On Saturday, April 5, protesters took to the streets in all 50 states, calling for an end to President Donald Trump’s “hostile takeover” and what they described as his “authoritarian overreach and billionaire-backed agenda” under the banner of the “Hands Off” movement.

More than 150 progressive groups organized roughly 1,400 demonstrations, including advocacy organizations like MoveOn and Indivisible, as well as groups focused on civil rights, women’s rights, veterans’ support, labor rights, climate justice, and LGBTQ+ advocacy.

“Whether you’re mobilized by attacks on democracy, job cuts, privacy violations, or threats to public services—this moment is for you,” read materials from the Hands Off campaign. “We’re building a massive, visible, national rejection of this crisis.”

The protests followed Trump’s ongoing cuts to the federal workforce and his recent tariff announcement, which sparked backlash and sent stock markets tumbling. A Reuters poll showed Trump’s approval rating had dropped to 43%, his lowest since taking office.

Hands Off’s demands included ending what they called the “billionaire takeover and rampant corruption” of the Trump administration, stopping cuts to Medicaid, Social Security, and other essential programs, and halting attacks on immigrants, transgender people, and marginalized communities. The movement also targeted Elon Musk’s “illegal power grab,” accusing Trump, Musk, and congressional Republicans of gutting public services, raising costs, and pushing to slash Medicaid and Social Security.

In New York, thousands marched from Bryant Park to Madison Square Park. In Washington, D.C., tens of thousands gathered at the National Mall, while large crowds demonstrated near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Hollywood, Florida. One protest took place outside a Tesla dealership in Fort Lauderdale. Solidarity rallies also occurred in European cities like Paris and London.

At the largest protest in D.C., Democratic lawmakers addressed the crowd, including Maryland’s Jamie Raskin, who criticized Trump’s policies as “the politics of Mussolini and the economics of Herbert Hoover.” Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Maxwell Frost of Florida urged attendees to stay engaged, donate to mutual-aid funds, pressure elected officials, and keep fighting for their demands.

Chants of “Hey ho, Trump’s gotta go” and “Power to the people” echoed through the crowds, while signs carried messages like “Hands Off Education,” “Fuck Musk,” and “Resist, Resist.”

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