--- title: Year in Review: Why 2017 Is the Year of the Resistance description: When the dust settles, 2017 will inevitably join other years as flash points of political change, with thanks to The Resistance and #MeToo. canonical: https://time.com/5071834/2017-resistance-political-change/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-19T20:09:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:42:55.914Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Why 2017 Will Always Be Remembered As a Year of Resistance og:description: From the Women's March on Washington to #MeToo og:url: https://time.com/5071834/2017-resistance-political-change/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06a4eaec31a2d896/6988f5c20a4a2241449d123f/2017-year-resistance-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3024 og:image:height: 1701 og:image:alt: Thousands Attend Women's March On Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why 2017 Will Always Be Remembered As a Year of Resistance twitter:description: From the Women's March on Washington to #MeToo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06a4eaec31a2d896/6988f5c20a4a2241449d123f/2017-year-resistance-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Why 2017 Will Always Be Remembered As a Year of Resistance > Sponsored content. 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There are years that history remembers as flash points of political change — 1776, 1848, 1968 — and when the dust settles, it seems inevitable that 2017 will join that list._ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Dec 19, 2017 8:09 PM UTC There are years that history remembers as flash points of political change — 1776, 1848, 1968 — and when the dust settles, it seems inevitable that 2017 will join that list. by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Dec 19, 2017 8:09 PM UTC There are years that history remembers as flash points of political change — 1776, 1848, 1968 — and when the dust settles, it seems inevitable that 2017 will join that list. It was a [period of upheaval from the very start](http://time.com/4640946/donald-trump-inauguration-protesters/): we were only three weeks into the year, and Donald Trump’s presidency was only a day old, when [hundreds of thousands](http://time.com/4643692/womens-march-size-country/) of women [marched on Washington](http://time.com/4642574/women-march-portraits/) and [other cities around the world](http://time.com/4642399/womens-march-united-states-cities/) to [protest the new administration](http://time.com/4642376/women-march-trump-inauguration-washington-antarctica/). “[The Resistance](http://time.com/4642234/trump-inauguration-resistance/),” as it was dubbed, proved tireless. Its constituents protested Trump’s so-called ‘travel ban’ later that month, flocked to the polls in a series of [several special elections ](http://time.com/5017525/the-resistance-helped-democrats-win-on-tuesday-now-theyre-turning-to-2018/)to [combat Trump-backed candidates](http://time.com/5062549/roy-moore-doug-jones-republicans/), and, as the year reached its end, began an [unprecedented crusade](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2017-silence-breakers/) against[ sexual misconduct](http://time.com/5015204/harvey-weinstein-scandal/) and inequity in American life. ## Transcript [00:03] [ MUSIC ] 2017 was a year characterized [00:07] by protests, including several headline grabbing [00:10] demonstrations in direct opposition to the policies set [00:14] forth by President Trump's new administration. [00:16] [ MUSIC ] [00:19] So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations, Mr. [00:22] President. [ APPLAUSE ] [ MUSIC ] [00:27] The Women's March on January 21st, one day after the [00:30] inauguration, laid the foundation for the rest of the [00:33] year's protests. We will show a new [00:38] face More than 400 thousand demonstrators marched [00:41] in Washington DC. And many more in cities around the [00:44] world. Together we [ UNKNOWN ], together [00:48] we vote. The women's march did not result in any [00:52] [ UNKNOWN ] policy changes. But it convayed a clear [00:55] message. Trump's presidency would be met with [00:58] resistance. And this is the protection [01:03] of the nation from foreign terrorist entry. On [01:08] January 27th, President Trump issued an executive [01:11] order on the grounds of preventing terrorism [01:14] restricting the number of refugees entering the country [01:17] and banning travelers from seven Muslim- majority [01:20] countries. Protests erupted at major airports within [01:23] hours. This is what democracy looks like. Opponents [01:27] claim the ban was discriminatory and racist. And the [01:29] move was condemned, both domestically and [01:32] internationally. You see it at the airports. You see it all [01:34] over. It's working out very nicely. And we're gonna [01:36] have a very, very strict. Ban, and we're going to [01:40] have extreme vetting, which we should have had in this [01:42] country for many years. Judge Robart's decision puts a [01:47] halt to President Trump's unconstitutional and [01:51] unlawful executive order. But about a month later, [01:54] President Trump unveiled a second slightly revised [01:57] travel ban. This is the same ban with the same [02:00] purpose. Driven by the same dangerous discrimination [02:04] that weakens our ability to fight terror. On March 15th, [02:08] that ban was also blocked. This new order was [02:11] tailored to the dictates of the 9th Circuit's, [02:16] in my opinion, flawed ruling. On December 4th, [02:20] the US Supreme Court allowed the Trump [02:22] administration to fully enforce the latest version of the [02:25] ban, but legal challenges against it continued. For [02:29] the past 17 years, Obamacare has wreaked havoc. Or [02:34] the lives of innocent, hard working Americans. Starting [02:38] in March, House Republicans made the first of several [02:41] attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare. This bill, [02:45] the American Health Care Act, it keeps our promise to [02:48] repeal and replace Obamacare. By summertime, [02:52] opposition against the continued attempts to repeal [02:56] Obamacare grew increasingly intense. There are [02:58] people out there who have cancer, that have that [03:00] coverage, that have to have that coverage, to make [03:02] sure that they don't die. They said that if we get sick [03:06] it's our fault. These are the people that are in your [03:09] party, that you're woking with. Access to healthcare is [03:13] a basic fundamental civil right. [ APPLAUSE ] [ NOISE ] [03:20] Obamacare is finished, it's dead, it's gone. It's no [03:23] longer and you should even mention it. It's gone. On [03:27] July 26th, the Senate rejected a clean repeal bill. On [03:31] this vote, The yays are 45, the nays are 55, the [03:33] amendment is not agreed to. Senators Lindsey Graham [03:37] and Bill Cassidy released a new Obamacare repeal bill [03:40] in September but the effort died as three Senate [03:43] Republicans opposed it. [ MUSIC ] Momentum [03:47] continues to grow around # MeToo, a campaign [03:50] encouraging women to speak out about sexual [03:52] misconduct which has led to the resignations of high [03:55] profile men from Hollywood to Congress. And in the [03:57] coming weeks, I will be resigning as member of [04:01] the United States Senate. As the movement gains [04:04] traction in the political sphere, some are renewing their [04:07] calls for President Trump to step down in light of the [04:09] misconduct allegations against him, which he continues [04:12] to deny. Local elections in Virginia, Philadelphia, and [04:17] New Jersey signal that voters were increasingly [04:19] dissatisfied with President Trump's job performance In [04:23] Virginia Democrat Ralph Northam won a major victory [04:26] over Republican Ed Gillespie in the state's [04:28] gubernatorial race. Democrats also took 15 previously [04:32] Republican seats in Virginia's House of Delegates with [04:35] 11 of those seats going to women. The victories [04:38] suggest that Democrats could be charting a course [04:41] towards major electoral wins in the 2018 mid- terms. [04:45] Perhaps the most stunning example is Democrat Doug [04:47] Jones victory over Roy Moore in September's Alabama [04:50] Senate race. I have always believed that the people of [04:54] Alabama have more in common than divided. [04:57] [ APPLAUSE ] Some see it as a clear sign that [05:01] the Trump Administration will face an even more [05:03] emboldened resistance movement in 2018. 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