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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Several female Democratic lawmakers symbolically staged a walkout from the
House chamber on Wednesday to show solidarity with people striking for the
“Day Without a Woman.”
The walkout itself was relatively modest. Only about ten female lawmakers
left the chamber together; dozens more later joined them a few minutes later
to address a rally on the Capitol’s east front.
Before leaving the House floor together, Democratic women delivered speeches
in support of the “Day Without a Woman” protest.
“We stand with the millions around the nation who have walked out today.
And today, we are walking out for them,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).
Organizers for the protest encouraged people to take a day off work, wear
red or only patronize women and minority-owned businesses. They are the same
organizers behind the anti-Trump “Women’s March on Washington” that drew
an estimated three million people in cities across the U.S.
Schools in Alexandria, Va., Chapel Hill-Carrboro, N.C. and Prince George’s
County, Md. closed for the day on Wednesday because off widespread absences
from staff participating in the strike.
Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), the chair of the Democratic Women’s Working
Group, told The Hill on Tuesday that members had considered abstaining from
votes on Wednesday to participate in the “Day Without a Woman.” But they
ultimately decided against it, opting to go with a symbolic House floor
walkout and rally in front of the Capitol.
Republican women have largely dismissed Wednesday’s strike as
counterproductive, which was scheduled to occur on the annual International
Women’s Day.
“The women striking today promote the ideals of a small subset of women in
this country. While they make their TV appearances in the name of
championing all women, the message rings remarkably tone deaf to the
struggles of so many women across our country who do not enjoy the same
privilege,” Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel
wrote in Independent Journal Review. |
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