Former Democratic leader warns protest slogans don’t change policy

Published January 21, 2017 10:37pm ET



The former minority leader of the Ohio state Senate is warning her fellow Democrats that have converged on Washington, D.C. to protest President Trump, that their creative signs and slogans will not be enough to affect actual policy change.

“This is just a one day rally,” Capri Cafaro told the Washington Examiner. “You cannot affect change by hanging around screaming slogans with signs.” Instead, she believes the protesters would be better served by taking part in advocacy training, writing op-eds and seeking constructive ways to communicate with policy makers in a bipartisan fashion.

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