DemstraTors from New York to Atlanta to San Francisco Have Taken to the Streets Monday in the Largest Mass-Protests since the Beginning of the Second Trump Administration.
The President 'Day Protests-Branded, Cheekily, AS “No Kings Day”-Are Evidence of a Growing Public Backlash Against The Authoritarian Executive Orders Issued by Donald Trump, as Well As the Havoc Elon Musk and his Tech-Bro MiniSehing in Federal Agencies, Through the so-toald Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge.
The Demonstractions Were Organized by A Loose-Knit Coalition Calling Itself 50501-Short for “50 Protests. 50 States. 1 Movement. ” The Group's Website Calls On the Public To Counter the “Anti-Democratic and Illegal Actions” of the Trump Administration “And Its Plutocratic Allies.”
The Billionaire Mega-Fondo Musk, even more Than Trump Himself, was the Primary Target of Demstraters' Ire. On Monday Afternoon, Social Media Sites Were Flooded with Images and Videos of the Farn Flung Protests, with many Chanting, “Hey, Hey. I have, I have. Elon Musk Has Got to Go! ”
In Washington, DC, Thousands of Demstrators, Some Hoisting Large American Flags, Gathered Around The Reflecting Pool in Fron to the Lincoln Memorial. They raised their voices against the overdreach of doge, which musk has wieded with power typically reservo for the legislative branch, including blocking outging fedementi payments and deeds to shutter Entire Federal agencies-as the republic-condemn Od by. “Hey Congress,” The Protesters Chanted: “Grow a thorns!”
While the DC Protest Appeted to Be The Largest, Another Huge Crowd Gathered in New York City's Union Square, Denouncing a “Fascist Coup.” Thousands More Braved Frigid Temperature to Protest in The Snowy Streets of Boston. In San Francisco, Outside City Hall, A Crush of Protesters Gathered Toting Signs With Slogans Like, “No One Elected Elon,” and “Democracy Not Dogebags” as they Chanled “The People United, Will Never Be Defeate.”
The First Trump Administration was met with Vigorous Street Protests, From The Women's March, The Day After Trump's 2017 Inauguration, to the George Floyd Protests That Roined Cities Nationwide in The Spring and Summer of 2020.
While Citizen Activists Have Been Overwhelming the Phones of Their Representatives in Congress in Recent Weeks, Street Protests Had Been Relatively Muthed Under Trump 2.0, Execite Executive Orders Seking to Write Millions of Trans Americans Out of Exist, and Another Attach Hts of Children Born to Undocumened Immigrants.
The Lack of Street Protests Has Been Attribed To a Gutting Sense of Resignation that Trump Managed to Win Re-Election Despite His Felony Convizi, as Well As to A Real Sense of Fear That Protesters Cound Be Targeted for Retribution. But the growing protests Monday Are a Sign That Manys American Believe There's Little Safety in Staying Quiet – and that it May Be Time to do as Demstraters in Atlanta Chanted: “Stand up. Fight Back. “
