NEW YORK – Opponents of President Donald Trump’s administration visited the streets of communities large and small across the United States on Saturday, denounced what is considered a threat to the country’s democratic ideals.
Different events ranged from midtown Manhattan in March to the White House rally before the Massachusetts Memorial demonstrations. The beginning of the American Revolutionary War 250 years ago. In San Francisco, protesters formed a human flag reading “Bullet-Each & Removal” on the sandy beaches of Ocean Beach overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Thomas Basford is The Battle of Lexington and Concord Except for Boston. “This shot was heard on April 19, 1775, “Around the World” and marked the beginning of a national war for independence from Britain.
The 80-year-old retired Mason from Maine said he believes Americans today are under attack by their government and need to stand up to it.
“This is a very dangerous time in America for freedom,” Basford attended the event with his partner, daughter and two grandchildren. “I wanted to learn from the boys about the origins of this country, but sometimes I have to fight for freedom.”
Elsewhere, protests were planned outside Tesla’s car dealerships against billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk, and his role in reducing the federal government. Others have held more community service events, including food drives, teaching ins and volunteering at local shelters.
The protest will come in two weeks like this National protest Thousands of people have been drawn to the streets across the country against the Trump administration.
Organizers say they are protesting what they call Trump’s civil rights violations and constitutional violations. Immigration abroad score And reduce the federal government Thousands of government workers fired and Effectively shutter the entire agency.
Some events were portrayed in the spirit of American revolutionary wars, sought “kings” and resistance to tyranny.
George Bryant, a Boston resident who was protesting in Concord, Massachusetts, said Trump created a “police state” in the United States, and “The Trump fascist administration must go now!”
“He’s against the court. He’s tempting students. He’s balancing with checks,” Bryant said. “This is fascism.”
In Washington, Bob Fassick said he came to White House rally due to concerns over constitutionally protected due-process rights, as well as threats to Social Security and other federal safety programs.
In particular, the Trump administration has moved. Shutter Social Security Management Field Office, Cut funding for government health programs and Reduce protection for trans people.
“If I don’t do anything, if no one does anything to change this, then the world we collectively leave behind for our little ones doesn’t know that our neighbors aren’t what I want to live in,” said the 76-year-old retired federal employee from Springfield, Virginia.
Hundreds of people protested at the state Capitol in Columbia, South Carolina. They had signs in relation to the Social Security Agency saying, “Fight hard, Harvard, fight, fight” and “Save SSA.”
And in Manhattan, protesters opposed the continued deportation of immigrants.
“There is no fear, no hatred, no ice in our state,” they chanted a steady beat of the drums, referring to US immigration and customs enforcement.
One of the protesters, Marshall Green said that Trump had taken the wartime alien enemy law of 1798, and that the country had War with the Venezuelan gang Links to national governments in South America.
“Parliament step up and say no. We’re not at war. You can’t use it,” said the 61-year-old from Morristown, New Jersey. “You cannot deport people without legitimate procedures, and everyone in this country has the right to a legitimate process no matter what.”
Meanwhile, Connecticut’s Melinda Charles said she was worried about Trump’s “excessive execution,” citing a clash with federal court. Harvard University Other elite colleges.
“We have three equal branches of the government and are supposed to make the administrative department very strong,” she said. “I mean, it’s incredible.”
