Resistance Is Cringe
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Resistance Is Cringe
"With the country now nine months into Trump's second term, though, reports of the death of the Resistance turn out to have been exaggerated. The movement looks different than it did the last time around. It's more hard-bitten. But it retains the same underlying idealism about the American project that led first to the explosive growth of the coalition, and then to its dismissal by cynics."
"Over the summer, protesters waved American flags, dressed as the Founding Fathers and the Statue of Liberty, and held signs with quotes from the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Those rallies drew an estimated 2 million to 5 million people around the country-on the scale of the 2017 Women's March that convened the day after Trump's first inauguration, then a competitor for the largest single day of protest the United States had ever seen."
""We have a goal for No Kings to be the largest peaceful protest in modern American history," says Ezra Levin, a co-founder of the progressive organization Indivisible, one of the many groups coordinating the demonstrations. MAGA, at least, is doing its part to deride the gatherings as uncool: "Anyone who participates in a No Kings rally is a dork," one right-wing influencer wrote on X."
Commentators declared the Resistance dead and futile after Donald Trump's 2024 win, calling the movement embarrassing, ineffective, and performative. Nine months into Trump's second term, reports of the Resistance's death have proven exaggerated. The movement appears transformed and more hard-bitten while retaining underlying idealism about the American project. A reprise of "No Kings" rallies is expected to draw millions nationwide to oppose Trump. Over the summer, demonstrators waved American flags, dressed as Founding Fathers and the Statue of Liberty, and held constitutional quotations, with estimated turnout comparable to the 2017 Women's March. Organizers aim for an even larger, peaceful demonstration.
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