“Don’t Want This America”: Angry Protesters From New York to Alaska Attack Trump, Musk “In Hands!” Rally | World News
Angry at the way that President Donald Trump is rapidly changing and running the country after he took office earlier this year, hordes of people heading to work Saturday, parade and gathering in many American cities.
The latest incitement is part of the biggest demonstrations of the opposition movement, trying to regain momentum after being shocked in the first week of the Republican Party’s inauguration.
The so-called hand! 150 organizations, including civil rights groups, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and election activists, organized demonstrations in more than 1,200 states in all 50 states. The rally appeared peaceful and there was no immediate arrest.
Thousands of protesters in U.S. cities including Midtown Manhattan, Anchorage, Alaska and multiple state legislators have attacked U.S. president and billionaire Elon Musk’s actions toward government layoffs, economics, immigration and human rights.
On the West Coast, in the shadow of Seattle’s iconic space needle, protesters hold signs with “Fighting Oligarchs.” Protesters chanted on the streets of Portland, Oregon, and Los Angeles, where they marched from Pershing Square to Town Hall.
Demonstrators have pissed off anger at the government’s actions, confining the on-site offices of the Social Security Agency, effectively shutting down entire institutions, deporting immigrants, reducing protections for trans people, and cutting funds for health programs.
Musk, a Trump adviser who runs Tesla, SpaceX and social media platform X, played a key role in layoffs as head of the newly formed government efficiency division. He said he is saving taxpayers billions of dollars.
The White House said in questioning the protests that President Trump’s position is clear: He will always protect eligible beneficiaries of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Meanwhile, the Democratic stance is providing social security, Medicaid and Medicare benefits to illegal foreigners, which will bankrupt these programs and crush older people in the United States. ”
Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign Advocacy Group, criticized the administration’s treatment of the LGBTQ+ community at a rally in Washington, D.C., where Congressional Democratic lawmakers took the stage.
“The attacks we see are not just politics. They are all personal,” Robinson said. “They are trying to ban our books, they are cutting HIV prevention funds and criminalizing our doctors, our teachers, our families and our lives.” Robinson added, “We don’t want this America,” “We want the America we deserve, dignity, security and freedom that we deserve, does not belong to some of us, but to all of us.”
In Boston, demonstrators waving signs such as “eliminating our democracy” and “eliminating our social security.” Mayor Michelle Wu said she does not want her children and others to live in a world of threats and intimidation, and that government tactics and values such as diversity and equality are under attack. “I refuse to accept that they can grow up in a world where immigrants like Grandma and Grandpa are automatically considered criminals,” Wu said.
(with PTI input)
