“…The 2019 Women’s March doesn’t kick off until Saturday, but what was once the left’s favorite anti-Trump fest is already stumbling.
The Democratic National Committee delivered a devastating blow Tuesday by dropping its affiliation with the third annual Women’s March on Washington, D.C., joining a growing list of liberal groups that have severed ties with the organization amid allegations of anti-Semitism, which the leaders deny.
The fall has been dramatic. In 2017, more than 560 progressive advocacy groups were listed on the Women’s March website as partners. As of Tuesday, there were fewer than 200.
The DNC released a statement saying that it “stands in solidarity with all those fighting for women’s rights,” but offered no explanation for the decision. Nor did Sens. Kamala Harris of California and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who are not planning to attend this year’s march, according to BuzzFeed.
Mercy Morganfield, who headed the Women’s March D.C. organization for two years before leaving in December in part over conflicts with the national leadership, had a theory for the departures: self-preservation.
“I’m glad to see that they’re saying, ‘This is not something we want to associate with,’ not necessarily because they have some sort of moral ground, although I’m hoping they do,” said Ms. Morganfield, whose chapter folded when she left. “I think people are starting to jump ship because they want to protect themselves.”…”