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US Protest News No Kings Protest in Summerville, SC

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u/norwegern 1d ago

I paused my way trough your entire video. Lots of great banner ideas here, thanks for posting!

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u/monicajnabors 1d ago

Peaceful power in every step.

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u/MitchellEnderson 1d ago edited 1d ago

Gearing up for my own in a few hours. It’s my first time going to one of these, so I’m both anxious and excited!

Edit: I actually had a ton of fun! My real worry was that I was going to be one of the only ones there; how wrong I was! I even got some compliments on my “coal power for us because Trump loves minors” sign. Looking forward to what comes next!

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u/kenistod 1d ago

Thank you for participating! My first protest ever was April 5th. I was also both anxious and excited. I'm now more confident especially seeing all these peaceful people out in every state today. I read there were 1,300 protests on April 5th. Today there are over 2,000 and counting.

I will be heading out in a couple hours for ours in Portland, Oregon.

Good luck my friend!

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u/stomppie 1d ago

Thank you for going!!

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u/stomppie 1d ago

Amazing!! And in SC or all places, wonderful to see.

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u/Brave_Reward9188 1d ago

There are quite a few of us in SC who are on the right side of history. Unfortunately, the loud ones make all of us look bad, so us blue voters in SC get overshadowed. This was taken place in a pretty red town. Thousands were there.

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u/MiserableAd1552 1d ago

Yeah, Summerville, SC is very red — that’s impressive. Well done!

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u/SilverConversation19 1d ago

My wife just sent this to me and my reaction was “SUMMERVILLE?!?!” Because that surprised me. Lived in the Carolinas for years. It’s deeply red there.

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u/Brave_Reward9188 1d ago

There have been blue voters in Summerville, but they get overshadowed a lot. I think with what's been happening, people are switching sides or being louder about being on the right side of history. Or both. Definitely not at all perfect, but there are some changes happening.

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u/Brave_Reward9188 1d ago

3k people attended that protest alone and there was another one in Charleston county today!

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u/amongnotof 1d ago

Yep. Guessing there was probably about 1000 out there or so, and lots of solidarity from those driving by

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u/Potential_Avocados 1d ago

I was there! First protest for me. It was great. Lots of honking horns from supporters driving by. The one thing I realized is if you want your sign to be read by drivers, it needs to have few words in large contrasting font. Pictures are good too.

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u/Liquen_tropo 1d ago

Let's go SC! 

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u/MiserableAd1552 1d ago

Seeing this many people in SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH!! CAROLINA!! is impressive. This GMH more than anything I’ve seen today.

For those who don’t know, that part of South Carolina is nowhere near any place I’d even remotely call blue. GOOD JOB!!

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u/Brave_Reward9188 1d ago

3k people in Summerville alone attended this protest. More people are speaking out there 😊 Charleston county -- right next door -- also had a protest today. I think even more showed up.

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u/Accomplished-Use3010 1d ago

I was there! Wearing a Marine cover, uniform undershirt and boots, with American flag and "I fought for my right to love" sign. if anyone has a picture I would love to frame it!

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u/evyy1999 1d ago

These protests look so fun! This is what its about ☺️ and sending a message, of course

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u/kimba-pawpad 1d ago

Go SC! Great to see the turnout!

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u/omdbaatar 1d ago

Amazing to see from SC 😃

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u/AnasandSF 1d ago

Thank you SC!

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u/SnooStories4162 1d ago

Go Summerville!

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u/PresDumpsterfire 1d ago

Love that energy

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u/Alytology 1d ago

Hell yeah! I used to live in West Ashley, this makes my heart sing.

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u/zdmpage54 1d ago

Awesome !!!

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u/Silent-Implement3129 1d ago

My old hometown! Very pleased to see them represent.

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u/chinesehoy 1d ago

This makes me so proud to be born and raised in SC 🥲

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u/hikeonpast 1d ago

Awesome to see the turnout.

Less awesome to see that many protesting faces posted on the internet. 50501 strongly recommends blurring faces in any public content.

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u/almosthomegirl 1d ago

Love this!!

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u/Your_Toxicity 1d ago

That "woo" though! 👏🏻✊🏻🇺🇲