They wore costumes depicting penguins and frogs…massive demonstrations against Trump
A large number of demonstrators on Saturday expressed their anger against the US President throughout the United States, from New York to San Francisco, during a massive day of mobilization that the right criticized and described as a movement "Hatred against America"
Organizers expected millions of Americans to take to the streets in protest "tyranny" .
Resisting the fall of democracy
Hannah Foster (41 years old), an employee at a jewelry company who participated in a procession that included thousands of people that started at noon in New York from the famous Times Square, confirmed to Agence France-Presse: "It is necessary for everyone to take action and do their best to resist the fall of democracy as we know it"
Retiree Colleen Hoffman said: "I fear that the United States, as it is now in some respects, will become a very cruel, dishonest, and authoritarian regime, where people’s dignity and rights are no longer respected."on "Leaving"
As for Florida, demonstrators raised banners depicting the president in the form of Stalin and the Queen of England near his residence in Mar-a-Lago, where he spends the weekend.
Hatred against America
It was Trump who threatened last June to respond to the demonstrators. "Very powerfully". Officials in his party denounced the demonstrations, going so far as to compare the demonstrators to terrorists.
House Republican Leader Mike Johnson described the planned marches as… "Mobilizing hatred against America"saying: "I bet you’ll see Antifa supporters in it" The political movement that the American President recently classified as "Terrorist organization"
Strange costumes
In condemnation of this speech, many demonstrators on Saturday wore strange costumes embodying penguins, frogs and even hippopotamuses, while others proudly waved the American flag.
In mid-June, the first day of mobilization brought together millions of people of all ages, in the largest protest since the Republican president’s return to the White House.
/>On that day, Trump celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday with a huge military parade through the streets of the American capital.
Deployment of military forces
Ashley (37 years old), a demonstrator in the Forest Hills neighborhood in New York, told Agence France-Presse. "It completely violates the law and the Constitution"
This day of demonstrations is being held amid the paralysis of federal agencies, and while Trump is deploying military forces in Democratic strongholds, which he says are aimed at combating illegal immigration and crime.
Rallies are also scheduled to be held on Saturday in cities where Trump has deployed the National Guard, such as Chicago and Los Angeles, where organizers plan to display a giant ball featuring the president. The American is in the shape of a child.
Senate Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on the website "X" Saturday morning: "Don’t let Donald Trump and the Republicans intimidate you into silence"
The Democratic candidate for the 2024 presidential elections, Kamala Harris, and Hollywood star Robert De Niro also participated in the call to protest.
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