people holding signs saying hand off my Social Security - obviously that makes sense. Younger folks driving downtown to the bigger protest were honking their support as they passed. |
Anonymous
A lot of people are just afraid. I thought the Gaza protests would pick back up after he said he was going to turn it into a resort and started deporting protesters, but I haven’t heard a thing about it. Trump has struck genuine fear in people. |
Anonymous
^^"hands off" |
Anonymous
Because women of that age are a lot healthier than the men of that age. The women have more energy. Have you gotten to your 70's yet? |
Anonymous
You make a good point, but there's at least some congressional pushback: Rand Paul, former Trump foe turned ally, speaks out against tariffs "'Tariffs have... led to political decimation. When (President William) McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, they lost 50% of their seats in the next election,' Paul told reporters a day after Trump's announcement, later adding "So they’re not only bad economically; they’re bad politically.' .... He has also teamed up with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., in sponsoring a resolution to end the emergency declaration enabling Trump's tariffs against Canada. 'We should not live under emergency rule,' Paul said in an interview with Fox News reporter Bret Baier. 'The Constitution said taxes are raised by Congress. Most specifically, taxes originate in the House and come to the Senate, so I'm against emergency rule.' Paul and Kaine's efforts were supported by three other Republicans: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/05/rand-paul-trump-tariff-canada/82943622007/ |
Anonymous
That's how I felt. I am white, upper middle class, in my 50s, and don't work for the government. I felt that it was my responsibility to protest for all the federal workers or people of color who feel that it is risky for them to do so. |
Anonymous
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Don't know where you people are getting this "handful of elderly white people" crap from. I was out for several hours today and I've seen people from every race and age and they have been turning out all across America by the hundreds of thousands. My social media feeds are completely flooded with photos and videos from all across the US.
Sorry to disappoint the DCUM gaslighters. "Everyone is staying home" is just not a thing today. |
Anonymous
The one I attended had a very successful food drive for local food pantries. The need there is great and will continue to be great if Trump continues to blow up the US department of agriculture aid that was coming into food pantries. |
Anonymous
I al not surprised. I knew this was going to happen. There is such a divide in the Democratic Party between white people and POCs. Keeping everything else constant, (education, lifestyle, wealth) I knew the minute all the whites in my alma mater chat group were going to to the march it was not for me. |
Anonymous
I thought that the Teslas were combusting on their own? Well, that and dealers planning insurance claims. |
Anonymous
NP. I went to my local protest in California. It was fairly large, but extremely white and the average age had to have been around 60. |