PROTESTS/WOMEN: “The day after President Donald Trump’s Inauguration, a sea of people clad in pink hats walked toward the Capitol in Washington DC, setting the stage for a nationwide Women’s March movement.
One year later, Women’s March organizers are heading West — to Las Vegas, to be exact — in hopes of turning the movement’s momentum into political action…
Nevada was among the few swing states to go Hillary Clinton’s direction in 2016. Now, it’s poised to play an important role as a battleground state in 2018, as Republican Sen. Dean Heller fights to keep his seat and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval, who is term-limited, prepares to exit.
The state also has a large immigrant population. Several thousand Nevada residents from El Salvador will likely become deportable in September 2019, the Las Vegas Sun reported last week, following the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary protected status for citizens of El Salvador. Last year, Las Vegas was also the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, an event that reignited a simmering debate over gun control last year.
All these factors — coupled with the large Women’s March network in Nevada — helped influence the decision, Sarsour said.
The Las Vegas event, which will take place at Sam Boyd Stadium on Jan. 21, will serve as a national voter registration and mobilization tour, which the Women’s March has dubbed “#PowerToThePolls.”
-Saba Hamedy, “Why Women’s March organizers are turning their attention to Nevada this year,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Jan. 16, 2018 06:18am