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Gallery: Houstonians protest in local Women’s March

By , January 23, 2017

Inspired by the Women’s Marches organized in Washington, D.C. and around the world, more than 20,000 Houstonians took to the streets downtown to protest for women’s rights and, some said, the anti-woman policies of President Donald Trump.

An estimated 22,000 people took to the streets in Houston to protest Donald Trump’s policies a day after his inauguration. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
The march was part of a larger group of protests that took place around the world, including Washington, D.C., Austin, London and Paris. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
Planning for the Houston event began just over a week before the event, in that time it garnered around 5,000 responses on Facebook. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
The event began at the Buffalo Bayou Cistern with a plan to march to City Hall on Bagby St. The crowd soon outgrew the venue, which includes the Lee and Joe Jamail Skate Park and the Buffalo Bayou Park conservancy. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo said the event was the largest crowd that had gathered on the City Hall lawn in Houston history. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
Among the thousands of signs, protesters made their views on legislation restricting reproductive rights, marriage equality and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
Although the protest encompassed many issues, the overarching theme was opposition to recently inaugurate President Trump. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar
Speakers at the rally in front of City Hall included city councilwoman Ellen Green, state representative Gene Wu and Mayor Sylvester Turner. | Jasmine Davis/The Cougar

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  • Muhammed Bin Zayed Jones

    My Goodness the Mess the Women and Limp Wristed Men left behind.

    I remember the movie “Fools Rush In” with the quote “There Are Signs Everywhere.”

    Well, in the case of the Women’s Rallies across The Country over the weekend, there are literally Signs Everywhere — Trash.

    And the Consequence of the Feminists and Limp Wristed Men Leaving Signs Everywhere …. Millions and Millions of Dollars of cleanup cost that cities have to endure because some Fem thought it would be cool to leave a sign at a site as a message. I wonder who will have to be laid-off or benefits cut back because of the extra cost caused by the women.

    I’ll say it again, Socialists never think about the Consequences of their Actions. They made their point Saturday. So what? It will soon be forgotten.

    The rhetoric was inflammatory and off-putting, and I think will have the opposite effect than intended. I think that normal women who were leaning Democrat are now leaning Republican. How can women dressing as Women’s Private Parts be classified as Normal?

    Madonna spoke of blowing up the White House, and we can only hope she received a visit from the Secret Service afterwards. Ashley Judd’s Nasty vulgar speech should have made normal peoples skin crawl, because I had to take a shower after it, to get all the Cheeto dust off me.

    The media obviously tried to make this event look like a Normal event … it wasn’t.

    The event was good for the private economy. Someone had to pay for the transportation to events, whether it was the women themselves or George Soros. They had to eat. Soros probably paid for some of that.

    I’m still trying to figure out what the march was about? Does anyone? Do parents, heck, do Mothers want their daughters to be like Ashley Judd or Madonna? This cannot be deemed as normal? No way.

    Like I said, there are Consequences to Actions, and I think the Women’s March just took the Socialists Women Movement two steps back.

    And one last thing … where were all these women … during Hillary’s campaign?

    https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.01/original/5884f6dac4618884298b45bd.jpg
    http://www.wusa9.com/img/resize/content.wusa9.com/photo/2017/01/22/national%20mall%20cleanup%202_1485135767662_7890530_ver1.0.jpg?preset=534-401

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