Re: “ ‘No Kings’ rally draws crowd over a mile long” (Oct. 19, A1):
I attended the “No Kings” rally and march in Seattle on Saturday together with hundreds of others. It was unclear to me simply what particular calls for and intentions had been a part of this unprecedented nationwide organizing effort, with greater than 2,600 protests throughout the nation. What was clear to me is that the official Democratic Occasion equipment had no obvious management position within the large nationwide organizing effort, nor a lot of an energetic, on-the-ground presence within the carnivallike parades. Aside from a couple of audio system, mainstream Democrats had been lacking in motion. One can solely speculate why the historic “get together of the folks” was largely a no-show.
With the bottom approval ranking in over 30 years, Democrats might have missed a golden alternative to shore up their ranks and display actual grassroots management.
Peter Steinbrueck, Seattle
