Today, as in many other communities, citizens gathered in Griswold Park in the City of Erie to demand that Donald Trump release his tax returns. We gathered at noon, and at its peak, there were approximately 100 protesters—not bad given the weather. Three community leaders spoke, on the crucial importance of individual action, on the threats that Trump’s tax reform proposal pose to Planned Parenthood, and on the injustice that ordinary people must perform their patriotic duty of paying taxes, while the rich can shuffle and hide their gains and avoid paying their fair share.
Trump was not the only target; Republican Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-03) has stated in the past that there have been years when he, a millionaire, has not paid taxes. It makes no sense to me that voters would vote for candidates who scoff at the rules the rest of us have to follow. We know how Trump managed to sneak through that Constitutional error, the Electoral College, to acquire his residency in the White House. Kelly, on the other hand, represents a district gerrymandered to support his reelection. I can only hope he gets swept away in a wave election in 2018. Or better yet, if the rumors are true that he plans to run for governor next year, that he gets utterly flattened by the statewide Pennsylvania electorate.
The protest asked about 45 minutes. While the weather depressed turnout, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the protesters. We will be back for the Science March (April 22) and the Climate March (April 29).
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