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WASHINGTON – As reported in AP, USA Today, CNN, and hundreds of local news outlets across the country, millions of Americans took part in more than 1,300 “Hands Off!” events nationwide–one of the single largest days of protest in history. The demonstrations, held across all 50 states and even internationally, were part of a large-scale mobilization aimed at pushing back against policies from the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk that threaten the key economic and social programs working people rely on.
While DC, New York, Boston, Chicago and other major cities brought out hundreds of thousands of people, the peaceful protests also inspired new, first-time protesters in rural and suburban areas. From Newsweek: “A handful of Trump-supporting cities held ‘Hands Off!’ protests on Saturday, including Rome, Georgia, where 70 percent of county voters backed Trump’s 2024 presidential bid, Midland, Michigan, where 56 percent supported him at the polls last November, and Little Rock, Arkansas, located in a county where 70 percent voted for Trump.”
See additional coverage below from the global “Hands Off!” day of action:
- AL.com: Alabamians join nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protests against Donald Trump, Elon Musk
- @RalstonReports: Reliably red Carson City, our small-town capital.
- The Courier Journal: ‘We’re in trouble as a society’: Why Louisvillians joined national anti-Trump protests
- Tallahassee Democrat: ‘Hands Off’ Tallahassee: Largest crowd in recent memory joins in national protest
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: Protesters across Oregon stand against public services cuts under Trump and Musk
- Fox 13 Salt Lake City: Utahns join nationwide ‘Hands Off’ protest movement en masse
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Thousands turn out in Atlanta to protest Trump’s tariffs, government purge
- Beaumont Enterprise: Beaumont protesters join Hands Off rally against Trump, DOGE
- Ventura County Star: Thousand Oaks, Ventura ‘Hands Off!’ protests bring out thousands
- Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘No kings in the Queen City!’ Over 2,000 anti-Trump protesters gather in Washington Park
- WMUR9: Thousands in New Hampshire participate in nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protest
- Kansas City Star: Hundreds crowd KC’s Plaza for ‘Hands Off!’ protest against Trump, Elon Musk
- Citizen Times: Photos: Asheville’s ‘Hands Off!’ protest the largest downtown since start of Trump’s 2nd term
- Minnesota Star Tribune: Thousands of Minnesotans rally against Trump in nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ protest
- Bangor Daily News: Thousands of Mainers protest Trump in statewide ‘Hands Off!’ rally
The rallies continued around the world, with protests in Berlin, Paris, London, and more.
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