About 200 Wyoming Dems, in the reddest state in America, turn out to rally in support of Kamala Harris

[bigtree]

Wyoming Democrats @WyoDems
In the reddest state in America, about 200 people turned out for a rally in support of Kamala Harris! We can feel the energy and we believe to our core- when we fight, we win! Are you ready to fight with us for a better Wyoming?





Lee West @WhoDat35
Trump’s private appearance in Wyoming was counterbalanced by a public rally supporting the presumptive Dem. presidential nominee Kamala Harris & her running mate Tim Walz.
Photo 📸: Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile

About 200 people assembled on the Jackson Town Square on Friday evening to wave signs at passing motorists and pedestrians for about an hour.





Leslie Petersen, a longtime Democratic party member, office holder and activist in Teton County and Wyoming who attended the rally, said her party’s “return to joy” theme was not just a slogan.

Drive-by supporters honked horns regularly as they passed the rally, which took place in the heart of one of Wyoming’s few left-leaning communities. A group of about five Trump supporters briefly shouted their views from across the street. Rally goers reported at least one instance of being flipped off.
https://wyofile.com/to-trump-or-trump-not-two-camps-receive-former-president-in-wyomings-bluest-enclave/



The Kamala Harris/Tim Walz rally in Jackson on Aug. 9, 2024 generated an hour’s worth of honks from passing motorists who supported the crowd. (Angus M. Thuermer Jr./WyoFile)

[pat_k]

1. Woohoo! People-power!

[hlthe2b]

2. Good for them.. Get rid of "this" while you are at it...

She is just foul...

[niyad]

8. Perhaps you could identify this individual, for those not familar with WY

politics?

[Sneederbunk]

9. Rep Harriet Hageman

Defeated Liz Cheney

[niyad]

25. Thank you.

[hlthe2b]

22. Wy Congresswoman Harriet Hageman--The MAGAT Trump enlisted to defeat Liz Cheney...

Not that I was a Cheney fan (albeit I do give her her due for prosecuting Trump in Congress), but Hageman is just damned foul.

[niyad]

24. Thank you. That look in her eyes gave me the creeps!

[Kittycatkat]

26. Those eyes are so...

WEIRD!

[efhmc]

43. Way beyond weird. They are demonic.

[stage left]

11. Why do they all have the same crazy eyes?

[tom_kelly]

12. They're crazy

:

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

20. Like this?

[BonnieJW]

18. She looks possessed

Would you leave her alone with a small child?

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

21. I wouldn't leave her alone with a large child n/t

[Bucky]

3. You gotta have a big strong heart to fight for political sanity in Wyoming. Hat tip to you fighters

[COL Mustard]

16. Where I live, in deep blue Northern Virginia

It doesn't take courage to have a Harris/Walz sign or sticker. In Wyoming, it takes guts to do that. My hat's off to them as well.

[GPV]

4. Nice!

[Farmgirl1961]

5. Nice!

Here is an interesting statistic about registered dems vs registered republicans in Wyoming (Aug. 2024)

https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/VRStats/2024/24AugVR_Stats.pdf

[bigtree]

6. that's nuts

...these folks should rightly be in the trenches, but they're standing out there representing.

They're literally surrounded.

[barbtries]

36. eek.

my father was born in Wyoming but raised in TX and I inherited my since birth liberalism from him.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

7. Liz Cheney Country

Surely some Repubs can be swayed to vote democracy.

[Maru Kitteh]

10. Say YES to JOY!

LOVE THAT SIGN

[COL Mustard]

17. MAJA

Make America Joyful Again

On a green hat!

[mountain grammy]

13. 50 states!!

The enthusiasm is contagious.

[wryter2000]

14. I've been there

Wyoming is incredibly beautiful. I hope common sense can bring all rational people together there.

[mountain grammy]

32. Just a short drive to the Wyoming border for us

Absolutely beautiful state.. miles and miles of no sign of civilization, no telephone wires, cell service, no nothing. Just miles of uninhabited beauty from Yellowstone to Riverton. I figure it must be the relentless wind that makes people crazy.

[jayschool2013]

40. The Wyoming Wind Festival

January 1 to December 31, every year!

