04/05/2025April 5, 2025
Protestors gather across US to rally against Trump and Musk
Opponents of President and billionaire gathered to rally across the US on Saturday to protest the administration’s actions.
More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists.
The protest sites included the National Mall in Washington, D.C., state capitols and other locations in all 50 states including Boston, Chicago and New York.
Protesters assailed the Trump administration’s moves to fire thousands of federal workers, close Social Security Administration field offices, effectively shutter entire agencies, deport immigrants, scale back protections for transgender people and cut federal funding for health programs.
Musk, a Trump adviser who owns Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X, has played a key role in government downsizing as the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
In Massachusetts, thousands of people gathered on Boston Common holding signs including “Hands off our democracy,” “Hands off our Social Security” and “Diversity equity inclusion makes America strong. Hands off!”
In Ohio, hundreds rallied in rainy conditions at the Statehouse in Columbus while thousands of people marched in New York City’s midtown Manhattan.
Hundreds of people also demonstrated in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a few miles from Trump’s golf course in Jupiter, where the president spent the morning at the club’s Senior Club Championship.
Activists have staged nationwide demonstrations against Trump or Musk multiple times since Trump returned to office but the opposition movement has yet to produce a mass mobilization.
Asked about the protests, the White House said in a statement that “President Trump’s position is clear: he will always protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries.”
“Meanwhile, the Democrats’ stance is giving Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare benefits to illegal aliens, which will bankrupt these programs and crush American seniors,” the statement added, while failing to give any evidence for those claims.
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