Thousands of demonstrators across the country have arrived on the street again on Saturday to come together against President Trump and his policies, a sign of resistance sustained in his management just two weeks after the cities and cities of the country saw mass demonstrations.
Participation rates in certain places such as Washington and Chicago seemed to be smaller than the demonstrations on April 5. Several thousand people marched in the national capital on Saturday, against tens of thousands earlier this month. However, more than 700 events were planned in Jacksonville, Florida, Los Angeles for Saturday, according to one of the organizers, the 50501 group and in New York, the walkers of Midtown Manhattan filled 15 blocks on Madison Avenue.
Participants raged against the president, who, according to them, trample civil liberties and the rule of law, and the overcoming of immigration, federal job cuts, the economy and other areas.
In front of the White House, demonstrators have repeatedly shouted a single word.
“Shame!”
Thousands of others paraded from the Washington monument. Many demonstrators have reprimanded the administration so as not to have brought Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the man from Maryland who, according to the courts, was wrongly expelled from El Salvador, in the United States. Standing American flags upside down, they walked along the avenue Constitution in eight lane, chanting “bring Kilmar closer to the house”. Trump officials argued that Mr. Abrego Garcia was a member of the Salvadoral Gang MS-13; He denies the complaint.
Julia Fine, a resident of Maryland who held a sign during the demonstration of the White House who said “Garcia Libre,” said Salvador prison where Mr. Abrego Garcia recalled “concentration camps”.
“This is where we are heading with it,” she said.
The concerns about the government’s treatment of Mr. Abrego Garcia’s affair resulted in New York demonstrations in Cincinnati in Chicago.
During the demonstration in Manhattan, hundreds of signs stole in the air, including the one who said: “regular procedure”.
“It’s an injustice,” said Barry Knittle, 64, director of an engineering company who lives in Mount Kisco, NY “and I fear that it is just the start.”
The crowd sang: “The united people will never be defeated.” Double floor double -stage tour bus passing through horn in support, attracting large cheers.
Although many events on Saturday have been traditional events, many were also intended to unite local communities through activities such as food training. Mass demonstrations during the first term of President Trump, such as women’s march in 2017, often focused on a single subject, but demonstrators expressed a wide range of questions on Saturday: federal job cuts, 401 (K), the rights of veterans, social security, Ukraine war, transgender and homosexual rights, and disinformation on self-security and vaccines.
“Everything here is a big problem,” said Fio Holloman, 22, who attended a rally at the Daley Plaza in Chicago.
Hundreds of demonstrators joined Fort Worth, at some point, closing traffic on at least four blocks. Jeannie Walker, 54, could not land on a single problem when asked what led him to the protest on Saturday.
“All this,” she said.
Aaron Burk, who attended the Washington rally and whose girlfriend took a federal acquisition from the Ministry of Energy, said that he feared that the administration would keep deporting undocumented immigrants without regular procedure and would imprison and expel American citizens.
“Where does it stop?” He said. Burk added that his daughter is transgender and that he was most concerned about the dehumanization of minorities.
Hundreds have descended into the streets of Jacksonville, Florida, to protest against a certain number of causes, including the president’s attacks against the LBGTQ community and the government’s desire to modify the endangered species law.
“We lose our country,” said a demonstrator, Sara Harvey, 65. In recent months, she said she had protested the federal job cuts by Elon Musk and joined national demonstrations on April 5.
“I am worried about my grandchildren,” she said. “I do it for them.”
In Cincinnati, thousands of people walked peacefully in the city center. AFTAB Pureval, the mayor, led the crowd to a song of “voting them” and denounced the Trump administration to cut federal workers, impose prices and misunderstand the economy, claiming that everything that workers’ families need will become more expensive.
For some who attended, like Andrea Mallory, 35, a social worker, the event is similar to a group therapy session.
“It’s good for us emotionally,” she said.
A celebration in Concord, Mass., To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American revolution was not part of the organized demonstrations network, but some people have taken the opportunity to make parallels between and now.
Conan Walter, 65, was held on the old north bridge, holding a large scratched poster with the words “stop fascism now”.
“This celebration is to get out of the authoritarian domination of the King of England,” said Walter. “This rule is trying to make a return today, and it is important that people are preparing for this and take up the challenge.”
However, not everyone was there to protest on Saturday. Deborah Bucknam, 78, passionate about Trump and lawyer from northern Vermont, said she felt excluded from political conversation on Saturday morning. Ms. Bucknam came to Concord to honor American history, and she said that political differences should not overshadow the milestone.
But she recognized that the demonstrators were allowed to express their dissent.
“The demonstrations are part of the American experience,” she said. “We have the right to protest, but everyone has the right to protest.”
Robert Chiarito contributed Chicago’s reports; Lila Hempel-Edge de Concord, Mass.; Mary Beth Gahan by Fort Worth; Nichole manna from Jacksonville, Florida; Nate Schweber from New York; and Kevin Williams of Cincinnati.
