Rachel Maddow

Then I think we are. And I actually think they banked wrong on that. And it means they have miscalculated their amount of political capital, what it would take to replenish it and the kind of backlash that they're getting and loss of support that they're having to endure.

Then I think we are. And I actually think they banked wrong on that. And it means they have miscalculated their amount of political capital, what it would take to replenish it and the kind of backlash that they're getting and loss of support that they're having to endure.

The thing that I didn't expect that really wowed me, that gave me a big emotional boost like I had to kind of collect myself moment was I talked at all the events that I did about protests and about what I was just saying about people standing up for immigrants in particular. And at a couple of events, I said, you know, has anybody here done any sort of in-person protest?

The thing that I didn't expect that really wowed me, that gave me a big emotional boost like I had to kind of collect myself moment was I talked at all the events that I did about protests and about what I was just saying about people standing up for immigrants in particular. And at a couple of events, I said, you know, has anybody here done any sort of in-person protest?

Have you gone out and held a sign somewhere? And a lot of people, you know, plotted. Yeah, I did. And I was like, oh, wow, like a significant portion of people. And I said, and When you did that, how did it make you feel? And the roar of cheers and applause. Like, I'm getting tears thinking about it right now. Just this wave of, like, yes, this felt good. Yeah.

Have you gone out and held a sign somewhere? And a lot of people, you know, plotted. Yeah, I did. And I was like, oh, wow, like a significant portion of people. And I said, and When you did that, how did it make you feel? And the roar of cheers and applause. Like, I'm getting tears thinking about it right now. Just this wave of, like, yes, this felt good. Yeah.

This was the thing that's happened to me over these hundred days that... felt great and made me want to do more of it. Like I, you know, standing up and holding a sign and being out in the rain and hoping for people to honk for you and have the honk not accompanied by a middle finger and all the rest of it. Some of it sounds good. Some of it doesn't.

This was the thing that's happened to me over these hundred days that... felt great and made me want to do more of it. Like I, you know, standing up and holding a sign and being out in the rain and hoping for people to honk for you and have the honk not accompanied by a middle finger and all the rest of it. Some of it sounds good. Some of it doesn't.

But like the overwhelming reaction from people who are saying like, I did, I put my body out there. I did something physically and it felt good and I want to do more of it. That human emotion around that to me is still, obviously, as you can see right now, very moving. And that, to me, is not just moving at a personal level.

But like the overwhelming reaction from people who are saying like, I did, I put my body out there. I did something physically and it felt good and I want to do more of it. That human emotion around that to me is still, obviously, as you can see right now, very moving. And that, to me, is not just moving at a personal level.

If you look at the political science around what it takes to stop a dictatorship, to stop an authoritarian takeover, to retrieve a democracy, the movement against the authoritarians has to be sustainable and has to grow over time.

If you look at the political science around what it takes to stop a dictatorship, to stop an authoritarian takeover, to retrieve a democracy, the movement against the authoritarians has to be sustainable and has to grow over time.

And the way you do that is you make protest and opposition not only expected and protected, but fun and satisfying and joyful and cathartic, more or less. I mean, cathartic can be good and bad, but I do think that we're seeing that. I think that people who are standing up against Trump and this movement are being rewarded for it both externally and internally.

And the way you do that is you make protest and opposition not only expected and protected, but fun and satisfying and joyful and cathartic, more or less. I mean, cathartic can be good and bad, but I do think that we're seeing that. I think that people who are standing up against Trump and this movement are being rewarded for it both externally and internally.

And I think that means that sort of all systems go in terms of how big the resistance can get, how sustained it can be, and how broad it might ultimately get. I mean, when we see protests in...

And I think that means that sort of all systems go in terms of how big the resistance can get, how sustained it can be, and how broad it might ultimately get. I mean, when we see protests in...

you know idaho and alabama and texas and little rock i saw them on your show yeah yeah yeah when you see that over and it's not just one it's over and over again that's telling you something about not only how big it is already but how big it might get we're gonna sneak in a quick break here when we come back we'll have more with rachel maddow back in a moment

you know idaho and alabama and texas and little rock i saw them on your show yeah yeah yeah when you see that over and it's not just one it's over and over again that's telling you something about not only how big it is already but how big it might get we're gonna sneak in a quick break here when we come back we'll have more with rachel maddow back in a moment

I mean, I guess you're right that you never know what effect... it has to know that other people are doing something. Like, does that make you more or less likely to do it? I don't know.

I mean, I guess you're right that you never know what effect... it has to know that other people are doing something. Like, does that make you more or less likely to do it? I don't know.