Women's March Divisions Offer Lessons For Democrats On Managing A Big Tent
The third annual Women's March is Saturday. The first march, held the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, was a moment of unity. But now there are questions about keeping the united front together.
Angie Beem used to be a woman who, at most, would read the voter pamphlet before Election Day, cast a vote, and consider her duty done. She didn't pay attention to politics much because she didn't think it affected her life.
But that all changed ahead of the 2016 presidential election when she noticed Facebook posts that deeply troubled her.
"My family were starting to be racist and saying horrible things," said Beem. "I didn't recognize them."
She felt as if Donald Trump was empowering people to be bigots. And so when he won the presidency, she resolved to do something.
The first Women's March was one of the
