Women’s March 2018

Last year I went to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C.

This year I stayed local.  We thought about attending the NYC march, but instead wound up at the Long Island march in Port Jefferson Station.  Easy to drive out there, we even had time for breakfast at a diner before the rally.

There were several hundred people at our march/rally.  In ultra conservative Suffolk County.  A county he won in 2016.  And the people driving by generally supported us.

The speakers, for the most part, were local politicians.  Nice speeches, focused on both the global and local concerns.  Port Jeff is in New York’s First Congressional District, currently represented by freshman Congressman Lee Zelden, wh actually had Steve Bannon as the keynote speaker at Zelden fundraisers.  We are hoping he’ll be a one-term rep.  I’m fortunate to live in the Third District, my Congressman is Tom Suozzi.  Great guy.

I met one woman who is employed by the federal government.   She’s going on furlough Monday because of the government shutdown.  She blamed her boss, the current occupant of the Oval Office.

Others were there to support Planned Parenthood, or health care, or DACA.  I walked past one group proudly displaying the flag of Haiti.

Here are some of the highlights.

You almost had to feel bad for the dozen or so Trumpers across the street.  Almost ....

A sign that freedom of the press is alive and well.  Here’s a Newsday reporter filing his story.  You can read the story here.

https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/womens-march-new-york-city-port-jefferson-station-1.16265199

This is what democracy looks like!