Leftists who participated in the so-called “resistance” movement against President-elect Donald Trump in 2016 are now facing “disillusionment with the movement” following the Republican Party's renewed victory in November of this year. Political scientists and organizers recognized this.
on a sunday report Titled “The Resistance Goes Quiet,” Axios explains why the left hasn't erupted in widespread protests like those that erupted eight years ago when President Trump defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The purpose was to
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Lisa Muller, a political science professor at Macalester College, said female Democratic voters are more disappointed than shocked this time around.
“So they didn't have an acute trigger to rush into the barricades in the first place,” says Moller, who studies social movements. “It is very likely that there is disillusionment with the movement.”
Mitchell Brown, a political science professor at Auburn University, agreed: “When you see something unexpected for the first time, it's really unpleasant and you react strongly.”
“But the more you see the unexpected and normalize it, the more you get used to it,” she explained.
Mark Brilliant, a history professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said Democratic politicians are “urging their members to look inward, which is always the best place to turn after a defeat.”
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Women's March was one of the most prominent activist groups organizing events and raising money to support causes opposed to Trump during Trump's first term, but its managing director Director Tamika Middleton told Axios that they needed to find new ways to mobilize people.
“We've been through the Trump era before, so we have some sense of what's expected and what's needed,” Middleton said. “We know we need a bigger and stronger movement, and that means we need to bring in as many people as possible.”
Recently episode of new york times Speaking on the Daily podcast titled “From Resistance to Remorse,” Women's March co-founder Vanessa Ruble said talk of another march event “hasn't really progressed.”
Ruble helped launch the Women's March in Washington, D.C. in 2017, but she said of new york times In 2018, she was kicked out of the group for being Jewish shortly after being accused of being anti-Semitic. Linda Sarsour I've joined the team.
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“To be honest, my first reaction was, 'America, what do you know?' Sorry for the French, but damn it,” Ruble told Trump last week on “The Daily.” He talked about his second victory. “If you think so, do it, America. You voted for this. Buckle up. It's going to get worse.”
Meanwhile, the Women's March Group scheduled The People's March on Washington, D.C., on January 18th is not expected to have the same number of participants as the original 2017 march.
“I don't know anyone who organized the first Women's March who thought it was a good idea to march right now,” Ruble said.
Middleton, who remains an executive with Women's March, said “the exhaustion is real” among anti-Trump resistance activists whom she twice elected.
