White House decision spurs protests
“Nobody Is Above the Law” protest held in Washington D.C. in response to the firing of AG Jeff Sessions
Photo Obtained via Creative Commons Licence. As a platform for protests, MoveOn.org has a link that enables website visitors to start their own petition. MoveOn.org was the organization responsible for creating the “Nobody’s Above the Law protests.”
November 12, 2018
Among the brisk evening and thousands of nationwide protests, local residents gathered in D.C. for the “Nobody Is Above the Law” protest in response to President Trump’s decision to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Protesters came out after the popular activism website “MoveOn.org” called on people to voice their fears in the form of protest that firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions would result in interference in Special Counsel Mueller’s Russia investigation.
“I think [people are] angry about reckless decision making in the White House these past two years,” junior Flavia Carcani said. “Everything has been a roller coaster,…[and] people are just upset and over it and they want to have some order… in the white house.”
The acting and possibly permanent attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, has worried many people, who believe that he will transform the role of attorney general into that of President Trump’s personal lawyer representing the personal interests of the president. However, to students at McLean High School it is unclear if these protests will have a long term impact on the way the presidency is handled.
“[It’s] not a smart long term approach because at the moment there’s a huge chance that Donald Trump [will win] the republican nomination again in 2020 and a few lousy protests … here and there… won’t change the general public’s minds,” Carcani said. “It can’t be just [the same] people constantly protesting every move [the movement] has to be an organized take.”
This protest follows a slew of similar movements, namely “The Women’s March” and “The March for our lives,” that are geared towards sending a message to The Trump Administration.
“I feel like now people are more open to the idea of protest because a lot of things [happening right now] are controversial,” Carcani said. “[People are able to] get what they want to say out of their system.”
One message remains clear, though, among people who want a true and long lasting impact on our country and a referendum on the Trump Administration, and that is the importance of acting on your right to vote.
“In 2020 a lot of… juniors and seniors this year are going to be 18,”Carcani said. “Go vote in the presidential election.”
