Marches come one day after inauguration of new president

Capital Highlights
By Ed Stirling

AUSTIN — Thousands
of Texans were on hand to
witness the inauguration
of Donald J. Trump as the
45th president of the
United States on Jan. 20 in
Washington.
President Trump closed
his 16-minute inaugural
address by saying:
“Together, we will make
America strong again. We
will make America
wealthy again. We will
make America proud
again. We will make
America safe again. And
yes, together we will make
America great again.”
Displays of patriotism
took other forms the following
day, when the
Women’s March on
Washington attracted a
multitude ranging in size
from 500,000 to more than
one million people.
Similar gatherings were
held in Austin and other
large cities around the
country and the globe.
Counters estimated that
somewhere between
50,000 and 90,000 people
took part in the Women’s
March on Austin. The 12-
block march up Congress
Avenue from the city’s
Ann W. Richards Bridge
on Lady Bird Lake ended
on the south side of the
Texas Capitol grounds.
In Washington, Austin,
and in many other cities,
Women’s March participants
spoke in favor of
women’s rights and to protest
racial inequities.
Other prominent topics
included “LGBTQ” rights,
immigration reform, equal
pay for equal work, minimum
wage increase and
environmental issues.
Most elected representatives
were on hand for the
inauguration, but 67
Democratic members of
Congress refused to
attend, following the
example of civil rights
champion Rep. John Lewis
of Georgia. Among those
who did not attend were
Texas U.S. Reps. Joaquin
Castro of San Antonio,
Lloyd Doggett of Austin,
Al Green of Houston and
Filemon Vela of
Brownsville.

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