Organizers said opposition to #SCOTUShearings and the attempt to fill #RBG’s seat is one message they hope to get across at today’s march
#WomensMarch2020 getting started at Freedom Plaza.
Organizers are encouraging people to maintain social distance - noting socially distant rallies are taking place across the country today @wusa9
Speeches happening right now at #WomensMarch2020
Hundreds of people are here listening @wusa9
@DMVBlackLives organizer Nee Nee Taylor is speaking now at #WomensMarch2020. She’s encouraging people to help give DC Statehood and to defund the police @wusa9
It appears people are attempting to try and social distance at today’s #WomensMarch2020
Crowds have also spilled over into the street @wusa9
I just talked with a woman who has been to every @womensmarch in last four years. She said this year’s march may not have the most physical numbers because of #COVID19, but it is the most urgent @wusa9
#WomensMarch2020 is making its way down Pennsylvania towards the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court @wusa9
The large crowd of people is making its way down the street. Talked with two women from Indiana who were here a few years ago. They said there’s a notable difference in the size of the crowd, but also noting this is a pandemic. @wusa9#WomensMarch2020
The group has made it to the Postmaster General’s house in Northwest DC.
USPS has wanted 46 states they can’t guarantee delayed mail-in ballots will be counted. All this as accusations swirl the President is intentionally blocking funding for USPS.
Protesters have stuffed fake absentee ballots into the Postmaster General’s apartment lobby door @wusa9