Progressives try to send a message of resistance through the RNC security barrier [View all]
Source: NPR
JULY 16, 20245:00 AM ET
MILWAUKEE — While Republican delegates gathered on the floor of the Fiserv Forum on Monday for the first day of the RNC, progressive activists were assembling outside. With handmade signs decrying the “racist and reactionary Republican agenda,” demonstrators took to the streets to try and shout their message across the U.S. Secret Service blockades and fences surrounding the official RNC venues.
“It’s hot, but I’m glad we’re here,” says Lisa Taylor, who marched along with other members of the Progressive Labor Party.
Organizers predicted more than 5,000 people from around the U.S. would participate in the show of solidarity against Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee. The crowd that turned out for the march in hot and muggy downtown Milwaukee ended up much smaller than that, although a vast range of causes and issues were represented.
“Trump is what we get for our lack of participation,” worried Nadine Seiler, who traveled from Waldorf, Md., to stand under the hot sun with a colorful homemade banner and bright-blue eyeliner.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/nx-s1-5040899/rnc-progressive-protesters-milwaukee-trump-presidential-election
Protesters with March on the RNC gather for a demonstration during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.
Nadine Seiler wears a "Stop Project 2025" shirt during the rally for March on RNC during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday.
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