


The ‘resistance’ to Trump has yet to form in any large capacity. And D.C., home of some of the most privileged and liberal government drones in the country would have to be where it forms.
For the moment though it’s an Airbnb resistance to anyone trying to get a place to stay in January.
When Donald Trump became president-elect yet again, D.C. resident Stacy Kane felt she needed to do something. She’d long bristled at his statements about women and immigrants, his policy priorities and his threats to overhaul her city.
So, as his Jan. 20 inauguration creeps closer, she decided to reach out to fellow Airbnb hosts with a request: Consider taking your rentals off the market that weekend, or increase your prices and donate the profits to liberal causes.
The goal, according to an email Kane and two friends are circulating among community groups and city council members, is “to show Trump supporters who are coming into the DMV that we do not welcome hate, misogyny, or intentions to take over DC.”
So far, Kane said, only four people have signed up, and only two provided their email addresses — though the organizers are hopeful more will join as time passes.
Two actual signatories. Impressive effort.
How can Stacy and her fellow Airbnb resistance members tell apart those people coming to be there to cheer on Trump from anti-Trump activists, reporters, and assorted people just taking in the scene?
Are they going to have a secret handshake or will it be as simple as ‘pronouns in bio’?