The demonstrators challenged President Donald Trump and his policies of cold temperatures in parts of the United States on Monday, and they screaming, “No kings on presidents day!” In the cities of the East Coast and an attempt to enter the state of Arizona to oppose a draft law that would enhance the application of Federal Federal Immigration.
In Florida and California, the local media reported hundreds of protesters who are protesting “and not the day of the presidents.” The topic of “No Kings” was organized through the 50501 movement, and the second group of protests that intersect the nation was distinguished in less than two weeks. A similar event at the level of February 5th of the participants in dozens of cities sparked. Both groups of Trump gatherings and billionaire advisor Elon Musk, leader of the new government competence of Trump, a government organization aimed at reducing federal spending.
Cathy Wolf, a 71 -year -old Flint citizen, gathered with hundreds of people on the steps of Capitol in Michigan, on Monday, February 17, 2025, on the Presidents Day in Lansing, Michigan.
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Nearly 1,000 people went in snow from the country in Boston to the city hall, chanting “Elon Musk has gone” and other slogans. The temperature was less than freezing, with cold wind chills.
The demonstrators in Boston, who wear clothes similar to the revolutionary war, cancels that say things like “this is a coup” and “shepherds of Trump, the patriots.” One banner was filming uncle Sam saying, “I want you to resist.”
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“I thought it was important to be here on the president’s day to show what America represents,” said Emily Manning, 55, a Boston engineer who came to a rally with her teenage sons. “American values are not the values of Bluetocracy or a few of the low wealthy people.”
Protest organizers on Monday, which focuses on state capitals and major cities, including Washington, DC,; Orlando, Florida; Seattle said they were targeting “anti -democratic and illegal measures for the Trump administration and its Bluetocrats.”
One of the signs in the gathering that attracted hundreds in the country’s capital said, “The deportation of musk Dithron Trump.”
Several demonstrations were identified for cities where temperatures were much lower than freezing, as a polar spiral across the country worked.
One of the demonstrators maintains a signal, as more than 700 people gathered the steps of Capitol in Michigan to protest against President Donald Trump’s second administration, on Monday, February 17, 2025, on the Presidents of Lersing.
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The gatherings followed a series of Trump’s executive orders and came just days after workers’ demobilization throughout the federal agencies as part of an attempt to reduce the government workforce.
In Phoenix, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the Capitol bearing signs of reading “no kings” and “fascism resistance”. Security prevented demonstrators from entering the building after a few who tried to enter inside. The demonstrators were seeking to reach the Senate Committee hearing on legislation that required law enforcement staff all over the state to support the federal immigration policy.
The December Archer protest regulator said its goal was to maintain the civil event. It soon came between a person trying to enter the state and the security guard who pushed the protester back at the entrance.
“We are trying to make sure that everything remains civil and remains respected because we are again, we are here to make a statement that is not the statement,” said Archer.
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The Associated Press Scott Power in Madison, Yistonsen, Weskal Gofindaro in Phoenix, contributed to this report.
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