The Women’s March will host nationwide protests against filling the Supreme Court seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in October.
“We’re planning a massive, nationwide march on October 17 to send an unmistakable message of our fierce opposition to Trump and his agenda, including his attempt to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat,” the group announced on Monday.
The group said that it hopes the protests will send a “clear message that we will not allow Trump and the GOP to endanger our lives any longer.” The Women’s March also opened a fundraiser on the Democratic platform ActBlue to raise money for the event.
The annual women’s rights protest held by the Women’s March has taken place in January for the past few years since the original march that occurred just after President Trump was inaugurated in 2017. That march drew millions across the country and is estimated to be the largest single-day protest in United States history.
Trump announced that he would nominate a judge to fill Ginsburg’s seat shortly after her death was announced on Friday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that the Senate would hold a vote to confirm the nominee despite criticisms from Democrats that a justice should not be confirmed in an election year.
Republicans appear to have enough votes to confirm a justice. Trump said he will announce a female nominee on Saturday. It is not clear how long it will take to confirm the nominee.
The Women’s March strongly opposed the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 following the sexual assault allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford. The group seemed to be ready to oppose any candidate put forward by Trump to fill that seat. It also accidentally sent a fundraising email vowing to oppose nominee “xx,” signaling that its condemnation had been written before Trump made the announcement.
