More Than 1,000 Progressives Signed Up To Run For Office Over The Weekend

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More Than 1,000 Progressives Signed Up To Run For Office Over The Weekend
Trump is inspiring young Democrats to get into politics.
01/30/2017 02:47 pm ET
Jennifer Bendery White House and Congressional Reporter, The Huffington Post

Trump’s critics have found a way to defy his agenda: running for office.


WASHINGTON ― More than 1,000 progressives signed up to run for office this weekend following President Donald Trump’s executive action targeting immigrants and refugees.

And that’s just through one organization.

Run for Something, a new grass-roots group that helps young Democrats run for local and state office, announced Monday that it nearly doubled its total number of recruits ― from 1,200 to 2,200 ― in the last three days. The organization, which launched on Jan. 20, the day of Trump’s inauguration, was already surging with interest before Trump signed an executive order Friday that bans Syrians from taking refuge in the United States, halts the U.S. refugee resettlement program for four months and temporarily blocks people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. at all.

The president’s action, which comes amid a wave of nationwide protests against him, sparked chaos at U.S. airports over the weekend as refugees and immigrants arrived only to be detained or told they couldn’t enter the country. Thousands of protesters showed up at airports to speak out against the Muslim ban and demand that arriving immigrants be let through.

Amanda Litman, co-founder of Run for Something, said Trump is doing a great job of driving furious Democrats into public service.

“Anyone leading a protest or organizing friends to get to a local airport should think about running for office,” Litman said. “Trump’s presidency is already inspiring an incredible wave of energy and re-engagement in civic life ― running and winning is how we capture that and make it last.”

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