WASHINGTON — Women dressed in red robes marched in front of the Heritage Foundation building, shouting “shame” on Wednesday. A year after President Donald Trump won re-election, the Handmaid Army DC began a week of resistance, starting with a protest against the foundation that championed the conservative agenda, Project 2025.
“[The Heritage Foundation] should feel the shame for their thoughts, their Christian supremacy and white supremacy and how they just treat people,” Veronica, a participant from Maryland, said.
Another participant said she was motivated to show up by her fears.
“It’s scary to me, I’ve had an abortion,” Melissa Cingle said. “I’ve had an abortion that was medically necessary, so I don’t know what my life would have been like if I didn’t have that choice, and I don’t ever want to have that choice taken away from any other person as well.”
The group continued on to the Capitol, holding up their “shame” signs in GOP congressional buildings. The Handmaid Army DC joined up with other local organizations at an anti-fascism demonstration to rally at the Washington Monument.
‘“We are trying to convey the message that this is wrong, this is where we are going, fascism is already here, fascism is here, people are losing their rights — it’s here and we need to stand up and fight now,” Handmaid Army DC organizer Kate Emerson said.
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