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April 16, 2017 08:58 AM UTC

So You Think They're Tired of Protesting, Do You?

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  • by: Colorado Pols

Because yesterday was a weekend day, April 15th didn’t mark the traditional deadline for Americans to file their federal income tax returns. Nonetheless the significance of Tax Day in the minds of most Americans is a cogent reminder of the laundry list of grievances against President Donald Trump, including Trump’s refusal to release his full tax returns so the nation can finally understand the full nature of his wealth.

As a result, yesterday featured large protests in cities across the nation, including what may be the biggest protest in downtown Denver since the January 21st Women’s March drew an estimated 200,000 people to the streets–Denver7’s Oscar Contreras:

Thousands took to the streets in Denver demanding to see President Donald Trump’s tax returns…

The Tax March in Denver, one of more than 150 held across the nation, was also held in the hopes of creating pressure for Congress to enact legislation forcing elected officials to release their tax returns.

“The taxes would release a great deal,” said Donna Victor, a protester who spoke with Denver7. “He needs transparency. He’s President of the United States of America and it’s very important to be transparent.”

But the rallying cries didn’t come just from his opponents.

“I’m actually hoping to find out that he has no questionable business dealings,” said Lisa Curwen. “I would rest easier. I feel like I could get behind my president.”

FOX 31:

It turns out, people still care about President Trump’s tax returns.

On Saturday, thousands of protesters descended on Denver’s Civic Center Park that he make his most recent tax returns public. After hearing from a number of speakers that included activists and state lawmakers, they went on a march through downtown Denver…

Trump has said that Americans “don’t care at all” about his tax returns, but polls show 74% of Americans say he should release them. Many lawmakers, including some Republicans, have also called on him to make them public. And a petition demanding that Trump release his returns has garnered more than 1 million signatures.

Nearly 7,000 people had signed up to attend the event on Facebook, and the ideal weather yesterday in downtown Denver cooperated to help organizers beat that number by most accounts. The last three months since Tump’s inauguration have featured protests almost every weekend regardless of the weather, but yesterday’s march was substantially bigger than most of them. The protest was also entirely peaceful, with no reports of arrests or violence.

After Trump’s unexpected victory shocked the left out of its infighting-riddled complacency, the protests against Trump’s presidency have set new records. The Women’s March was by most estimates the largest single day of protest in American history. The Tax Day March yesterday was date-driven, but the continuing robust protests against Trump on the whole range of issues–next Saturday it’s the March for Science–offer a glimpse of the energy waiting to be unleashed in the increasingly plausible event of a constitutional crisis or other major negative developments within Trump’s administration.

It’s quite a time to be alive, really.

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25 thoughts on “So You Think They’re Tired of Protesting, Do You?”

    3. Carnegski,

      Not sure what you mean. 

      My husband and I were there, saw friends there. 

      None of us was paid to be there.  None of us is a lobbyist.  We are just citizens and want Trump to release his tax forms so we can see where he gets his money, to whom he owes money, and just how generous is the billionaire. 

       

      3. Do

        If Trump released his returns, what would your masters have you protesting? The fact that he is enforcing our laws? The fact that he is doing what he said he would do? 

        This is just the excuse du jour of left wing losers to congregate before their next loss.

        You still don't want to accept that you lost.

        Must have been the Russians that precluded Hillary from campaigning in the upper midwest.

         

        1. "Left wing losers" Good one, KornJolio.  What does it matter what you think someone would find? Didn't der leader promise to release them?  Just to refresh your memory….

        2. You still don't want to accept that you lost. 

          That really isn't true, and you know it, PissAnt. You still don't want to accept that you voted for a thief and a leech. Tell me again how much you, as a taxpayer, enjoy paying for Trump Enterprises' security bill. I am sure it has already surpassed $100,000,000 by now. I predict the American taxpayer will spend at least a billion dollars on security for Trump and his worldwide empire before his term expires.

          The fact that Trump found a way to win by lying, cheating, and bamboozling a bunch of pitiful morons like you, is supposed to justify the end of democracy in America.. Right, PissAnt? 

          We won, you lost, so fuck you. That is about how you see it, not so? Tell me again how you love this country. I don't believe it. You love you. Democracy be damned,…right? Human dignity and compassion be damned! The rest of the world be damned!! Lower my fucking taxes..do you hear me ?!?

          Congrats on your incredible victory, you sniveling, selfish, worm.

          You really are a traitor to this nation, AC. No fooling. It's all a political game to a salaried troll, like you. My guess is you live in a suburb of Moscow, so treason doesn't really apply, but you might actually be a citizen, in which case your cowardly participation in anarchy and sedition is all the more contemptible.

          The fact that he is doing what he said he would do?  

          Really? OK…give us a list. Maybe that traitorous asshole that calls himself  Pathetic Pendejo (or something like that) can help you…he is working on a list of Trump accomplishments, I believe.

          So far, I see Mitch McConnell giving him a Supreme Court nominee. The generals handing him a couple of attacks in the mid-east. And…um…what else has he done besides fuck up the government? Oh… and he did fill Washington with billionaires and corporate lobbyists (thereby draining the swamp). And did it all by himself…with a little help from Steve Bannon und Stephan Meuller, I guess.

          When you voted for Donald Trump, the rest of the free world lost. Fascism won. You like that, I see.

           

            1. Fascist, yes.  Subhuman, no.  Stay away from the Nazispeak that the fascists aimed at Obama.  Alas, the groveling fascist that is Carnholio is all too human.  Just saw Judgment at Nuremburg on Channel 6 again, and his "Ve good Germans did not know" mentality is all too human.

        3. You can't accept the fact that more voters did not want him than did.  Or that he can't seem to get higher than the mid-40s in approval polls.  Usually lower.  

          The swamp doesn't looked drained.  Looms like more swamp dwellers were added.  Ignore the fact that Russia interfered in our election on Trump's behalf.  Even Moldy acknoledges Russian interference.  Or making Mexico pay for the wall that we, the taxpayers are footing the bill for.  Or that he would be at the WH all the time, but his vacations are on track to dwarf previous Presidents and is costing taxpayers a shit ton too.

    4. 2009 Tea Party activists held "Tax Day" protests … Wikipedia article includes:

      "April 15, 2009 is said to have been the day that had the largest number of tea party demonstrations…. Statistician Nate Silver, manager of FiveThirtyEight.com, has said that a cumulative crowd size estimate from credible sources was of 311,460 attendees in 346 cities…."

      Denver's 2009 protest was about 5,000.

      I've not yet seen a cumulative count, but Denver's 2017 protest was over 7,000.

       

       

       

  2. We need more transparency in government, our elected officials, and those who run for public office, not less.

    To paraphrase Ronald Reagan, "Mr. Trump, tear down that wall (of secrecy) and release your tax returns."

    1. Unless he files an extension tomorrow (likely) his 2016 returns wouldn't be under audit when he files, either tomorrow or six months from now. What excuse will he use?  I dropped my 'most beautiful chocolate cake' on the return and you can't see the numbers? 

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