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Anti-Trump protests have shrunk. What's it mean for 2020?

By SARA BURNETT
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Days af-
ter President Donald Trump
killed an Iranian general
and said he was sending
more soldiers to the Mid-
dle East, about 100 protest-
ers stood on a pedestrian
bridge over Chicago's Lake
Shore Drive with an illumi-
nated sign that read "No
War in Iran."
Some 200 people marched
in the bitter cold near Bos-
ton, while a few dozen
people demonstrated on
the steps of Los Angeles
City Hall and at similarly
sized gatherings across the
U.S.
Three years after Trump
took office and millions of
people swarmed to the
Women's March in Wash-
ington and companion
marches across the coun-
try, these typically modest
protests are often the most
visible sign of today's Trump
resistance. In this Jan. 8, 2020, file photo, protesters of President Donald Trump's military action in Iraq gather across the Chicago River from the
Activists say the numbers Trump Tower in Chicago.
should not be mistaken for Associated Press
a lack of energy or motiva-
tion to vote Trump out of of- postcards to voters, advo- the day after his inaugura- ments about race and re- The disputes led to dueling
fice come November. cating for specific causes tion for what is generally ligion and about whether events in New York City
The anti-Trump movement or running for office. regarded as the largest the march reflected the last year, the resignation
of 2020, they say, is more or- But the movement that protest in the city since the diversity of the movement. of some national Women's
ganized and more focused sprung up to oppose Vietnam era. Those divisions linger even March leaders and the
on action. Many people Trump's presidency also is There have been schisms as many on the left say disbanding of a group in
have moved from protest- more splintered than it was over which presidential they need a united front Washington state.
ing to knocking on doors when pink-hatted protest- candidates to back in heading into November's
for candidates, mailing ers flooded Washington 2020, as well as disagree- election. Continued on Page 3