Here’s what I noticed at the Trump rally/protest in Nashville last night.
Anti-Trump people far outnumbered the pro-Trump people. (We were a BIGLY group!) It was a mostly peaceful protest, and the police were wonderful. They even let a 20-something-year-old disabled vet sit up against their police car when he was too tired to stand on his prosthetic leg. Kudos to the Nashville police who did their jobs well. (A state trooper also tried to pick me up on my way home, but that’s a story to be told at another time….)
We (anti-Trump protesters) were a diverse group. I talked to a guy who said he hadn’t been to a protest since the Vietnam War, and there were people of all hues and folks of all ages. The Trump people skewed young and were mostly white, though there were a few people of color, including a few Latinos and disabled folks. Weird.
Many of us who came to protest the SCROTUM (So-Called Ruler of the Uneducated ‘Mericans) had signs, some of which were so funny and/or so creative. Or, these signs just expressed folks’ angst–and anger–over a president who seems to mostly care about enriching himself and his rich friends.
My favorites?
Not one Trump supporter I saw had a sign that touted what they liked about him. How did we know who was a Trump supporter? They were either wearing a red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap or ski hat, or they were waving a Trump sign (sometimes in a protester’s face), or they had some anti-Hillary meme. That’s it. They’re making the Trump family richer, one crappy red Chinese-made hat at a time….
I don’t really know what it means that the Trump people didn’t seem to articulate what it is they like about him (I’m going to stay away from any jokes right now that critique the critical thinking abilities of the average Trump voter), but I guess it’s hard to put on paper how cool it is that the “Pussy Grabber” (as many signs called him) you love goes on vacation (to his private resort) just about every weekend to play golf; watches six hours of tv each day and gets his security briefings from Fox News and Breitbart; has proposed a budget that eliminates Meals on Wheels and other programs that help the poor and the disabled and the elderly; has handlers like KellyAnne and Spicey Boy who wouldn’t know the truth if Frederick Douglass visited them from the Bowling Green Massacre and slapped them upside the head with a microwave oven; gives tax breaks to his rich friends while pretending these tax cuts will trickle down to the middle class in the form of more jobs; rolls back regulations so that those who live near coal mines can get sludge in their water which will probably cause many more people to get cancer; and promotes a replacement to the Affordable Care Act which will mean millions of folks will lose their health insurance while the wealthy get more tax cuts.
As a sign at the rally said, “Republican Insurance Plan–R.I.P. to You and Yours”
I think the best sign of all the ones I saw holds the most hope for this country. It was a painting of three people that said, “We ALL Belong Here. We Will DEFEND each other.”
Yes, we will. It is, after all, what truly makes America great.
Dwonna Know What I Think? 
Hi Dwonna! I’m a friend of Ginna’s and love your post! Just a quick note, if the guy you’re referring to as holding the sign “I made a mistake” is the same one pictured in other accounts, he may be a vet, but he is not a Vietnam Vet–way too young. Dressed in recent Army gear, probably a vet of more recent forays (fools errands?). Which is an even more powerful statement. Boasting about a big ramp up in defense spending means nothing when that money goes to guns and not the services that really benefit our troops or provide vets with adequate support services when they get home. (And I’m I know first hand–I spent almost ten years as an Army wife!)
Thanks so much for your comment. I think there was another guy with that same sentiment because I talked to him about it. The dude I saw with the sign was definitely old enough to be a vet, but I also saw the younger guy, too. I was just so glad to be around so many friends of all colors wnd ages at the rally!