Protesting in blue areas can achieve something, but only if it’s actually disruptive. For example you can force your elected officials to take a hardline approach to Trump rather than capitulate.
They can obstruct and/or oppose Trump in their own jurisdictions. There are options, everything from withholding federal taxes to enforcing state law on ICE (like Pritzker is threatening to do) to having local National Guard units defend immigrant neighborhoods. In the worst case scenario, forbid ICE from entering the state and shoot them if they do. At the very fucking least this shouldn’t be happening.
Protesting in blue areas can achieve something, but only if it’s actually disruptive. For example you can force your elected officials to take a hardline approach to Trump rather than capitulate.
Local officials have no power over Trump, and Democratic Congressmen and Senators have no power over Trump due to being in the minority.
So you’re protesting people who a) agree with you and b) can literally do nothing.
So, again, protesting in blue cities and states is entirely performative. “At least I did something!”
They can obstruct and/or oppose Trump in their own jurisdictions. There are options, everything from withholding federal taxes to enforcing state law on ICE (like Pritzker is threatening to do) to having local National Guard units defend immigrant neighborhoods. In the worst case scenario, forbid ICE from entering the state and shoot them if they do. At the very fucking least this shouldn’t be happening.