The “Hands Off!” rallies are taking place in more than 1,000
cities across all 50 states, and nearly 400,000 people have signed up to attend
the protests, according to the progressive organization Indivisible, which is
one of the almost 200 groups partnering to organize the event.
Protesters are demanding an end to billionaire influence and
“rampant corruption” in the administration, a stop to Social Security and
Medicare cuts, and an end to attacks on trans people, immigrants and other marginalized
communities.
Early Saturday morning, on Capitol Hill, the Senate voted to adopt
a budget resolution that will kickstart the implementation of Trump’s
domestic agenda. The measure passed with a 51-48 vote after the upper chamber
worked through the night.
The deal, which still needs to pass the House, has
drawn the ire of some House Republicans, with one lawmaker even
calling the resolution “unserious and disappointing.”
This all comes as the economy reels from Trump’s sweeping
tariffs on US trading partners after brutal few days for the stock market.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris praised the “Hands Off!”
rallies occurring across the country on Saturday.
“Today in every state across our nation, Americans are
standing up to the administration as they implement Project 2025 at full
speed,” she wrote on the social platform X, referencing the Heritage
Foundation’s political playbook.
“The voices of working people will always be louder than the
unelected billionaires” she added, thanking demonstrators for speaking out
against the Trump administration and its agenda.
Rep. Melanie Stansbury thanked demonstrators across the US
for protesting against the Trump administration on Saturday.
“Across the country and back at home, people are coming out
to rally and tell Donald Trump and Elon Musk to hand off our healthcare, our
veterans, and our democracy,” she wrote on the social platform X
“Thankful to everyone organizing, standing up, and speaking
out,” she added.
Rep. Al Green promised to bring forth articles of
impeachment against President Trump within the next 30 days on Saturday.
“You don’t deserve the office you hold,” he said at a
Washington rally. “You can’t be entrusted with liberty and justice for all. You
can’t be entrusted with the government of the people by the people for the
people.”
“I’m coming for you,” the Texas Democrat added, donning a
shirt reading “censured not silenced.”
Green made headlines earlier this year after he was censured
for his protest during Trump’s joint address to Congress in March.
In February, Green signaled he would introduce
impeachment efforts over the president’s comments about Gaza.
Rep. Don Beyer railed against President Trump, stating his
recent tariffs are “destroying our economy.”
“Donald Trump says he wants to ‘Make America Great Again,’”
he said to a crowd in Washington on Saturday. “But he is going to make America
the 1930s again.”
“Herbet
Hoover gave us the stock market crash of 1929,” Beyer added. “Donald Trump gave
us the stock market crash of 2025.”
The Virginia Democrat went on to encourage listeners to take
charge against the administration.
“We will be fearless, relentless, angry, smart, and we will
be tireless,” he said.
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