(AP) – President’s opponents Donald Trump And billionaire Elon Musk It gathered throughout the United States on Saturday to protest Administration actions To reduce the size of the government, the economy, human rights and other issues.
More than 1,200 “hands!” The demonstrations have been planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, trade unions, LBGTQ+ Advocates, Veterans and Eletcts. The protest sites included the National Commercial Center in Washington, DC, Capitols, the country and other locations in all fifty states.
The demonstrators attacked the Trump administration’s movements toHe shot thousands of federal workersandClose the field offices for social security managementandEffective closure of entire agenciesandDeportation of immigrantsandExpand the scope of protection from transgenderandFederal financing pieces for health programs.
Musk, Trump’s Tesla and Spacex and X social media consultant, played a major role in reducing the size of the government as head of the newly created government efficiency. He says it provides taxpayers for billions of dollars.
Kelly Robinson, head of the Dawa Human Rights Group, spoke in Washington’s protest, and criticized the Trump administration’s treatment of the LBGTQ+community.
She said, “The attacks we see, they are not only political. They are all personality.” “They are trying to ban our books, and they reduce the financing of HIV, and they criminalize our doctors, our teachers, our families and our lives. This is America Donald Trump and I do not want it.
Thousands of people walked in the center of Manhattan in New York City. In Massachusetts, thousands gathered on the signs of a joint contract in Boston, including “Hands off our democracy”, “Our Hands from Our Social Guarantee” and “Inclusion of Pro -property Rights makes America strong.
In Ohio, hundreds of rain gathered in Columbus.
Roger Brom, 66, who is retired from Dilayer Province, Ohio, in the Columbus Rally, said he was Republican Reagan but was suspended by Trump.
Boom said: “He is tearing this country.” “It is just an administration of grievances.”
Hundreds of people demonstrated in the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a few miles away from the Trump Golf Stadium in Jupiter, where he spent the morning in the club’s championship. People lined up on both sides of PGA Drive, and encouraged cars to provide slogans against Trump.
“They need to keep their hands away from our social guarantee,” said Artcher Moran of Port Saint Lucy, Florida.
“The list of what they need to keep their hands is very long,” Moran said. “It is amazing when these protests have occurred since he took office.”
The president plans to go to golf again on Sunday, according to the White House.
When asked about the protests, the White House said in a statement that “President Trump’s position is clear: It will always protect social security, medical care and medical aid to eligible beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the position of Democrats gives social security and the advantages of medical care for illegal foreigners, which will be rid of these programs and crush the Americans.”
Activists have organizedDemonstrations worldwideAgainst Trump or Musk several times since thenTrump has returned to his position.But the opposition movement has not yet produced collective mobilizationWomen’s march in 2017Which brought thousands of women to Washington, DC, after Trump’s first inauguration, or the issue of black lifeThe demonstrations that broke out in multiple citiesAfter the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
In Charlotte, North Carolina, the demonstrators said they support a variety of reasons, from social security and education to the reproductive rights of migration and immigration.
“Regardless of your party, regardless of what you voted in favor of it, what is happening today is what is happening today,” said Brett Castillo, 35, from Charlotte. “It is disgusting, just as our current system may be, the way the current administration revolves around an attempt to fix things – it’s not a way to do this. They do not listen to people.”
She said: “All they do is to ensure that they have the umbrella for them and their wealthy friends, and every other person lives here – which makes the gears turn into this country – tight at the end of the day.”
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In this report, the Associated Press Julie Car Smith in Columbus, Ohio, Fatima Hussein in West Palm Beach, Florida, and video journalist Guiro Gonzales in Charlotte, North Carolina.