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# Donald Trump has Accomplished Something Beautiful — He’s Awakened ‘We the People’ Democracy
April 27 2017
Written by Anthony Romero.
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100 DAYS OF RESISTANCE--It only took a day for the people to speak.
On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, more than 500,000 people [crowded](http://staging.hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_INAUGURATION_PROTESTS_THE_LATEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-01-21-18-37-45) into the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington. The “counter-inauguration,” co-sponsored by the ACLU and many other groups, was likely the [single largest protest in American history](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/02/07/this-is-what-we-learned-by-counting-the-womens-marches/?utm_term=.36984c8a2fc0) as sister marches sprung up in cities across America. All told, an estimated 3 to 5 million people took to the streets in defense of our most fundamental values and in opposition to the newly inaugurated president, who threatened so many of them.
The Women’s March, however, was just the beginning. As Trump’s 100th day in office approaches, the mobilization of people in defense of liberty and equality [has been broad and deep](http://prospect.org/article/anti-trump-movement-recover-resist-reform-0). It’s also intersectional, establishing relationships across class, gender, racial, and [even political and party lines](http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/meet-the-leaders-of-the-trump-resistance-w460844), as some conservatives break ranks out of concern about Trump.
The Resistance, in other words, is everywhere.
Read: [Day-By-Day Digest Of President Trump’s 100 Days of Failure](https://www.aclu.org/other/day-day-digest-president-trumps-100-days-failure)It was at our [airports nationwide](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/29/512250469/photos-thousands-protest-at-airports-nationwide-against-trumps-immigration-order) as Trump rolled out his Muslim ban. It was in town halls across the country as [people held Republican members of Congress](http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/republicans-obamacare-repeal-town-halls-234651) to account for their promises to repeal Obamacare. It was [in front of the White House](http://wavy.com/2017/02/22/gavin-grimm-joins-protest-against-the-trump-administration-in-d-c/) when Trump revoked an Obama-era guidance that protected transgender students’ right to use the bathroom that corresponds to their authentic selves. And it was in congressional confirmation hearings, [most notably Jeff Sessions](http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/jeff-sessions-confirmation-hearing-expectations/index.html)’, as activists let committee members know that many of Trump’s cabinet picks [had terrible records](https://www.aclu.org/feature/trump-transition-watch) on civil rights and civil liberties.
Civil society’s response to the Trump administration combined with the administration’s own record of [legislative, legal, and political failure](https://www.aclu.org/other/day-day-digest-president-trumps-100-days-failure) has clearly affected the White House. Trump came into office with [historically low approval ratings](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/314455-trump-has-historically-low-favorability-rating-poll-finds), and they basically [haven’t budged since](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329594-the-memo-trump-stuck-with-low-approval-ratings). In fact, a recent Pew Research Center report [found ](http://www.people-press.org/2017/04/17/1-views-of-trump/)that going as far back as Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump has the highest disapproval rating of any president during his first 100 days — by far.
The man sitting in the Oval Office now understands intimately that there is a large revolt against his dangerous and often unconstitutional policies in the streets, in the courts, and in legislatures across this great country of ours. Over Donald Trump’s first 100 days, the fight to defend core civil liberties and civil rights has occurred in three primary areas: immigration, healthcare, and transgender rights. As in all struggles, there have been successes and failures, advances and setbacks, but one thing is clear: The Resistance isn’t going anywhere if President Trump continues to violate the Constitution and attack vulnerable communities.
*Read the full ACLU report, **100 Days of Resistance**,* [*here*](https://www.aclu.org/feature/100-days-resistance)*.*
*(Anthony D. Romero is the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, the nation's premier defender of liberty and individual freedom.)*
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