Totally agree

"Where Were All The Women's March Protesters in November?"

Excerpts:

It was huge. It was emotional. But it’s hard not to wonder what all these people were doing during the election, and what they will do after the protest has ended.

The crowd, aware of its own size, emits giddy screams that ripple and grow. Its awareness is evocative of a baby opening and closing its fists, suddenly cognizant of its power to move its own extremities.

Where was this during the campaign? Why is this happening now, arguably too late for real change? Is “making a statement” the same as making a change? Was Hillary Clinton really that uninspiring? Did all these people vote? Trying to work one’s way through tens of thousands of people and to a gap hole in a chain link fence is a much bigger pain in the ass than voting.

Bart, a 45-year-old man in a bright pink Planned Parenthood tee shirt who works in public health, is stymied by what’s next. “I don’t know the way forward,” he says. “Part of me doesn’t want (the Trump administration) to be able to enact anything on their agenda.”

He sighs. “But maybe we should get the worst version of their agenda. Maybe that’s what they voted for.”

A quartet of Trump supporters in fleece vests and baseball caps trudge down the sidewalk. “Look at this sh*t,” says one. “You lost.”

His friend shrugs. “As long as they’re peaceful,” he said, “I don’t give a f–k what they do.”

He’s right; he doesn’t have to care. I am immediately depressed. Cell phone towers have been overwhelmed, and I haven’t been able to check the news for hours. My bones are cold. I walk home and turn on the television in time to see a split screen of Madonna dancing about feminism and a massive crowd shot from above, in Boston. The screen flickers. Now it’s a crowd in Chicago. Seconds later, New York City is onscreen. Austin, Texas. Mexico City. There must be millions of people marching today.

Where were we in November? Where will we be tomorrow? […]

– Erin Gloria Ryan – senior editor at The Daily Beast

I will say (again)- the Women's March both nationally and globally was quite impressive.

However, where, pray tell, was this kind of organized push-back against Trump and Trump's America BEFORE the election?!

Truthiz1 you seem very negative. All of your responses seem geared toward making a jumbled point. No one really knows or can know if the millions of women who marched over the weekend did or did not vote. Nor will anyone be able to clearly explain how certain women were left out of the march while millions of women all over the world who have no dog in the fight of pro-choice/pro-life eagerly participated. The stronger issue here is that women did not remain silent. They did not cower and allow this tyrant to take office and dismantle our rights one by one. Women everywhere came together as a powerful voice to stand up and be recognized. It's unfortunate you refuse to celebrate that.

You ask a lot of good questions Truth. I don't know where these women where or if they didn't vote. Hillary did win the popular vote so maybe all these women did vote I don't know. But I won't try to second guess anything. The fact that women all over the world rose up against Trump is strong. It sends him a message he is the most disliked president in history. Maybe it will wake him and change him. We will see.