Posted on 12/18/2019 6:47:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Tens of thousands of people across the country marched in support of impeachment Tuesday evening, from a demonstration through a rainy Times Square to handfuls of activists standing vigil in small towns around the country.
Liberal groups organized more than 600 events from Alaska to Florida, following a familiar model of mass protest that has come to define the left during the Trump administration.
For all the passion among activists, the gatherings were notably smaller than many of the other recent mass protests that began with the millions-strong Women's Marches the day after Trump's inaugural and have ranged over subjects from climate change to gun control.
In San Francisco, Marti McKee, a commercial artist, has been distributing signs and placards to marchers ever since Trump won the 2016 election. She has been struck by how impeachment draws so many fewer people to the streets than other causes.
“It's upsetting, considering that we're talking about corruption that affects our democracy," she said. “I don't understand why everyone isn't out in the streets.”
In Denver, Thaddeus Bruno, 41, lamented that only a few hundred people had turned out. A friend attributed it to people being “Trump-sick,” or worn out by the controversies surrounding the president.
“Everyone gets Trump-sick,” Bruno said. “You take your Tums and go to the next rally.”
Jonah Wankoff-Zern of Public Citizen, one of the groups spearheading the demonstrations, cautioned against evaluating the impeachment marches purely on head count. He noted they were organized at the last-minute, on a weeknight, to coincide with the scheduled House vote on the two articles of impeachment Wednesday.
“This is a rapid-response mobilization,” he said.
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Jonah Wankoff?...............................
I think, like me, most are sick of seeing the enemedia’s daily attacks on our President
“Modest but passionate turn out” can be said about any Hate group rally. That all this was an exercise in infantile ignorance and mindless political bigotry by a collection of Leftist hate groups.
NBC reports on these astroturfed pro-FakeImpeachment gatherings (tens of thousands???? Yeah, right.) but NEVER reports on actual tens of thousands who are NOT PAID TO ATTEND, Trump rallies.
No thanks, d@mn liars!!
What if they gave a love-in and nobody came?
Typo. Prolly caused by global warming ............
lol just a bunch of self hating liberal whites suffering from guilt over their skin color throwing a tantrum in the street. Nothing to see here.
“Jonah Wankoff?”
No way that’s a real person.
On the Philly news, maybe a dozen of them. The news, of course, gives them a 30 second sound bite to spew their propaganda.
The same news, of course, ignores any other larger demonstration that doesn’t fit the narrative.
Or just too smart to understand that it would be throwing more good money after bad?
Where were you, Marti, during the 8 years of Obama? I guess corruption didn't matter then because - black and liberal.
A smattering of idiots + some paid astroturf. Yawn.
Had one of those demonstrations in town here yesterday
Sad group of ~20 huddled together in cold
Almost felt sorry for them,
A very close friend who has lost his way in the turmoil of hatred was there
I pray for him, and wish him peace
Get it right, it’s Jonah Wankoff-Zern.
Mr. Zern is his husband.
Anyone who still supports the Democrats has a criminal heart.
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