THIS WEEKEND SAW WOMEN'S MARCHES TAKE OVER OVER 500 CITIES IN THE
UNITED STATES, AND A NUMBER OF CITIES INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL,
IN WHAT IS BEING CALLED THE LARGEST DEMONSTRATION IN
AMERICAN HISTORY.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO GLOSS OVER THAT, BUT THAT SEEMS IMPORTANT.
THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND OR
SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE, WHICH IS LARGER THAN THE
INAUGURATION ñ EVEN LARGER THAN THE FAKE NUMBER FOR THE
INAUGURATION GIVEN BY SPICER.
WE WENT ON A BRIEF TO HER OF THE U.S.
YEAR YOU ARE GOING TO SEE AUSTIN, TEXAS, CONGRESS I
BELIEVE, MASSIVE CROWD AND THAT IS NOT A THIN STREET.
WE CAN DOUBLE OVER TO BOSTON, HUGE CROWDS THERE.
THE BOSTON CROWD LOOKED EVEN LARGER THAN SXSW.
AND WHEN THE RED SOX WON THE WORLD SERIES?
CLOSE.
LET'S GO TO LONDON.
INTERNATIONAL.
AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY ZOOMED OUT PICTURE: THAT'S A LOT OF
PEOPLE THERE.
OVER TO MINNESOTA, ST.
PAUL.
LOOKS LIKE NOT MUCH IN THE BEGINNING, BUT YOU GO TO
THE RIGHT AND IT STRETCHES FOREVER, OVER TO THE
CAPITAL BUILDING THERE.
AND THEN IN CHICAGO.
BIG CROWD.
WASHINGTON D.C. COMING UP NEXT.
I BELIEVE SECOND-LARGEST GATHERING AFTER LA.
OVER TO DENVER NOW.
JEEZE, THAT'S CRAZY.
LA AS WELL, I WAS AT THAT ONE.
AND THEN NEW YORK, AGAIN TO GATHERING IN NEW YORK.
AND THEN WE GOT ONE LAST ONE, ALL THE WAY OVER TO NORWAY, IN
OSLO.
IT'S A ZOOMED IN PICTURE BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IF WE BRING UP THIS GRAPHIC, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BREAKDOWN
ñ HUNDREDS OF THESE MARCHES AT BOTH CITIES AND SMALL TOWNS, AND
EVEN ONE OF THE WILL CITIES IN MY HOMETOWN OF CONNECTICUT, OF
3000 PEOPLE, AND THIS IS NOT A PLACE WHERE 3000 WILL GATHER
WILLY-NILLY TO ORGANIZE, AND YET THAT WAS HAPPENING ACROSS
ALASKA, HAWAII, AND EVERY STATE.
TRUMP DID UNITE US.
I SHARED EARLIER MY FAVORITE
SIGN, WHICH WAS, I DIDN'T COME
FROM YOUR REVIEW CAME FROM MY VAGINA.
DID YOU GO TO INSTAGRAM I PUT UP SOME OF THE SIGNS I SAW, ONE
WAS, WE ARE THE DAUGHTERS OF THE WITCHES YOU DIDN'T MANAGE TO
BURN, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
ANOTHER WAS, I THOUGHT TIME TRAVEL WAS SUPPOSED TO STOP
MESSES LIKE THIS.
AND OUR REPORTERS, JORDAN, AS WELL AS EMMA, AND ERIC, OUR
PRODUCER, WAS AT THE WASHINGTON MARCH, AND YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT
FACEBOOK.COM/TYT FOR MORE ON THAT.
WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF AT THE LA MARCH, I EXPECTED AT SOME
POINT WE WOULD ALL MEET UP, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THEM
BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST SO MANY PEOPLE.
TALKING ABOUT AREA NECROTIC, DIDN'T SEE HER, TO ANY PEOPLE,
WELL.
BUT IT WAS AMAZING AND UPLIFTING, AND I KNOW FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO EXPRESS HOW STRONGLY THEY FEEL
ABOUT THE WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WERE PROTESTING.
WAS PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
BUT THERE WAS EVERYTHING, ECONOMIC ISSUES, IMMIGRATION
ISSUES, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND FOR PEOPLE WHO FELT REALLY DISILLUSIONED AFTER THE ELECTION
AND THE INAUGURATION, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT PEOPLE NEEDED TO
REINVIGORATE THEIR ENERGY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
IT ALMOST APPEARS AS IF THE MARCHERS WERE TOO STRONG.
IN LA WE WERE TOO STRONG, WE TOOK OVER A LOT OF STREETS
AND CARS WERE STOPPED.
SO THE LAST THING I REMEMBER SIMILAR TO THIS WAS RIGHT
BEFORE THE IRAQ WAR, WHEN THERE WERE DIET PROTESTS NOT JUST
IN THE COUNTRY BUT AROUND THE WORLD.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT ONE DID NOT WORK.
THIS ONE IS ONE DAY TOO LATE.
I KNOW, I'M KIDDING, I'M KIDDING.
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO START FIGHTING BACK,
SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SIGN OF PEOPLE SAYING, LOOK, YOU WON
THE ELECTION, BUT NOT ON OUR WATCH, SO IF YOU WANT TO DO
THINGS THAT ARE POSITIVE OR YOU WANT TO DO THINGS THAT ARE
CONSERVATIVE THAT WE DISAGREE WITH?
OKAY, WE UNDERSTAND, AND THAT HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY DURING THE
BUSH ADMINISTRATION, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO FARTHER AND START
TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF
THE PRESS, AND ATTACK THE CORE OF OUR CONSTITUTION AND OUR
RIGHTS, WELL THEN WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK.
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