And what will be accomplished?
I certainly don't think this is a waste of time and effort, since I'll be joining in myself. I think it is important to show support by showing up, one more of millions of Americans who see that Trump is trying to destroy this country's long standing democratic republic by subverting its constitution with his own will, while a do-nothing Congress lets him.
The question in the opening paragraph is not merely rhetorical. We've had fifteen months of a President ignoring the Constitution, doing as he pleases and a Congress that isn't exercising the balance of power they have to hold him in check. We also have had a Supreme Court that, with a totally unconstitutional immunity ruling, perpetuated this insanity. These marches and rallies need to do more than just get big turnouts, and give prominent and entitled politicians a speaking platform. They need to make themselves felt among Republican members of Congress and the conservative members of the Supreme Court, in a way that robs them of their political security and puts them on edge as the mid-term elections approach.
Oh, and About the Mid-Terms
The Republicans already know, they are going to lose big. And so they are working as hard as they can on ways to prevent votes being counted for Democratic candidates. We know this. It happened in 2024, when they deliberately targeted the swing states and there is massive evidence they cheated to cost Harris an election she would have won otherwise. It wasn't just voter suppression, there were multiple precincts in which voting machines were programmed to reduce her vote total. We know this because those seven states were the only places where down ballot Democrats outperformed Harris.
There were plenty of warnings and plenty of pleas to challenge the results, but all of the "no mass voter fraud" rhetoric spin by Democrsts had them backed into a corner. So no one did anything about it.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out they are going to try and steal this election in every way they can. Anyone who follows this knows that's a fact. They are even telling us how they are going to do it. The response I see is, "Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, they're going to cheat." And no one doing anything to prepare, prevent or put a stop to it. If we lose, it will be our fault for letting it happen.
We can turn out millions for a march or protest, but we can't find enough people willing to make sure the Republicans can't cheat? And maybe there are people keepng an eye on this, and if so, and it appears to be something effective, please let me know because I need reassurance and I am not seeing anything reassuring.
What Will Change After Saturday?
Nothing.
We are 0 for seven or eight now in terms of success versus the number of rallies and marches and protests that have been held. I'm sure Trump notices, as do those around him, but it has no effect at all. In fact, I think he gets mad and plans to do something outrageous as a result, just to get back in the face of the protesters.
I'm not sure that the political principle of percentate of the population it takes to engage in protest to bring about change works in this case. When the founding fathers, and succeeding government leaders, put the means in the Constitution to remove ineffective, corrupt demagogues from office, they depended on everyone having common sense and they couldn't imagine the amount of money used to bribe members of Congress to do nothing about it.
What we need is to put enough serious public pressure on a minority of Republican members of Congress to see this for what it is and impeach and remove Trump from office. They need to see that if they don't, they are going to lose their perky job. They need to know that the American people mean business. The rhetoric needs to go beyond lauding the virtues of Democracy to what's going to happen electorially in November to Republicans in marginal districts who are going to be fired.
When looking at what kind of turnouts it takes to make political change occur, I think action speaks louder than words. These rallies need to show up at the doorsteps of Congressional offices everywhere, conduct impromptu town halls and they need to focus on registering every eligible voter in some of these districts where Republicans get less than 25% of the support, but win because of apathy.
I go because I want to see change, and I'm involved because I believe my voice counts. So collectively, let's find the most effective way to apply the necessary pressure to make the necessary changes.
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