Soros-Backed Group Mobilizes “#ProtectMueller” Protests; Immediate Turnout In All New England States
In the immediate wake of US Attorney General Jeff Sessions' resignation Wednesday (Nov.7) and President Donald Trump's appointing of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting attorney general, progressives at MoveOn, fearing Whitaker's appointment might undermine a special counsel's investigation of the president, called for national protests that were organized within hours.
In New England, protests were held Thursday evening — about 24 hours after Sessions' resignation — in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Other protests were held throughout the United States.