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The #Resistance Says It’s Plotting Its Outrage More Carefully This Time

“We are not expecting, nor are we trying to build, frankly, a repeat of last time,” one organizer said.

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Gone are the days of a constant churn of protests in response to everything Donald Trump does.

Public dissent was a fixture of the first year of Trump’s administration. But now that Trump’s been elected a second time, many of the groups that were at the helm of some of the most visible protests back then are not quite sure what round two looks like for them. What they do know is it will be different.

“We are not expecting, nor are we trying to build, frankly, a repeat of last time,” said Mary Small, Indivisible’s chief strategy officer. “This is a moment that’s going to require new analysis and fresh tactics and different ways of engaging.”