KarenRN: ADVENTURES IN SWAMPLAND

Last week, KarenRN and niece/BFF Becca braved the blizzards on the east coast and flew to Washington - where they found Washington DCA Airport snow-free.

Tuesday they attended The State of The Swamp, put on by Defiance.org - here’s her report:

Attending The State of the Swamp was a much needed experience. It was held at the DC Press Club and around 500 people attended. The energy full of anger and defiance felt among the crowd became determination to right the ship.

It was great meeting many amazing people who were speaking there. Among them Steve Schmidt, Joe Walsh, and Olivia Troye.

All former Republicans who have embarked on the better path and are contributing more ideas and commitments to defeating Trump and his fascist agenda than some of the old corporate democrats.

Also briefly met Ellie Leonard, former Senator John Tester (Montana), Glenn Kirchner and some Frogs.

But speaking of Democrats…I was so proud that my congresswoman from my district in Oregon, Maxine Dexter, spoke as well as my Senator Ron Wyden.

All of the speakers were inspiring. There was a lot of righteous anger in the room that channeled into ideas for action and joy.

The only regret was walking by the Injustice Department and seeing the orange felon’s giant face plastered on it. It was un-American disgusting.

“Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty, as we understand it.” - Abraham Lincoln

All Photos: KarenRN

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