Nearly two years ago, women stood on stages in Washington, D.C., and around the country surrounded by a sea of others. It was the beginning of a movement that would help pave the way for a new crop of female lawmakers to be elected into office.
The 2018 midterm elections saw those women elected into office in historic margins. But instead of a moment of celebration for the Women’s March, the group now finds itself in turmoil, as a growing number of activists, sister marches, and high-profile early supporters of the march have begun to separate themselves from the main group, which, they say, hasn’t done enough to denounce the hateful anti-Semitic rhetoric of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
On Monday, Teresa Shook, a Hawaii-based retired lawyer and founder of the Women’s March, called for the current leadership to step down in a Facebook post, just two months before the third march is set to take place in Washington, D.C.
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