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6. I would note that getting 25 million people to show up for anything is a Big Ask
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 07:43 PM
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Indivisible/No Kings has by far the best street turnout organization I've ever seen, and their organized march last month had under 9 million. That's a third of what you're saying Dems should have called for last year. And last month's protests took place after "Operation Epstein File" began, after the current insanity re-started the bombing, after a school for little girls was reduced to rubble killing hundreds of kids within.

What do you think happens if, last year, Democratic leadership calls for 25 million people in the streets and under 10 million show up? What's going to lead in the coverage? That's correct, more stories about how weak and useless "establishment" Democrats are, and how they don't represent the general population. And then more braggadocio from F47. So... a whole lot more of the same. Be careful what you ask for.

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