In fairness, if it was more of a top-down event, it probably wouldn't be seen as such a grassroots movement success.https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/823291789964611584 …
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I get that folks disagree here. I'm just thinking of the way ~movements~ have arisen over the past decade ... and they've rarely been ...
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... seen as affiliated with either party's power structure. I'm thinking primarily of LGBT (Get Equal et al), DREAMers, Tea Party, Trump.
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agree with you generally here though that D.C. portion had a lot of the same old cast of celebrities and electeds
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Right, and if yesterday had only been DC, I'd imagine the view of the possibility/success of the day would be v diff.
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if you're at a donor retreat talking about how to bring in the grassroots and on tv are the marches, odd split screen.
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Here we go again. While billionaires are pillaging our govt. you choose to critique Dem Committee workings.
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Naw. It's a Sunday evening discussion on Twitter. We can do multiple things.
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They could've all gone to a march in FL and talked to people while marching. As long as they stayed off a stage, good move.
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based on pics, Sen Patty Murray attended DC march. I don't think she spoke. Good move IMO, & I'm a constituent!
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He was talking about candidates for dnc chair.
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true, just agreeing it was a good move for them to show up, not necessarily speak/ lead
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meaning, a good move for all Dems, in general
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There were a lot. Even John McCain stopped by.
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wow, didn't know he made it!
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Just checked again. It was McCain at the inauguration. After.
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It also wasn't a "Dem" event.
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I agree. I really wasn't participating as a partisan. I was participating as a woman and a human being.
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