THINK 3 Video News: Unhappy Anniversary

One year ago today, Donald Trump was sworn in as President of the United States. One day later, massive protests against him took place across the country. Today, to commemorate both events, and in the shadow of the latest government shutdown, anti-Trump activists gathered again to reenact their outrage and energize themselves for a crucial congressional campaign season.

In Albany, the weather wasn't as unseasonably favorable as it was last year. We had a decent snowfall last Wednesday, but on Thursday there were work crews clearing the stuff from West Capitol Park to accommodate the expected demonstrators. City and state government support their cause so the courtesy was inevitable. As it turned out, at least by my estimate, today's event drew about a third as many people as last year's demonstration. That still translates to an impressive couple of thousand people, but despite the shutdown and a year's worth of outrage most people couldn't feel the same angry urgency the felt on the occasion of Trump's inauguration. Here are a couple of videos I took of the event.



What would a protest like this, almost lily-white, be without a folk song?



Finally, here are some stills of signs and sign-holders.

For what it's worth, the most common slogan I saw was "Make America Kind Again."