[ColinC]

15. Harris should start holding rallies in red states

I imagine she can probably draw at least a few thousand in a state like Wyoming

[Kid Berwyn]

29. That's a great idea!

Unlike a TV ad or debate, a political rally connects candidates directly with voters. Rallies in red states would cut out the media middlemen. People who may never before heard what Democrats stand for would appreciate learning how we have a plan to make life better for ALL Americans — and that includes them.

In the process, red states might flip blue. And if we don’t try, red will stay red.

[mountain grammy]

33. Yes indeed!!! 50 states! That's how we win!

[ColinC]

34. I really think if you want to be president you should visit every state at least once

Kinda how a lot of governors visit every county when running for governor.

[jayschool2013]

41. Great idea

But do any states elect governors through an Electoral College system? Or do they all simply count the popular vote from across the state?

If they elect by direct popular vote (direct democracy), then each state should sign the interstate compact for a nationwide presidential popular vote.

[ColinC]

42. Yup!!

Interesting how what’s good for the goose isn’t so great for the gander?

[BadgerMom]

23. Heroes!

Thank you for letting us know!

[OAITW r.2.0]

27. 50 States - Wyoming included. Will the Cheney's be supporting?

Is Dick still alive?

[Habitation]

28. Jackson WY is occupied mostly by billionaires

https://www.zillow.com/jackson-wy/

Teton County Median home price is $7,000,000

[Kid Berwyn]

31. That's exactly what our Snake River rafting tour guide said.

Family and I visited Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks during the Great American Eclipse of 2017. Our adventure included rafting down the Snake River and enjoying the Tetons. We stayed toward the Idaho side of the Wyoming range for photography.

Floating down the river, I blurted out that we could see where some great Westerns were filmed, including Shane and Jubal. Our rafting guide showed us a spread where Ernest Borgnine would entertain other Hollywood stars.

The rafter said he had lived in Jackson Hole his entire adult life, serving 18 years as a river guide ("Never tipped over, but there's always a first time." ). He said the change Big Money made to his community was remarkable. First the millionaires came in and the locals moved further away. Then the billionaires came in and bought out the millionaires' properties. They moved to properties further away.

Meanwhile, the lifelong residents and locals of regular means and income have had to move further and further away from the mountains and the beauty of Jackson Hole. Many who work there now live on to the other side of the mountains in eastern Idaho. I imagine the recent mudslide and road collapse caused great hardship on them. The road was re-opened in under a month.

[SWBTATTReg]

38. Yes, that's a sad fact, that is true literally everywhere in this Country. When an area gets popular, and then the

properties get rehabbed/fixed up/resold again and again and again, prices get way outrageous and thus, no one part of the original neighborhood is still there (or if they are still there, property taxes are probably up though the roof). I've seen this in the city of STLMO too, not on the scale you've seen, but the pattern is the same. I suspect that 'big money' has influenced/changed a lot of towns/cities over the last 10 or 20 years, to the point that the original 'pizazz' of the place is long gone.

[slightlv]

44. Gentrification...

I've been seeing WAY too much of it in this little city in which I live. The "buy anything in any condition" people buy for 20k or less, sell it for $165k, and drive the rest of the neighborhood out of their lifelong homes as the property taxes go sky high. It's "grading on the curve" in the wrong way.

I personally know one of these < 1100 sq ft homes that was bought for less than 20k by a corporate rehabber. The final house looked nice, to be sure... but it's still just an 1100 sq ft home and it sold for $165k... way overpriced for what it actually is in this area. But it sure jacked up the property tax rate for that neighborhood.

[Celerity]

39. Jackson, WY population is around 11,000 people. In the entire US there are 756 or so billioniares. 6 have WY as their

home state.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_the_number_of_billionaires

Thus you were incorrect when you said:

Jackson WY is occupied mostly by billionaires

[Wonder Why]

46. The state has only 1,000 people or so. Jackson's population of humans is 110, 11,000 includes the cattle.

[czarjak]

30. Take Our Country Back

From the real traitors. Standing strong when you’re wrong
Never lasts THAT long. Sorry, not sorry, Teddie.

[Politicub]

35. There is power in joy and hope.

The maga crowd will never be able to match it.

[Ilsa]

37. I would be impressed if this happened in Cheyenne or

anywhere in eastern Wyoming.

[twodogsbarking]

45. Thank you brave folks. Hope it all goes well.