Women’s March Divisions Offer Lessons For Democrats On Managing A Big Tent

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January 17th, 2019

Ginny Suss, Carmen Perez, Gloria Steinem, Linda Sarsour and Mia Ives-Rublee appear at the first Women’s March in Washington, D.C., the day after President Trump’s 2017 inauguration. Two years later, divisions in the movement have dampened the 2019 events.

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Angie Beem used to be a woman who, at most, would read the voter pamphlet before Election Day, cast a vote, and consider her duty done. She didn’t pay attention to politics much because she didn’t think it affected her life.

But that all changed ahead of the 2016 presidential election when she noticed Facebook posts that deeply troubled her.

“My family were starting to be racist and saying horrible things,” said Beem. “I didn’t recognize them.”

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