Just Another Mom Getting Political.
You can’t fix stupid, folks. Trumpsters believe fake news is real and real news is fake, Trump’s great legacy…we are doomed.
—and F**K your thoughts and prayers. I want ACTION NOW!
Yesterday women held a one year anniversary march. Last year we marched the day after Don the Con took office and yesterday we put our marching boots on again. “Power to the Polls” was the official theme but the reasons we marched were much greater that that. Women, Men, Families, Friends, Young, Old, Black, Latino, Muslim, White, Middle-aged, HUMANS EVERYWHERE marched for LOVE, respect, human rights, civil rights, LGBTQIA rights, they marched because Black Lives Matter, they marched to ask the Congressional Democrats to stand strong and save the Dreamers, to fund the CHIP program, to OPPOSE the building of WALLS…we marched to protest Trump and his policies.
How did Trump react to the protests? Did he humbly acknowledge that people around the world don’t like him or his policies? Did he promise to listen to the people and engage in relationships for positive change? Did he call on the GOP to work with their Democratic colleagues to come up with an agreement to open up the Government? NOPE. Delusional Donny had this to say instead.
Is the bubble he lives in that solid that he does not recognize the masses that protest AGAINST him? Delusional…
Last year I marched in DC and this year I marched in Morristown, NJ. Event organizers were expecting around 4-6,000 people instead approximately 15,000 showed up. Here are some photos from the day. Thank you to everyone who let me photograph them. I loved the signs, the energy and all the friendly faces.
A special thank you to a fellow Ms. Momocracy Mom who graciously shared some march photos with me.
Why are you marching? Where are you marching?
At a rally Friday night, Trump had this to say:
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners,” wondered the president, “when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out. He’s fired. He’s fired!’ ” The hypothetical was met with cheers from the assembled crowd (1).
Trump was referring to Colin Kaepernick who during last year’s NFL season took a knee in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement and as a form of protest, protesting police violence. We probably could have used that moment and people’s reactions to it, as a way to identify Trumpsters and maybe could have used it as some sort of litmus test to avoid our current state of affairs. There were those who were unable to grasp the significance of the constitutional right to protest. They focused on what they perceived to be disrespect to America, disrespect to the flag. They could not look past the kneeing to understand the “WHY” part, the significance of the act. People protest to make things better. People protest to fight oppression, hatred, ignorance, fascism, racism, and all forms of social injustice. I never imagined I would see so much protest in my America, but here we are…
Systemic racism is worthy of a protest. Don’t you think? Black lives matter and if you counter with “all lives matter”, then you are part of the problem. Wake up, this requires higher thinking. This requires empathy; putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. Not to mention a good grasp of constitutional rights and basic human decency.
Well, after his divisive speech, he then took to twitter to bully one of the most well liked athletes (at least according to my boys) of the day, Steph Curry. Curry had, I assume, vocalized his hesitancy to visit the White House. It did not take long for our Bully-In-Chief to take to twitter like the petulant child he is.
And just like that Trump started a civil rights movement…
Reactions like LeBron’s and the post below erupted on twitter. Yes, there are Trumpsters who probably will never be able to understand the significance of this protest but if Trump’s goal was to create civil unrest (yes, he is still looking to Brietbart Bannon for counsel and Stepford Stephen Miller is still on staff–both driven by racism so deep that nothing short of a holocaust will stop them), he has succeeded.
Thankfully, there are people who are willing to stand for the right to protest. People who defend the Constitutional right to protest. Are you one of them?
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser had this to say in response to Trump rescinding his invite to Steph Curry:
Do you love your country?
Do you believe in the constitution?
Do you believe all people are created equal?
Well, if so, take a knee.
Take a knee folks, not because you don’t love America but because you do. #RESIST
Mother of 3
Nurse
Colts Neck, NJ
References:
Roger Goodell responds to Trump’s call to ‘fire’ NFL players protesting during national anthem, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/09/22/donald-trump-profanely-implores-nfl-owners-to-fire-players-protesting-national-anthem/?utm_term=.61812368fa79
Trump Attacks Warriors’ Curry. LeBron James’s Retort: ‘U Bum.’, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/sports/football/trump-nfl-kaepernick.html
If you are a follower of Ms Momocracy on Facebook or Twitter, you know that we are no fans of Trump. In fact, we agree with Hillary and believe him to be a clear and present danger to America–he is CRAZY. Not the “Oh, he must be crazy” as we smile and acknowledge a silly harmless act or behavior, NO, he is the bat-$hit certifiable kind. Many believe he suffers from clinical narcissism, and I am one of them but this week I am seeing signs of senility too.
“Melania really wanted to be here…” Uhm, sir, she is standing right next to you and you just greeted her. How did everyone keep a straight face? Did you know that Alex Jones, that screamer from the fake-news site, Info Wars, has an explanation for Trump’s dotty behavior. He believes Trump is drugged. Yes, you read correctly, DRUGGED, and he happily shares this conspiracy theory with anyone who will listen to him. Does anyone listen to him? How is that man still on air, how is he still relevant? I am sorry to even write about him here but that craziness is too good not to share.
Well, Trump’s dotty behavior got even more press recently. This week after poking the bear, Kim Jong Un, at his UN debut and then engaging in a twitter war with the most dangerous man on the planet, next to Putin, Kim calls Trump a “Mentally Deranged US Dotard” and the world agrees with the North Korean leader en masse (1).
Of course Merrian-Webster had to chime in. They have been successfully trolling Trump since he took office:
Dotard: It is a sign of senility or mental decay; many older people who are scatterbrained and feeble are referred to as dotty. It suits Trump well but it was not Kim Jong Un that first called Trump a dotard. Jon Lovett and the crew of Crooked Media have been calling Trump a “Dotty Old Racist” since he took office.
Trump is a Dotty Old Racist and I can’t believe he is still relevant.
P.S. If you have not checked out the Crooked Media Podcasts, do it! You will laugh, you will cry and most importantly you will know you are not alone–#RESIST
Mother of 3
Nurse
Colts Neck, NJ
References:
1 Kim Jong-un Called Trump a ‘Dotard.’ What Does That Even Mean, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/world/asia/trump-north-korea-dotard.html