5 Ways People Are Resisting President-Elect Trump
It's been ten days since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. Not everyone is ready to accept that fact – especially since Hillary Clinton beat him by more than 1.4 million votes, as of this writing. Here are some of the ways people around the country are resisting Trump's ascension to the highest office in the land (aside from signing another useless online petition).
Volunteering to be a commute buddy
Kayla Santosuosso, deputy director of the Arab Association of New York, launched an effort to recruit escorts for individuals who might be affected by the recent rise in hate crimes and threats. "In the back of my head, I thought I'd make this Google Form and at the very least we'll have this list of 50 people that I can connect in my own time," Santosuosso told Gothamist. Within a few days, more that 5,500 people had signed up to accompany vulnerable individuals – people of color, Muslims and LGTBQ New Yorkers – on their commutes to work.
Becoming a clinic escort
Planned Parenthood affiliates around the country are reporting a spike in volunteer applications. Eight times as many people applied to volunteer at the Planned Parenthood of Maryland the day after the election than in a typical week. In Philadelphia, 22 times more volunteers applied after the election than during an average week. And Planned Parenthood of Arizona said more than three times as many people applied to be volunteers in the three days following the election than in the entire year preceding it.
Calling representatives
The first signals of how Trump plans to govern have come in the form of his early hires. He's installed Steve Bannon, CEO of the Alt-Right outlet Breitbart, in the West Wing and, on Friday, proposed appointing Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as his attorney general. The backlash to both announcements has been swift – 169 Democratic lawmakers have called on Trump to rescind Bannon's appointment, but that's basically all they can do. Since his role is not subject to Congressional approval, Trump can keep him. Sessions' prospective role, on the other hand, will require Senate confirmation, and there's reason to hope it will be denied. (When Sessions was nominated to be a federal judge 30 years ago, his confirmation was denied.) Amnesty International is among the groups opposed to his nomination. Individuals who feel similarly can take former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau's advice and contact their congressional representatives to oppose Sessions.
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