Women's marches draw estimated 3M people across US

[pnwmom]

Source: The Hill

At least 3 million people participated in marches across the country to protest President Trump on Saturday, according to a review of official and unofficial estimates from the nation's largest cities.

Half a million people showed up on the National Mall and nearby streets for the Women's March on Washington, according to city officials, for an event that spurred similar demonstrations in several major cities.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said nearly 600,000 people had used the capital's Metro system by 4 p.m., ridership that eclipsed not only Friday's inauguration of Trump, but also the 2013 inauguration, when Barack Obama was sworn in to a second term.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's office said Saturday night that at least 400,000 had protested in Manhattan, while organizers in Boston and Chicago each claimed to have some of the largest turnout in the nation.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/news/315506-womens-marches-draw-estimated-25-million-across-country

[Kath2]

1. Right on!

This is just the beginning.

[herding cats]

2. OMG!

I'm so proud, and impressed!!

I was a part of history. I haven't fully processed that yet.

[pnwmom]

3. I know. This goes so far beyond what I dared to hope,

which was about a million, across the whole country.

This is so inspiring and gives me more hope than I've since Nov. 8.

[herding cats]

6. I feel the same way.

I feel empowered again. I feel validated, and like we matter. Which we do, of course, but I'd been beginning to feel even more marginalized recently.

I've got my stride, my power back. I'm 100% back in control of my destiny, and it won't be what those assholes (my apologies, but the language keeps me focused) decree it will to be.

We are a record setting level of people rising up against Trump. We have a voice, and we will be heard!

[pfitz59]

4. I marched in Seattle

130,000+. Line was nearly 4 miles long...

[MFM008]

11. Thanks

for representing your fellow Washingtonians who couldn't make it.

[LisaM]

5. KING 5 just said 175K in Seattle!

It was massive. We got lucky because the start point was overflowing and we couldn't get all the way in. We ended up being near the front of the march, which went on for five hours. KIRO said 150K. Both numbers are way higher than predictions.

[pnwmom]

8. Wow! I kept hearing 130K, which did seem low. n/t

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. How can so many cities have 100K+

And it only adds up to 3 million?

I'm not so good at math.

[pnwmom]

10. I don't know. I want to see details, too. The Women's March site

is saying 5 million worldwide, but they haven't broken it down yet.

[ffr]

9. How do we turn that into state impeachment petitions on the national level?

tRump has to go before he does more damage than he's already done.

[Kath2]

12. Marches were incredible.

What we need is the women's strike. We all call in sick or just don't show up. Hurt them in the $ department because that is all they understand.

[Hekate]

13. KnR

[Hamlette]

14. Trump will say we ae the 3M illegal votes that went to Hillary

Odd that the media reporting his big day was poorly attended caused him to become so unplugged. Remember we were told the parade would be shorter (for some damned reason) so they know they are lying.

Does he think we are some piano salesmen he can lie to and get away with it because he holds all the cards.

Would be nice if he ever came to realize he doesn't have as much power or support as he thinks/needs. But he won't.

[appleannie1943]

15. My family was well represented. A niece and her daughter in Colorado. A niece and her

daughter in San Fran. A grand daughter in Virginia and a grand daughter in Paris.

[riversedge]

16. The @GOP does NOT have a mandate--keep tweeting that around

[BigBearJohn]

17. 3 million, eh? Just about the same amount Hillary won the popular vote by.

It gives you a real visual on the number of people she actually won by.

[pnwmom]

18. Good point!

[Squinch]

19. Lawrence kept saying 100K for New York, which was total bullshit. It was triple that or more.

There were 26 blocks (one mile and about a third) of wall to wall people marching from noon till seven at night. They staggered our starting times, and the streets were jammed for the entire seven hours.

Based on that, I bet it was a lot more than three million.

[Paladin]

20. Fantastic turnout! Well done, protesters. (nt)

[yorkie77]

21. We have to use social media to show he is lying

We must keep protesting, signing petitions, calling legislators, writing letters to show we don't support this Dummkopf-in-chief. And given his penchant for tweeting, let's tweet out our protests too. The truth will out, but the more visual the evidence (photos from the rallies, etc.) the harder it will be for him to keep at his lies and get others to believe him.

[HockeyMom]

22. And this 3M was ONLY in the US

How many more around the world? Do not forget these people making their voices know about an American President.

[GeoWilliam750]

23. American men need to learn from American women

To think that this was the equivalent of somewhere between two and three percent of the adult women of the United States.