WEBVTT 00:02.000 --> 00:05.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: But first: how last year's election results shook up one West Virginia 00:05.366 --> 00:10.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% town and how the reverberations continue to sow division. 00:10.000 --> 00:12.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Hari Sreenivasan has more on that. 00:12.000 --> 00:15.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HARI SREENIVASAN: Buckhannon is a town with a population of less than 6,000. 00:15.833 --> 00:19.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It's a deeply conservative place with a long history tied to coal. 00:19.966 --> 00:23.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Its mayor calls it the most Trumpian place in America. 00:23.433 --> 00:28.433 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% But Buckhannon is also where a growing group of women are finding their voice through protest 00:30.333 --> 00:32.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% and where speaking up has angered some people, including the men in their lives. 00:32.533 --> 00:36.566 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Our Elizabeth Flock has published a deep look at these divisions and the women on the front 00:36.566 --> 00:38.066 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% lines. 00:38.066 --> 00:40.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It sounds like a tough climate to protest Trump. 00:40.600 --> 00:42.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: Absolutely. 00:42.166 --> 00:44.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think it's very isolating for a lot of the women in the town. 00:44.300 --> 00:49.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They are just about 70 women in a town of 6,000, and most of the town doesn't agree 00:49.733 --> 00:51.800 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% with them. 00:51.800 --> 00:54.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HARI SREENIVASAN: And so how does the town respond when they see these women picketing 00:54.833 --> 00:57.000 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% policies of the Trump administration? 00:57.000 --> 00:59.066 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: Not well. 00:59.066 --> 01:03.166 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% They have gotten a lot of pushback from the town, from everyone from the local fraternity 01:05.166 --> 01:08.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% brothers at the nearby college, to their husbands, to their neighbors, to people at the high 01:09.200 --> 01:10.833 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% school,. 01:10.833 --> 01:15.300 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Some of their kids have been made fun of for the women protesting. 01:15.300 --> 01:19.133 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Other women go home at night and their husbands get after them for appearing on the front 01:19.133 --> 01:21.566 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% page with a protest sign. 01:21.566 --> 01:26.566 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% So, for them, I think it's a constant struggle to keep protesting, in light of the reaction 01:27.966 --> 01:30.000 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% that they are getting. 01:30.000 --> 01:32.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HARI SREENIVASAN: As you point out, a lot of these women were not engaged in this way 01:32.700 --> 01:33.700 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% before this election. 01:33.700 --> 01:35.800 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: Absolutely not. 01:35.800 --> 01:39.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Most of them told me the only political participation they had up until this point was voting. 01:41.000 --> 01:41.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Most of them had never held a protest sign. 01:41.966 --> 01:43.533 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% This was very new to them. 01:43.533 --> 01:46.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I think what is interesting is, this wasn't an organized thing. 01:46.133 --> 01:50.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% A lot of these women just decided individually that after the election they wanted to do 01:50.633 --> 01:52.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% something, they wanted to go out and protest. 01:52.733 --> 01:55.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They went to the county -- in front of the county Courthouse and held a sign, and they 01:55.966 --> 01:58.066 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% found that there were other women there doing the same thing. 01:58.066 --> 02:02.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HARI SREENIVASAN: And, as you point out, their protests are met with counterprotests. 02:02.066 --> 02:04.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% What is that like? 02:04.100 --> 02:08.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: Well, the most striking example was after the announcement of the proposed 02:10.433 --> 02:12.866 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% travel ban, when the women did a march at the county courthouse, and a number of trucks 02:12.866 --> 02:17.433 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% showed up in counterprotest, mostly men, members of the local fraternity from the nearby college 02:19.333 --> 02:23.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% and other locals, and basically spewed smoke at the women as they were marching. 02:23.200 --> 02:26.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They were enveloped in a huge cloud of black smoke, dropped firecrackers. 02:26.533 --> 02:31.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It was a scary scene in which a lot of the women tried not to run or scream and give 02:32.700 --> 02:34.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the men the reaction that they wanted. 02:34.733 --> 02:37.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HARI SREENIVASAN: What are the actions that these women are taking that they hope have 02:37.433 --> 02:39.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% long-term consequences? 02:39.533 --> 02:43.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: So, obviously showing up in the streets with posters and sort of telling 02:45.900 --> 02:47.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the town of Buckhannon that we are here and not everyone agrees with you. 02:47.433 --> 02:49.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They are lobbying local representatives. 02:49.633 --> 02:54.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% One of the women held a town hall with the Republican -- for the Republican senator, 02:54.433 --> 02:55.966 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% who didn't show up. 02:55.966 --> 02:59.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So, she held this town hall anyway to an empty chair. 02:59.100 --> 03:02.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And a lot of them are traveling to meet with other -- they are part of the Indivisible 03:02.333 --> 03:04.900 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% group. 03:04.900 --> 03:07.000 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% And they're traveling to meet other Indivisible groups, which is a liberal anti-Trump grassroots 03:07.000 --> 03:09.500 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% organization. 03:09.500 --> 03:12.766 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% And so they are sort of connecting the dots with other grassroots progressive organizations 03:12.766 --> 03:15.200 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% that are fighting against Trump's policies around the country. 03:15.200 --> 03:17.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% HARI SREENIVASAN: And speaking of around the country, is this a microcosm of something 03:17.833 --> 03:20.433 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that is happening elsewhere? 03:20.433 --> 03:23.833 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: I do think this -- Buckhannon is -- it's one small town where this is happening, 03:25.900 --> 03:28.433 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% but there are a lot of indications that there are women who are doing this across the country. 03:28.433 --> 03:33.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% You know, 11,000 women are considering running for office for the first time, according to 03:33.233 --> 03:35.766 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% EMILY's List, after Trump's election. 03:35.766 --> 03:40.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Obviously, the women's march was a huge show of interest by women in participating. 03:42.633 --> 03:44.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And the Indivisible groups have been spreading across the country. 03:44.533 --> 03:46.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I think there's 6,000 of them now. 03:46.533 --> 03:51.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And after the story came out, a lot of women from rural areas wrote and said that, this 03:53.333 --> 03:55.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% really resonated with me and this is what is going on in our town as well, in Pennsylvania, 03:55.500 --> 03:59.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% in Ohio, across Appalachia, and basically said we're also protesting. 03:59.800 --> 04:01.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It is really hard for us here. 04:01.833 --> 04:04.500 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It is really isolating, because people don't agree with us, and we're doing it anyway. 04:04.500 --> 04:05.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% HARI SREENIVASAN: Plenty to follow up on. 04:05.900 --> 04:06.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Liz Flock, thanks for joining us. 04:06.900 --> 04:07.033 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% ELIZABETH FLOCK: Thank you.