Last week I went undercover to the third annual Women’s March in Washington, D.C. The turnout was low. I can’t say I was surprised.
As The Daily Wire’s Josh Hammer has reported, accusations of anti-Semitism have recently rocked the Women’s March.
Tablet recently published a lengthy exposé on the extent to which anti-Semitism has been inherent since the Women’s March’s initial formation. [Linda] Sarsour is a longtime foe of Israel, once tweeting that “nothing is creepier than Zionism.” [Tamika] Mallory has consistently defended her close association with longtime anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan, and is also a vociferous opponent of Israel.
This year, the Democratic National Committee and many leading Jewish Democrats, such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz, formally disassociated with the Women’s March due to its strong links with anti-Semitism. Wasserman Schultz took to USA Today to write:
While I still firmly believe in its values and mission, I cannot associate with the national march’s leaders and principles, which refuse to completely repudiate anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry. I cannot walk shoulder to shoulder with leaders who lock arms with outspoken peddlers of hate.
Instead, this weekend, I will join a movement of women around the nation who are participating in local marches that have distanced themselves from those national Women’s March leaders who still ally with bigotry.
Nonetheless, the March went on.
In 2017, more than 500,000 people marched in D.C. and 3.5 million people marched in other areas of the country, making the Women’s March the largest protest in United States history. This year, not so much. The organizers of the march estimated only 60,000 people participated in the capital.
The reason for this confusion? Disunity caused by the leaders who claim to fight bigotry but fail to condemn one of the worst bigots of them all.
Watch my video below to hear what attendees had to say: