Indivisible predicts massive turnout for 'No Kings' protests

Cyndi Greening has a distinct memory of when Donald Trump won the presidency last November.

Cyndi Greening has a distinct memory of when Donald Trump won the presidency last November. It’s from her living room floor.

The former college professor from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, said she cried there for days until her 37-year-old son interjected: “Get up and do something. What’s the matter with you?”

That’s when the Chippewa Valley Indivisible group was created. At the first meeting in January, 28 people showed up. At the next, it was 68. It then grew to 124.

Today, membership is nearing 1,900. On Saturday, they’ll be among the millions of people marching in nationwide “No Kings” protests, which organizers expect to far surpass the 5 million demonstrators who turned out for June’s “No Kings” day.

“It just kept popping. It was just shocking to me what was happening,” Greening said of her group that serves Eau Claire and more rural — and redder — areas like Chippewa Falls, Elk Mound, Cleghorn and Jim Falls.