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.