Suburbanites embrace anti-Trump resistance before No Kings protests, saying, 'This is our fight'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: AP

Updated 9:51 AM EDT, March 26, 2026


MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — A few years ago, Allison Posner was barely involved in politics. Now the 42-year-old mother of two from Maplewood, New Jersey, hands out food and diapers to immigrant families outside a nearby detention facility. She waves signs on a highway overpass between school pickups and orthodontist appointments. And this weekend, she’ll lead a No Kings protest march across this affluent town alongside her husband, her children and thousands of others who are convinced President Donald Trump represents a direct threat to American democracy.

“The people in the suburbs are definitely radicalizing,” said Posner, a freelance actor.

A growing faction of concerned citizens living in suburban communities across the United States — places once known for political moderation or even conservatism — are increasingly positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance. More than a year into the Republican president’s second term, the soccer moms are becoming bona fide activists taking to their well-manicured streets to fight Trump and his allies.

The leftward lurch could cost Republicans control of Congress for the president’s final two years in office. It could also reshape the Democratic Party by elevating a fresh crop of fiery progressive candidates emboldened to push back against the Trump administration more aggressively than the establishment may prefer.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-suburbs-no-kings-resistance-7f42979bbd254f3e4e5d79ec252e0cc2

[Mister Ed]

1. Damn right. Here in Minnesota, suburban soccer moms have been a huge part of the Resistance.

People of all sorts know right from wrong. They know evil when they see it.

[Strelnikov_]

2. The Burbs used to be the Grand Old Pedophiles party territory

Which is why I do not understand the SAVE act.

The MAGA base probably has less access to the required documents than others.

All I can think is that the idea is to do selective enforcement. That is, post election, 'audit' selected precincts, and after the expected 'problems' are cooked up, sue to have the votes thrown out.

All I can figure.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. "All I can think is that the idea is to do selective enforcement."

It's exactly what I they will do.

They have literally self-segregated themselves in their own little towns and villages and will NOT enforce any of that "with their own". They will simply say - "Yeah I've known him for years and he's fine. Don't need no ID".

But for any blue towns or cities, they will insist that every last voter is a cheater and will attempt to be "poll watchers" in those blue municipalities to somehow show how they can "prove it".

[mopinko]

4. revenge of the soccer moms.

i think they’ve been feeling stupid ever since bushie scared them into voting for a warmonger.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. "The leftward lurch could cost Republicans control of Congress for the president's final two years in office."

If he is there for two more years, then we will have lost the fight.

And, the country.

[0rganism]

6. I consider our current situation to be "the Challenge of the Age"

In order to overcome it, humanity will need to mature in significant ways. We have to learn from the summation of what has come before us and make difficult decisions about what we even want from a society.

I'm not optimistic about our chances of success.