Rev. Sharpton organizes D.C. rally during Trump's inauguration

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Scripps News

Posted 1:41 PM, Nov 14, 2024

Rev. Al Sharpton announced that he is organizing a rally in Washington on Jan. 20, coinciding with both the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The outspoken Trump critic announced the rally on MSNBC earlier this week.

“While Trump supporters will be on one side of Washington watching him take the oath of office, I will be at the nation’s capital working to keep the dream alive,” Sharpton said. “There has never been a more important time to peacefully organize and mobilize.”

In 2017, the largest anti-Trump rallies in Washington were held one day after his inauguration. Among them was the Women’s March, which garnered thousands of protesters. Sharpton was among those who participated at an affiliated rally in New York.

On the same day as the Women’s March, White House press secretary Sean Spicer called a news conference to falsely claim that Trump’s inauguration was the most attended inauguration ever. Photo evidence showed the crowds for his rally were much smaller than President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, for instance.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/rev-sharpton-organizes-d-c-rally-during-trumps-inauguration

[duncang]

1. Tfg will probably

Try to claim the rally against him as supporting him.

[Figarosmom]

20. Thats what i figure too. ...nt

[sheshe2]

2. Good.

Good trouble.

[Tadpole Raisin]

3. Will he use that as the fake event to declare Martial Law?

Will Congress or the courts do anything? Can they?

[CentralMass]

4. I'll bet the Reverend Al's coiwd will be bigger.

[Blues Heron]

5. Sean Spicer

Had almost forgotten about good old sphincter - that was our first taste of the immense gaslighting to come. Wonder if he will have a role in the sequel?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I heard he wasn't interested but it would sure make good fodder

for Melissa McCarthy!

[gab13by13]

6. Trump will just have a military parade

Tienaman square II

Apologies for spelling

[markie]

8. I'll be there!

[Initech]

9. Good. I plan to boycott TV that night.

[oberle]

10. Jan. 18

There already is a People's March on Washington on Jan. 18.

[The Grand Illuminist]

11. Marches do no good.

We need something that will bring fear to those who put him there. Don't care what it is.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Have you ever marched?

I have several times and it did me a lot of good. There's strength in numbers.

Power to the People!!

[The Grand Illuminist]

14. Plenty.

Yet nothing was ever done. Last time was 20 years ago.

[perdita9]

22. Stop buying stuff

Make it clear that, if they threaten our rights we will attack their wallets

[The Grand Illuminist]

23. That, too, may not be good enough.

Temptation usually prevails.

[electric_blue68]

25. Wrong-o. Like-minded people being together is a powerful inspiration to keep some kind of actions going on back at home

[The Grand Illuminist]

27. That was then.

Now we have to deal with selective hearing.

[electric_blue68]

28. What do you mean in this context?

[johnnyfins]

13. March? This Motherfucker(TSF)

And his cast of goons will KILL you and there will be NO accountability. I have a responsibility to my family. I wouldnt be within 20 miles of that place.

[Joe_Gadway]

15. I will go

I was thinking about going to the March on Jan. 18.
Now I will go to this event also.
Good to show the new president we are not going to hide from him!

[Prairie Gates]

16. Literally the dumbest idea

IGNORE IT. That's the only way.

[TomCADem]

17. Yup, Progressives Keeping Their Power Dry Until After the Election

I appreciate the sentiment, but too many progressives refused to consider the facts that the race was close based on conspiracy theories that news media was faking polls to manufacture ratings.

[oasis]

18. Hopefully, undercover MAGA shit stirrers will

not try to turn the Rev’s event into something other than he intended.

[0rganism]

19. TSF will try to have Sharpton's protesting attendees count toward his inauguration audience total

"Look at that turnout for my inflammuration! Biggest ever! The blacks -- you remember the blacks? -- the blacks LOVE me!"
And the media will let him do it

[CTyankee]

24. Oh, so what? Nobody is going to believe him. And it will keep hope alive!

[perdita9]

21. 'Thousands' of protesters at the Woman's March?

There were so many people they almost couldn't open the roads so we could March. They were afraid we wouldn't fit

[GreenWave]

26. Back in Chicago they said there were 5,000 of us. Lying paper came out hours before we even began.

There by my estimate 500,000 marched.

[onenote]

29. This is a bad idea.

First, there already is a "people's march" scheduled for January 18. A second march, 2 days later, will split the attendance at both and might well result in the crowd on January 20 being smaller than Trump's crowd, which would be a bad look.

Second, having two competing events on January 20 will put a strain on security.

In 2017, the Women's march was held the day after inauguration.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. You do realize the MLK federal holiday happens to fall on Monday January 20, 2025 right?

Rev. Al Sharpton announced that he is organizing a rally in Washington on Jan. 20, coinciding with both the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The outspoken Trump critic announced the rally on MSNBC earlier this week.

So fuck black people?

Yup.