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TomCADem

(17,393 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:01 PM Jan 2017

Elizabeth Warren riles up crowd at Womens March in Boston [View all]

Source: Boston Globe

Senator Elizabeth Warren incited a crowd of tens of thousands who gathered on Boston Common Saturday afternoon for the Women’s March.

“We can whimper. We can whine. Or we can fight back!” called Warren, as marchers clad in pink hats and waving protest signs screamed their agreement. “We come here to stand shoulder to shoulder to make clear: We are here! We will not be silent! We will not play dead! We will fight for what we believe in!”

The Boston event is one of more than 670 marches being held nationwide and globally, a day after President Trump formally took office. Speakers in Boston included Warren, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and Attorney General Maura Healey.

Warren conjured the core values of American democracy: respect for every human being, economic opportunity, and celebration of diversity. She called for raising the minimum wage, protecting unions, fighting climate change, shielding immigrant families from deportation, and making sure gay marriage is not undermined. And she called on supporters to draw motivation from Trump’s inauguration Friday – a moment she said was burned in her mind.

Read more: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/21/warren-conjures-core-values-american-democracy-boston-women-march-speech/g3byHiglM6WEUioYpH33QI/story.html



Another prominent Democrat lending her support to the march. Way to Go Elizabeth Warren!
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Riles? Riles??? Language, Boston Globe. . .Riles means incites to anger and violence Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #1
Oh come on. "Riling up the crowd" and its variations is an old, quote common, figure of speech. dionysus Jan 2017 #8
Controlling the language and setting the tone puts you at an advantage Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #10
Well, lying and crooked have negative connotations, nobody thinks the shopworn word dionysus Jan 2017 #11
When someone is riled up, they are angry. Or maybe this is just a regional interpretation of the Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #13
I agee with your earlier notion of how languague counts. For headline writers especially. mpcamb Jan 2017 #14
The crowd was estimated at 125,000. Sen. Ed Markey fired up the crowd listing all FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #2
So proud of my home state fountainofyouth Jan 2017 #7
I agree, but I so see this as a whitewash of a lot of the bad MA as done Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #12
"this is a whitewash of a lot of the bad MA as done" FailureToCommunicate Jan 2017 #15
I guess hanging women on trumped up charges, executing two italians who weren't even in Boston Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #16
We need Warren in 2020. Oneironaut Jan 2017 #3
I agree! llmart Jan 2017 #17
Go Elizabeth Warren! burrowowl Jan 2017 #4
Yep, way to go Senator Warren. Keep it going, we need more like you. nt iluvtennis Jan 2017 #5
Is She Old Guard or New Guard? otohara Jan 2017 #6
Let us ask The Clash... dionysus Jan 2017 #9
Swoon! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #18
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