The so-called “March 4 Trump” demonstrations that have been called in several cities around the country are Trump’s supporters desperately trying to create the appearance of popular support for their president whose racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim policies have been met with nationwide mass protest resistance and national and international condemnation.
The pro-Trump demonstration called for March 4th in the city of Lanisng, MI is a direct response by the demoralized and divided Trump supporters and the white supremacists connected to neo-fascist groups like the “Proud Boys,” to the strength and power of the anti-Trump movement in the Bay Area that successfully shut down neo-fascist Milo Yiannopoulos on February 1, 2017.
March 4th is the next opportunity for the anti-Trump forces to express the power and commitment of our new movement in defense of immigrant rights and against all of Donald Trump’s attacks. The people of Lansing have a long history of progressive civil rights and immigrant rights mass struggle. Our city stands unequivocally for integration, equality, and in defense of our immigrant communities. We need to make clear to neo-fascists of the “Alt-Right” in the Trump movement that there is a real mass movement of people in this nation that is determined to block their rise to power and that will defend ourselves and our friends, families, neighbors, classmates and coworkers from racist harassment and violence.