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As families gathered for Easter ovum hunts Saturday, thousands of protesters took to the streets successful what organizers called "A National Day of Action."
From Anchorage to Atlanta, demonstrators rallied successful each 50 states and U.S. territories, targeting President Donald Trump's policies.
The protests by the "50501" question — 50 states, 1 superior — were loud, sprawling and cautiously choreographed, implicit with Google Maps for section events and printable posters.
More than 700 events were held nationwide, 1 of the largest single-day protestation efforts since President Trump returned to bureau successful January, The Washington Post reported.
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In Washington, D.C., demonstrators marched and gathered conscionable steps from the White House, waving handmade signs and chanting slogans nether the watchful eyes of the Secret Service.
Some held placards that said "Hands Off Our Rights" and "Stop the Power Grab," echoing concerns implicit the administration’s caller usage of enforcement orders and agency-level cuts.
Protesters rally against President Trump's policies successful beforehand of the White House Saturday successful Washington, D.C. (Thomas Müller/picture confederation via Getty Images)
One radical adjacent distributed pocket-size copies of the Constitution, urging passersby to "read what we’re warring for." Many participants pledged to support returning "as agelong arsenic it takes."
The protests were timed not conscionable for impact, but for symbolism due to the fact that April 19 besides marked the 250th day of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the dawn of the American Revolution.
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Protesters successful Massachusetts didn’t miss the parallel.
"This is simply a precise perilous clip successful America for liberty," 80-year-old Thomas Bassford, who attended a reenactment with his grandsons, told The Associated Press. "I wanted the boys to larn astir the origins of this state and that sometimes we person to combat for freedom."
The goal? Push backmost connected what organizers accidental are sweeping civilian rights rollbacks, increasing enforcement powerfulness and wide deportations, similar the arguable removal of alleged MS-13 subordinate and quality trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
People protestation successful beforehand of the White House Saturday successful Washington, D.C. (Thomas Müller/picture confederation via Getty Images)
One recurring protestation taxable was "Hands Off!," referencing an earlier nationwide enactment April 5 and emphasizing absorption to the Trump administration.
Protesters accidental they’re responding to Trump’s expanded usage of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, bureau fund cuts and attempts to curb protections for groups similar immigrants and transgender people.
The question has decentralized enactment and has intentionally focused connected the agelong term.
"We’re not present for conscionable 1 march," an organizer told The Washington Post. "This is astir gathering assemblage infrastructure to withstand what’s happening successful Washington."
Elon Musk didn’t flight criticism, either. Demonstrators organized a "Tesla Takedown," rallying extracurricular Tesla showrooms to protestation Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) making national cuts and his power arsenic a Trump advisor.
In New York, marchers snaked their mode past Trump Tower Saturday.
Protesters show Trump medication policies successful beforehand of the White House successful Washington, D.C., Saturday. (Thomas Müller/picture confederation via Getty Images)
Back successful D.C., retired authorities idiosyncratic Bob Fasick joined a assemblage adjacent the White House, acrophobic astir cuts to Social Security and authorities wellness programs.
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"I cannot beryllium still," helium told the AP. "We are leaving a satellite to our children that I don’t privation to unrecorded in."
As of Saturday evening, the White House had not issued a ceremonial effect to the protests and did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Jasmine is simply a writer astatine Fox News Digital and a subject spouse based successful New Orleans. Stories tin beryllium sent to [email protected]
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