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Many Democrats feel too ‘exhausted’ to launch resistance movement to another Trump presidency: report
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Many Democrats feel too ‘exhausted’ to launch resistance movement to another Trump presidency: report

Many liberal anti-Trump activists don’t know if they can sustain a resistance movement against President-elect Donald Trump for another four years, The New York Times reports.

the exit spoke to multiple anti-Trumpers following Trump’s resounding re-election, who indicated that it is already difficult for them to motivate themselves to organize against the president-elect’s agenda, especially since this time he won more decisively than in 2016.

“A lot of us are very exhausted. I don’t want to be so sad, but that’s how it feels today,” Cynthia Shaw, a Democratic activist and poll worker in Detroit, told the Times.

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Anti-Trump protesters continue to demonstrate across the country

Protesters march in reaction to the surprise election of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Hillary Clinton in the race for the United States presidency on November 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Trump was elected again this week, making him the second president to win non-consecutive terms. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Many Democratic voters became anti-Trump activists after his victory in 2016, organizing rallies, marches and defending liberal politicians to thwart the then-president’s first-term agenda.

One of the most prominent displays of mass resistance against Trump occurred just after he was sworn in, in 2017, when several hundred thousand Americans donned pink hats and gathered in Washington, DC, for the women’s march.

The opposition movement continued unabated throughout Trump’s presidency, keeping the left energized and stoking tensions across the country. However, The Times reported that the movement’s passion may be waning.

“Now that Mr. Trump is president-elect once again, preparing to lead a still divided country that this time voted more decisively in his favor, many of those same people are wondering if they can muster the strength to do it all, or if even some of that, once again,” the outlet reported.

Ken Turco, a resistance member and North Carolina photographer, told the outlet that he is done with political activism following Trump’s victory this week. “I’m done. I’m just tired of this. Nothing ever changes in this country. There are too many people who feel different from me.”

Turco admitted that he deleted all his social networks and news apps following the results and added that he would leave his volunteer work helping North Carolina residents rebuild after Hurricane Helene because they live in Republican-leaning counties.

“I don’t care what happens to them. They voted for it; they’re going to get it. They’re going to get everything they asked for,” Turco said.

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Anti-Trump protesters

Thousands of people protest in the streets against President-elect Donald Trump in Los Angeles, California, on November 12, 2016. ((Photo by Mintaha Neslihan Erolu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images))

A New Jersey history professor, Elizabeth Hyde, told The Times that she’s not sure she’ll attend another Women’s March in Trump’s second term.

“I found myself saying, ‘I don’t know, because it might be too dangerous,’ and I think that speaks to the changes we’ve experienced between 2016 and today,” he said.

Manny Yekutiel, a San Francisco native who hosted a party for Vice President Kamala Harris On election night, he acknowledged the need for greater resistance against Trump, but admitted that people are tired.

“There’s a sense of increased exhaustion. We’ve already done that,” he said, adding: “We need to look deeply, as Democrats, as liberals, as San Franciscans, at the loneliness, the economic uncertainty and the fear. How do we diagnose those? problems and solve them?”

Not all members of the resistance said they were exhausted. Although Colorado native Liz Folkestead admitted she Googled “How to move me and my two kids to Portugal,” she told the outlet she’s not done fighting.

“My anger lights the fire. I will confront. I will show up, I will march. There is comfort in knowing you are not alone.”

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