6/18/2023 0 Comments One hundred days of resistance![]() #GrabYourWallet sees companies dump Trump ![]() Whether it was the town halls alone, he turned out to be right. Many congressmen and women decided not to host events, enabling activists to draw attention to their lack of interaction with voters, and even Republican politicians such as Alabama’s Mo Brooks noted that the turnouts were having an effect on “our more liberal, big government, weak-kneed, squishy-spined Republican senators and House members”.īrooks predicted at the time that activists’ persistence at those town halls could prevent Trump’s Obamacare repeal. Town halls this year were flooded with attendees who questioned both Republicans and Democrats about their commitment to Obamacare, to the environment and more. The congressional recess in February is traditionally a time for elected officials to hold in-person events with their constituents. Trump issued a new executive order on 6 March, but that too was blocked by the courts. Thousands of people protested at airports in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Ohio and Orlando after Trump’s 27 January executive order which suspended immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries.Īt the same time, groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and National Immigration Law Center filed lawsuits against the executive order.Īmid the protests, on 3 February a federal judge ordered a temporary halt on the ban, restoring travel for refugees and people from the excluded countries, and on 9 February the ninth circuit court of appeals upheld that ruling. The march served as an inspiration to people across the country, and laid the groundwork for action in the future. More than 1m trips were taken on the subway, compared with 570,000 for the day Trump was sworn in. In Washington, Metro officials said the day of the march was the mass transit system’s second busiest day in history – behind only Obama’s 2009 inauguration. The march cast a long shadow over Trump’s inauguration – at a time when the president’s staff were claiming, falsely, that Trump had drawn the largest crowd ever to an inauguration ceremony. Political scientists estimated that the marches were the single largest day of protest in US history. An estimated 4 million people attended demonstrations across the country against the new president. The turnout far exceeded the crowd at Trump’s inauguration a day earlier. Women’s MarchĪn estimated 500,000 people marched in Washington DC on 21 January. Activists have already been rewarded with some tangible victories – whether by drawing attention to some of the president’s more egregious policies, or by contributing to some of his failures.
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