Kim Wozniak felt compelled to show up at Franklin Park for the People’s March on Saturday for many reasons. She said she has a granddaughter who “deserves better” and felt that women are being treated as second-class citizens.
But it was talking about potential looming tariffs under President-elect Trump and how they could impact her livelihood that made her voice give.
“I’m a small business owner that imports from eight other countries, and if he starts tariffing us, my small family business might not survive that,” said Wozniak, whose Wisconsin business sells art supplies to artists. It’s hard. It’s really hard.”
Wozniak is just one of the many protesters who came to march in Washington as they demonstrated against the incoming president, who’s readying for a second term in office, while also making their voices heard on a range of issues.
“So back in 2017, we made history,” Women’s March managing director Tamika Middleton told the crowd on Saturday, referring to the estimated 500,000 who marched in the city then. “And today we are here to make our future.”
Throngs of demonstrators marched through the streets of downtown Washington on the drizzly Saturday for the People’s March, organized by a coalition of groups, including the Women’s March. The coalition advertised the event as a “a day of joyful resistance, community building, and powerful action.”“I’m a small business owner that imports from eight other countries, and if he starts tariffing us, my small family business might not survive that,” said Wozniak, whose Wisconsin business sells art supplies to artists. “It’s hard. It’s really hard.”