Crowd starting to grow for the Women's March at Freedom Plaza

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Samantha Schmidt @schmidtsam7 56m
More than 429 Women's March events are happening across the country today. @rebtanhs and I will be in downtown D.C., where crowds are gathering in Freedom Plaza before marching to the Supreme Court.

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Justin Hinton @justinhintontv 8m
People have dressed up in a number of different costumes for this rally and march @ABC7News

Justin Hinton @justinhintontv 28m
The crowd is starting to grow at Freedom Plaza for the Women’s March. These two came with their mom from Boston, first stopping at the Supreme Court for protests earlier this week. @ABC7News

[Rice4VP]

1. I hope that they focus on voting

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At 11 a.m., an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 people are expected to gather on Freedom Plaza ahead of a noon rally urging women to vote and calling on Congress to suspend the Supreme Court confirmation process, according to a permit issued by the National Park Service on Wednesday. After the rally, participants plan to march southeast along Pennsylvania Avenue NW and then Constitution Avenue NW to the Supreme Court.

They will wrap around the U.S. Capitol and end the march on the Mall, where a smaller group of demonstrators will take part in a text-a-thon event to urge women across the country to vote. Thousands of Women’s March volunteers have already texted more than 4 million women voters and aim to send 5 million texts in a single day on Saturday, according to the group.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/10/17/womens-march-dc-updates/

[niyad]

2. Those beautiful children!!!

[CTyankee]

3. That brought tears...

[niyad]

5. Yes!

[crickets]

10. I know! I'm loving all of the wonderful pictures.

People are so creative with their signs and costumes! Great to see everyone is wearing masks.

More photos:
https://wtop.com/dc/2020/10/womens-march-text-a-thon-aims-to-engage-voters-ahead-of-election-day/

[Nevilledog]

4. That second photo......

[oasis]

7. Get it going gang. We're with you!

[MichMan]

8. While I support the cause, not sure this is wise in the middle of a pandemic

My state for instance, just had the biggest month for positive cases since April

[link:https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/10/16/michigan-covid-cases-top-2000-second-consecutive-day/3681507001/|

[crickets]

9. Agreed, and it's good to see that the organizers have taken this into account.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/10/17/womens-march-dc-updates/

Women’s March leaders say they are hoping for a smaller crowd in D.C. because of social distancing concerns. Unlike previous years, organizers are discouraging participants from traveling to D.C. from states that are on the self-quarantine list and are not involved in organizing buses to come from other cities. Instead, they encourage supporters to attend local marches or to get involved with its text-a-thon efforts, O’Leary Carmona said. In D.C., LED screens will be placed around the area to encourage mask-wearing and social distancing.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Trump to take motorcade from White House to JB Andrews

Protesters, take note. At 2:30, he leaves from the North Portico to go to JB Andrews. That means he's taking a motorcade, not Marine One. If he were taking Marine One, he'd be leaving from the South Lawn. Plan accordingly.

I'll come up with the planes later.

https://factba.se/topic/calendar

Saturday, October 17, 2020

12:30 PM
In-House Pool Call Time
The White House

1:45 PM
Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
Out-of-Town Pool

2:30 PM
Official Schedule
The President departs the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
North Portico In-Town Travel Pool

2:55 PM
Official Schedule
The President arrives at Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews Out-of-Town Travel Pool

3:05 PM
Official Schedule
The President departs Washington, D.C., en route to Muskegon, MI
Joint Base Andrews Out-of-Town Travel Pool

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[StarryNite]

12. The kids! The beautiful kids!

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. Those two kids.... EOM

[demigoddess]

14. RBG and John Lewis would be so proud!!!