An Eau Claire stay-at-home mom never considered political activism. Then Donald Trump was elected.
Anna Rybicki was always a voter, but that was about the extent of her political involvement.
The Eau Claire stay-at-home mom didn’t post political messages on Facebook out of fear of offending someone, and she certainly never considered herself a political activist. But that all changed with the 2016 presidential election.
“Like many others, I was surprised at the election of Donald Trump, and it led me to do some real soul-searching,” said Rybicki, who couldn’t understand how the American people could elect a leader she finds so abhorrent.
That reflection is what led Rybicki to join about 30 others outside the Eau Claire Golf & Country Club in Altoona earlier this month to protest an appearance by U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., at an Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce event. Rybicki, who brought her 1-year-old son, Leo, to the rally, clutched a sign stating “Toddlers for Financial Transparency,” as other protesters sang the resistance song from “Les Miserables.”
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