Outside of typical remarks from Donald Trump, JD Vance and Mike Johnson and a Fox News report, party stayed mum
Republican voices were mostly silent as No Kings rallies and marches against Trump administration policies unfurled on Saturday, many in the spirit of a street party that countered the “hate America” depiction advanced by senior members of the party.
Instead of provocation, there were marching bands, huge banners with “we the people” references to the US constitution, and protesters wearing inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance.
It was the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services but is testing the core balance of power, as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that protest organizers warn are a slide toward authoritarianism.
3.5% is a well established number. You can choose to argue over it, but please do it with someone else.
No it isn’t. Read what the authors say. One protest had 6% and it didn’t work. So no it isn’t a magical number and they have other things that are more important and have worked with less people. Also they say protests both violent and peaceful seem to be working less and less.
Which protest had 21,000,000 all at once?
It’s an observation not a hard and fast rule. It’s also rooted in data from the pre-information-age, many rules have changed.
I agree the rules have changed. It will only be harder at this point. So that 3.5% is old news and needs to go up
The author also said its a rule of thumb and not any sort of magic number that automatically triggers change.
No one actually thinks that the moment we pass the exact 3.499999999% of the population that the entire system will just switch over automatically. I can’t tell if your pedantry is spectrum or dopamine based.