Talbot County Democrats organize “Talbot County Resolves 2026” protest

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Andrea Durán,

Easton, Md. – In Talbot County, residents went back more than 250 years in history for a protest against the Trump Administration on Friday.

“We were inspired by that marker there,” Talbot County Democratic Forum President Jim Brucie said, referring to the Talbot County Resolves plaque outside of the Talbot County Courthouse marking the 1774 protest by residents against the British rule. “We all go by it practically every day and see it and we think about, you know, people here in the county were unhappy and they they spoke out.”

Talbot County democrats hosted the event known as The Talbot County Resolves 2.0, where residents protested against the Trump Administration for the same things they allege 18th-century residents did ahead of the American Revolution: taxation without representation, tariffs and an executive branch they say over-reaches.

Talbot County Resolves plaque

“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you’re on as far as politics is concerned,” Talbot County Democratic Forum Board Member Rick Hughes said in an interview ahead of the protest. “Nobody wants a runaway administration going into the future, because the powers that we are giving the president today are going to be exercised by some other president in the future, and those that are in agreement now are going to be in disagreement later.”

Shari Wilcoxon, Chair of the Talbot County Republican Central Committee, disagrees with the protectors, saying President Trump won both the Electoral College and the popular vote in 2024, carrying all major swing states and improving Republican performance “with several demographic groups.” In a statement, she said:

“The projection, the gaslighting, the deflection, and the hypocrisy in this document is stunning. … Currently Republicans (arguably his voters) job approval for President Trump is generally running around 84%–91%, depending on the poll. Maybe those who authored this screed need to do some introspection. May God bless President Trump and May God Bless America.”

For some, the protest was a way to learn more about local history and exercise a hard-won amendment right by American Revolutionaries, especially ahead of the 250th anniversary of independence.

Local historian and Vice President of the Talbot County Council Pete Lecher said the protest was “infused with an American spirit.”

“It takes us back to rooting what we are doing today in the values that are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, inalienable rights, what we might call today ‘human rights,” he said.

“I think it’s important to remember that we do have the right to protest,” Amy Genevieve Kozak said. She works in public health and said that, while canvassing for a friend running for local office, she wanted to learn more about the area. She said she hoped that, regardless of political party affiliation, people could agree on and celebrate the American right to assemble and protest.

“We as Americans have a lot to celebrate together,” Lecher said. “Understanding that that we are stronger together and that our future as a nation is in unity.”