WASHINGTON (AP) —A massive turnout at the Women’s March on Washington has forced a change of plans. With the entire planned route filled with hundreds of thousands of protesters, organizers can’t lead a formal march toward the White House.
That’s according to a District of Columbia official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the official isn’t authorized to speak for the march.
The official says that shortly before 1 p.m., people were standing along the entire march route.
While there will be no formal march led from the protest stage near the Capitol, the crowd is still expected to move toward the Ellipse, an area of the National Mall in front of the White House.
The official says there could be more than half a million people on the Mall, but it’s difficult to estimate because low cloud cover is making aerial photographs impossible.
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My wife and 10-yr old daughter left the house this morning to join the San Diego march. I love them for it.
Please let us find a way to channel this energy into actual turnout for midterms and local elections.
Good on them. Considering the massive destruction the Rethugs are going to impose on this country, I think it’s really important that they get the message that it won’t happen without a fight.
When you’ve just been punched hard in a fight with a bully, the first thing you do is deflect and move. Then you gather your wits. Then you counterpunch.
This is the first step. The way to turn this turnout into turnout is for people to turn out.
Lawyers out there - does that executive order on Obamacare look like as much of a mess to you as it does to me?
Especially this:
Some of those parties are on opposite sides of the table when you start monkeying with costs, fees, taxes, penalties, or regulatory burdens.