Source: Garrison Center
by Thomas L Knapp
“I didn’t go to the rally with any particular issue on my mind. I didn’t make a sign to wave, or take advantage of any of the offerings of signs hitting on various subjects. While it’s fair to say that I’m ‘anti-Trump’ both in general and on any number of specifics, my goal (and, I think, my friend’s) wasn’t so much to express that sentiment as to ‘take the temperature.’ What issues would enjoy the loudest support/opposition? Would MAGA counter-protesters show up? Would the protesters, the counter-protesters, or the police engage in violence? … The simplest ‘temperature’ measure, of course, was opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump. Nobody (or at least nobody I encountered) seemed to disagree with that. Why? Well, that’s where the crowd got all over the place.” (06/17/25)