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BumRushDaShow

(144,258 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:36 PM Nov 14

Rev. Sharpton organizes D.C. rally during Trump's inauguration

Source: Scripps News

Posted 1:41 PM, Nov 14, 2024

Rev. Al Sharpton announced that he is organizing a rally in Washington on Jan. 20, coinciding with both the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The outspoken Trump critic announced the rally on MSNBC earlier this week.

“While Trump supporters will be on one side of Washington watching him take the oath of office, I will be at the nation’s capital working to keep the dream alive,” Sharpton said. “There has never been a more important time to peacefully organize and mobilize.”

In 2017, the largest anti-Trump rallies in Washington were held one day after his inauguration. Among them was the Women’s March, which garnered thousands of protesters. Sharpton was among those who participated at an affiliated rally in New York.

On the same day as the Women’s March, White House press secretary Sean Spicer called a news conference to falsely claim that Trump’s inauguration was the most attended inauguration ever. Photo evidence showed the crowds for his rally were much smaller than President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, for instance.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/rev-sharpton-organizes-d-c-rally-during-trumps-inauguration

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Rev. Sharpton organizes D.C. rally during Trump's inauguration (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 14 OP
Tfg will probably duncang Nov 14 #1
Thats what i figure too. ...nt Figarosmom Nov 15 #20
Good. sheshe2 Nov 14 #2
Will he use that as the fake event to declare Martial Law? Tadpole Raisin Nov 14 #3
I'll bet the Reverend Al's coiwd will be bigger. CentralMass Nov 14 #4
Sean Spicer Blues Heron Nov 14 #5
I heard he wasn't interested but it would sure make good fodder BumRushDaShow Nov 14 #7
Trump will just have a military parade gab13by13 Nov 14 #6
I'll be there! markie Nov 14 #8
Good. I plan to boycott TV that night. Initech Nov 14 #9
Jan. 18 oberle Nov 14 #10
Marches do no good. The Grand Illuminist Nov 14 #11
Have you ever marched? littlemissmartypants Nov 14 #12
Plenty. The Grand Illuminist Nov 14 #14
Stop buying stuff perdita9 Nov 15 #22
That, too, may not be good enough. The Grand Illuminist Nov 15 #23
Wrong-o. Like-minded people being together is a powerful inspiration to keep some kind of actions going on back at home electric_blue68 Nov 16 #25
That was then. The Grand Illuminist Nov 16 #27
What do you mean in this context? electric_blue68 Nov 16 #28
March? This Motherfucker(TSF) johnnyfins Nov 14 #13
I will go Joe_Gadway Nov 14 #15
Literally the dumbest idea Prairie Gates Nov 14 #16
Yup, Progressives Keeping Their Power Dry Until After the Election TomCADem Nov 15 #17
Hopefully, undercover MAGA shit stirrers will oasis Nov 15 #18
TSF will try to have Sharpton's protesting attendees count toward his inauguration audience total 0rganism Nov 15 #19
Oh, so what? Nobody is going to believe him. And it will keep hope alive! CTyankee Nov 15 #24
'Thousands' of protesters at the Woman's March? perdita9 Nov 15 #21
Back in Chicago they said there were 5,000 of us. Lying paper came out hours before we even began. GreenWave Nov 16 #26
This is a bad idea. onenote Nov 16 #29
You do realize the MLK federal holiday happens to fall on Monday January 20, 2025 right? BumRushDaShow Nov 16 #30

Tadpole Raisin

(1,561 posts)
3. Will he use that as the fake event to declare Martial Law?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:41 PM
Nov 14

Will Congress or the courts do anything? Can they?

Blues Heron

(6,231 posts)
5. Sean Spicer
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 04:43 PM
Nov 14

Had almost forgotten about good old sphincter - that was our first taste of the immense gaslighting to come. Wonder if he will have a role in the sequel?

The Grand Illuminist

(1,700 posts)
11. Marches do no good.
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 07:04 PM
Nov 14

We need something that will bring fear to those who put him there. Don't care what it is.

littlemissmartypants

(25,906 posts)
12. Have you ever marched?
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 08:02 PM
Nov 14

I have several times and it did me a lot of good. There's strength in numbers.

Power to the People!!

electric_blue68

(18,724 posts)
25. Wrong-o. Like-minded people being together is a powerful inspiration to keep some kind of actions going on back at home
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 01:14 PM
Nov 16

johnnyfins

(1,485 posts)
13. March? This Motherfucker(TSF)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 09:23 PM
Nov 14

And his cast of goons will KILL you and there will be NO accountability. I have a responsibility to my family. I wouldnt be within 20 miles of that place.

Joe_Gadway

(49 posts)
15. I will go
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:08 PM
Nov 14

I was thinking about going to the March on Jan. 18.
Now I will go to this event also.
Good to show the new president we are not going to hide from him!

TomCADem

(17,774 posts)
17. Yup, Progressives Keeping Their Power Dry Until After the Election
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 12:23 AM
Nov 15

I appreciate the sentiment, but too many progressives refused to consider the facts that the race was close based on conspiracy theories that news media was faking polls to manufacture ratings.

oasis

(51,809 posts)
18. Hopefully, undercover MAGA shit stirrers will
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 01:34 AM
Nov 15

not try to turn the Rev’s event into something other than he intended.

0rganism

(24,762 posts)
19. TSF will try to have Sharpton's protesting attendees count toward his inauguration audience total
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 02:25 AM
Nov 15

"Look at that turnout for my inflammuration! Biggest ever! The blacks -- you remember the blacks? -- the blacks LOVE me!"
And the media will let him do it

perdita9

(1,187 posts)
21. 'Thousands' of protesters at the Woman's March?
Fri Nov 15, 2024, 04:49 AM
Nov 15

There were so many people they almost couldn't open the roads so we could March. They were afraid we wouldn't fit

GreenWave

(9,445 posts)
26. Back in Chicago they said there were 5,000 of us. Lying paper came out hours before we even began.
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 01:21 PM
Nov 16

There by my estimate 500,000 marched.

onenote

(44,807 posts)
29. This is a bad idea.
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 04:46 PM
Nov 16

First, there already is a "people's march" scheduled for January 18. A second march, 2 days later, will split the attendance at both and might well result in the crowd on January 20 being smaller than Trump's crowd, which would be a bad look.

Second, having two competing events on January 20 will put a strain on security.

In 2017, the Women's march was held the day after inauguration.


BumRushDaShow

(144,258 posts)
30. You do realize the MLK federal holiday happens to fall on Monday January 20, 2025 right?
Sat Nov 16, 2024, 05:14 PM
Nov 16


Rev. Al Sharpton announced that he is organizing a rally in Washington on Jan. 20, coinciding with both the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The outspoken Trump critic announced the rally on MSNBC earlier this week.


So fuck black people?

Yup.

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