Photos: The People Lead
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Samantha Engelmyer, in front, helps Joe Seeman tape signs supporting Chuck Schumer to his car on Wednesday morning before the start of a caravan in Albany, one of a series of Lead the People events sponsored by the Indivisible project. Indivisible, a progressive movement, started in 2016 when Congressional staffers published an online handbook on peacefully resisting the move to the right under President Donald Trump. Engelmyer of Progressive Schenectady said her group decided “even a car caravan wasn’t safe on Inauguration Day.” The event took place before the House of Representatives impeached Trump, 232 to 197, a vote that included 10 Republicans. The Senate trial is likely to start after the inauguration.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Standing by their man: A cut-out figure of incoming Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is a rallying point for those who participated Wednesday to support Schumer’s efforts to impeach President Donald Trump. The group organizing the car caravan, the Coalition of Capital Region Progressives, supports Schumer’s commitment to expand voters’ rights, reform campaign financing, and enact court reform.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
“Honk for Democracy,” says a sign just taped to a car in front of Albany’s Board of Elections building where a caravan took off before wending its way for four miles through the city. The event was part of a national day of action called The People Lead events by Indivisible Project.