Eight ways the liberal "resistance" resembles the tea party

Timing: Both movements kicked off after a sound election defeat, and more prominently after the inauguration of the opposing political party.

Marches: The Tea Party movement held a Taxpayers’ March on Washington on Tax Day after Obama’s inauguration, protesting high taxes and a growing government. The day after Trump’s inauguration, protestors held the Women’s March on Washington, protesting Trump’s election, specifically because of offensive remarks toward women and plans to trash Obamacare.

Executive action protests: After Obama signed an executive action in 2009, which offered federal, financial assistance to people who couldn’t afford to pay their mortgages, Tea Party protests broke out in 40 different cities. After Trump signed the executive order stopping all travel to the U.S. from 7 Muslim-majority countries, protestors all over the country rallied in streets and airports.

From grassroots to the lifeblood of the political party: Both movements began as unexpected, grassroots protest movements, but soon became the hope and rallying cry of their respective political parties.