Hands down! Fury in photos: America is rising against Donald Trump's policy | Today news

In the biggest wave of protests since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, tens of thousands of protesters took on the streets in all 50 states on Saturday and expressed anger over what they called an increasingly authoritarian administration. More than 1200 rallies were organized under the banner “Hands Off! From New York to Alaska and from Washington, DC, to Los Angeles, protesters have exposed Trump’s fatty government cuts, hard immigration and against reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights. Against the Trump Administration. marched city streets. Much of the criticism was also aimed at billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s adviser and head of the Department of Government efficiency. Musk’s role in the forefront of deep staff members and the reduction of agencies has sharply rebuked. “They have to keep their hands on our social security,” said protestor Archer Moran in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. “The list of what they need to keep their hands off is too long.” Demonstrators sit on the stairs of the statehouse during a manual protest on April 5, 2025 in Columbia, South Carolina. Sean Rayford / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by Sean Rayford / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP) scenes of the streets in Washington, DC, Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights campaign, condemned the administration’s back of LGBTQ+ protection. “The attacks we see are not just political. They are personal, ‘Robinson told a crowd in the National Mall. “They criminalize our doctors, our teachers, our families and our lives.” An air view of the crowd during a hand-off rally on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids, Mich, presented by indivisible Grand Rapids Arthur H. Trickett-Wile | Mlive.com/The Grand Rapids Press via AP) Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston reflects the sentiments, and expresses their concerns about the future of immigrant families like her own. “I refuse to accept that they can grow up in a world where immigrants like their grandmother and grandfather are automatically suspected of being criminals,” Wu said. Demonstrators participate in a manual protest march at the Statehouse on April 5, 2025 in Columbia, South Carolina. Sean Rayford / Getty Images / AFP (Photo by Sean Rayford / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP) Former Republicans join the resistance that some protesters have identified as former conservatives, now disillusioned by the direction of the Trump administration. “He’s tearing this country apart,” says Roger Broom, 66, a pensioner and former Reagan Republican, at a Columbus, Ohio event. “It’s just an administration of grievances.” Demonstrators in Denver waved signs and read ‘No King for USA’, and in Los Angeles a protester dressed as a character from the story of the handmaid a flag lecture: ‘Get out of my womb.’ Protesters hold hands during a hands-on demonstration, Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Charlotte, NC (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco) ask for resistance and unit representative Jamie Raskin, who led Trump’s second prosecution, addressed the crowd in Washington: ‘No moral person wants an economy that knows the price of everything. Veteran activist Graylan Hagler teamed up the crowd, saying, ‘They woke a sleeping giant, and they had not seen anything yet. We will not sit down, we will not be quiet, and we will not go away. ‘ Crystal Brown, 65, made a board during a manual protest against US President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk in Stamford, Connecticut, USA, April 5, 2025. Reuters/Nathan Layne White House rejected protests, despite the overwhelming turnout, the Trump administration appeared. The White House has released a statement that confirms the position: “President Trump’s position is clear: He will always protect social security, Medicare and Medicaid for qualifying beneficiaries,” while accusing Democrats of offering the benefits to undocumented immigrants. Protesters demonstrate on April 5, 2025 in Los Angeles, California, with a handy protest against the Trump administration. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP Trump, meanwhile, spent the day in Florida and stayed challenging. “My policy will never change,” he said on Friday. (With AP, AFP inputs)