Women marching against Trump plan next step: public office
Source: Reuters
Thu Jan 19, 2017 | 8:46am EST
By Laila Kearney | NEW YORK
After she spends Saturday marching in Washington among an expected 200,000 women protesting the presidency of Donald Trump on his first full day in office, Amy Davis-Comstock plans to take her first steps toward her own possible run for office.
The 50-year-old resident of Saginaw, Michigan, is part of a sharp increase in U.S. women signing up for courses run by political activist groups aimed at helping them mount campaigns for mostly low-level political offices.
Groups including Emily's List, which supports Democratic women candidates, and nonpartisan VoteRunLead and Ignite report that online and in-person classes that typically see a few dozen participants are now attracting hundreds of women newly interested in politics.
"This election really made me realize that we need to have really good candidates," Davis-Comstock said in a phone interview.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-women-politics-idUSKBN1531HF
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You protest, you speak and you take over elected seats!
Yes! This is what I've been saying for more than a decade now!! Get 'em ladies! They're not going to know what hit them. 