I went to a No Kings rally in a town not far from us. Estimates of crowd size will be in this morning’s local paper, but I’d say it was a decent, politely lively crowd that overflowed to the other side of the main street.
Plenty of signage, lots of honking, and at least one big Dodge diesel whose driver was most assuredly trying to interrupt the proceedings with loud revving and clouds of black exhaust. Donald would probably consider him for a position in his cabinet the next time an opening comes along. I’m glad there was no gunfire.
It was good to be a part of it, I guess. I didn’t hear anything particularly inspiring, and there was too much contrived, forced rah-rah for me. But there were a lot of things said that would make a Fox News junkie cringe—abiding by the Constitution, how billion$ can be found for war while essential programs are cut at home, reminders of the cost of essential goods and services, the heartlessness of the Trump administration.
I hope the numbers nationally were significantly more than the last rally day, but one estimate I heard put the total around 8 million. I was hoping for double-digit millions. To me, eight million out of 340 million isn’t anything to write home about. It truly surprises me that more able-bodied Americans weren’t out voicing their outrage yesterday. And yet the “fake news” networks will likely be crazy with people spinning the awesomeness of the turnout, that a message was clearly sent, with an overwhelming show of support for sane, truly patriotic leaders whose heads and hearts are in the right place.
I don’t know. There was a lot of sympathetic honking, as people drove by the rally. I hope it all makes a difference and causes Trump’s BP to shoot through the roof. There would be some consolation in that, for sure.
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