Bill Mitchell on Twitter said the media (including right wing Breitbart) have the attendance numbers wrong...
“The media is claiming “hundreds” at the #Walkaway March. Actual numbers, 5500.”
Here is some footage of the thousands marching...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=855UcvZxOkE
There are thousands of them. I’m a member of the #WalkAway campaign group on Facebook and found this testimony from a woman that walked away. I’m a WalkWith. We help and support the people walking away. Some of us asked if we could post her comment and she said yes but not to Share. She said we could copy and paste it without her name. Her name and picture is available in the group but she’s afraid to be completely public.
“I think I feel safe to share my #WalkAway story here. I am a Muslim Immigrant woman, originally from Pakistan but a US citizen. I loved Obama and democrat platform in 2008 because he promised “hope and change” and a stop to war, he also promised to represent the middle class. Around 2010 I was done with him. He continued to kill innocent children in Pakistan through his drone program. I felt like I was lied to. I was glad I was not a citizen back then so i didn’t get to vote for him. I was introduced to Ron Paul by a family member and I fell in love with his ideology. That’s where the #WalkAway journey started but I still had a lot of questions ane concerns because I have always heard that Republicans hate Muslims. I was terrified when Trump was nominated to represent the Republican platform. It would be important to mention that I have always been against Abortion as a Muslim. I absolutely hated president Trump after he was nominated because I was reading headlines that said “Trump to start a Muslim registry” (similar to what Hitler had for Jews) and other very disturbing headlines. One day I woke up to a headline that said “Trump to deport millions of Immigrants” and that was extremely disturbing. I am so glad that day I decided to read more, and i found out he was only talking about illegal immigrants with a criminal record. He was not talking about people like myself who came here by legal means. I looked further and found out the whole “Muslim registry” was also a lie, it was a poorly edited video that the news channel put together where Trump was discussing illegal aliens with criminal records. That was an eye opener. I also noticed that my Christian friends were treated horribly online and offline by the democrats who always claimed to be tolerant. I was also bullied multiple times when i stood up against abortion. When I looked at discussions between the Republicans and Democrats online, Republicans used facts, Democrats used emotions and feelings and name calling. I saw my republican friends being called horrible names and constantly be on the defense. In 2016 I voted for Castle from the constitutional party because there were still a lot of questions and concerns. Some of my liberal friends were mad at me and they told me I was the reason they lost. As soon as the president was elected, I started feeling like i have my own advocate running the Whitehouse. Everyone else prior to that has only talked about middle class while taking a chunk from my paycheck. President Trump started implementing policies that directly impact myself and my family. Tax cuts, cutting regulations like Dodd-Frank that impact small investors like myself, preserving our freedom of speech, signing executive order to advance women in STEM, the numbers from our economy are excellent. Not only that, he also visited Saudi Arabia AND under him, 0 Children have died in Pakistan through drone strikes. My baby boy was also in NICU who doctors wanted to pull the plug on and I fought to keep him alive, he is now a thriving 11 month old, but under socialized healthcare he would be dead because doctors and state would have decided his fate which was a death sentence. I have COMPLETELY #WalkedAway and have openly come out as a Muslim Republican who is a proud American and a proud supporter of our President. I voted Republican in Midterms to preserve my right as an American Muslim Texan Mom. President Trump is the best leader this world has ever seen. He is the true #PeacePresident. He puts us first. This was my story. Feel free to ask any questions you may have. #MuslimsWalkingAway #WakeUp #WalkAway #RUNAway”
That is a conservative estimate.
Thanks so much for that Walkaway march crowd estimate.
I watched the event yesterday through rightsidebroadcasting network and was very glad to see the number of people who attended despite the rainy cold conditions!