When Trump became President, angry Democrats vowed to resist him and his policies. As part of this resistance, Meetup groups popped up with the name #Resist: and the name of a city. You can find one of these group near you by browsing the Movements section of Meetup. I’m going to go review what the largest group near me, #Resist: Cleveland did in 2017.
- Wear pink for Planned Parenthood on March 19
- Tax day march for people, peace, and planet on April 15
- Science march on April 22.
- Advocacy day for abortion rights at the Ohio Statehouse on May 3
- Write letters to Congress to terminate Trump’s presidency on May 16.
- A picnic to celebrate everything the group accomplished on June 25
- A weekly call to lobby the Supreme Court on gerrymandering starting on August 3
Let’s tally what the group did: two marches, a trip to the statehouse, wearing pink, and some letter writing campaigns. They did nothing the second half of the year. If this is resistance, the Trump Administration has nothing to fear.
