{"id":2420329,"date":"2025-04-05T16:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-protest-across-the-us-against-trump-and-musk-at-hands-off-rallies-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:33:50","slug":"thousands-protest-across-the-us-against-trump-and-musk-at-hands-off-rallies-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-protest-across-the-us-against-trump-and-musk-at-hands-off-rallies-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands protest across the US against Trump and Musk at \u2018Hands Off\u2019 rallies &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthousands-protest-across-the-us-against-trump-and-musk-at-hands-off-rallies-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2420329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On April 5, 2025, thousands of protesters gathered across the United States for the &#8220;Hands Off&#8221; rallies, opposing the Trump management adn elon musk. The events were organized to have over 1,400 protests in all 50 states, with approximately 600,000 participants expected.Protesters expressed their discontent through signs and speeches, highlighting issues such as attacks on democracy, job cuts, privacy invasions, and public service degradation. major cities like Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. saw significant turnout, with prominent figures, including politicians, addressing the crowds. Leaders at these rallies emphasized a collective desire to challenge perceived corruption and authoritarianism, rallying support from citizens and calling for a return to democratic values. Protests also occurred in European cities, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">connecting international sentiment<\/a> against the administrations of Trump and Musk.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Thousands protest across the US against Trump and Musk at &lsquo;Hands Off&rsquo; rallies<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2083697\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday to protest the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> in &ldquo;Hands Off&rdquo; rallies across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers aimed at holding over 1,400 protests across all 50 states with nearly 600,000 people signed up to attend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3371441\/trump-administration-order-return-man-mistakenly-deported-to-el-salvador\/\">Trump administration argues judge can&rsquo;t order return of man mistakenly deported to El Salvador<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3371432\/al-sharpton-pepsico-dei-initiatives-threatens-boycott\/\">Al Sharpton calls on PepsiCo to restore DEI initiatives, threatens boycott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3371436\/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-wrongfully-fired-whistleblowers\/\">Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrongfully fired whistleblowers, judge rules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Whether you are mobilized by the attacks on our democracy, the slashing of jobs, the invasion of privacy, or the assault on our services &mdash; this moment is for you,&rdquo; a flyer for the rallies said. &ldquo;We are setting out to build a massive, visible, national rejection of this crisis. On April 5, we will host events across the country, in major cities and small towns in every state. Our goal is to show that the people &mdash; the majority &mdash; are taking action to stop the corruption and power grab.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Signs from the rallies mostly blasted Trump or Musk. The Washington, D.C., rally featured signs saying &ldquo;No Kings, No Tyrants,&rdquo; &ldquo;Checks and Balances Exist for a Reason,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Nobody Elected Elon Musk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Large groups of people were visible in pictures and videos from Washington, D.C., New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, and other cities. One of the largest crowds appeared to be in Boston, which saw Mayor Michelle Wu, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and many others speak.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump &#8220;Hands Off!&#8221; rally. It&#8217;s one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jNs7KMwKvB\">pic.twitter.com\/jNs7KMwKvB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABCNewsLive\/status\/1908572561824161876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>In her speech, Wu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcvb.com\/article\/protesters-gather-for-boston-hands-off-rally\/64394868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">referenced her congressional testimony<\/a> in a hearing about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lol-illinois-governor-declares-emergency-over-illegals-bused-from-texas\/\" title=\"Lol: Illinois Governor Declares Emergency Over Illegals Bused From Texas\">sanctuary city mayors<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are the safest major city in the country because we are safe for everyone. Trump&rsquo;s Congress wanted to make an example of Boston. It might&rsquo;ve been my voice that was in the microphone that day, but it was all of Boston that gave Congress their answer,&rdquo; Wu said at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>Protests in New York City and Washington, D.C., included protesters moving through the streets or standing in front of the Washington Monument. Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), a Manhattan Democrat, expressed his support for the protests in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I joined thousands of NYers to stand up against Trump &amp; Musk&rsquo;s efforts to demolish our government for their own gain. Health care, jobs, &amp; essential programs are all under attack. Every institution, corporation, &amp; American must stand up NOW to protect our democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/HandsOff?src=hashtag_click\">#HandsOff<\/a>,&rdquo; he posted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I joined thousands of NYers to stand up against Trump &amp; Musk&rsquo;s efforts to demolish our government for their own gain.<\/p>\n<p>Health care, jobs, &amp; essential programs are all under attack. <\/p>\n<p>Every institution, corporation, &amp; American must stand up NOW to protect our democracy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HandsOff?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HandsOff<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54wR6dtiVt\">pic.twitter.com\/54wR6dtiVt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danielsgoldman\/status\/1908578856883413023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Maxwell Frost (D-FL) spoke at the &ldquo;Hands Off&rdquo; rally in Washington, D.C., slamming the Trump administration early and often.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our founders wrote a Constitution that does not begin with &lsquo;We the dictators.&rdquo; The preamble says, &lsquo;We the People,&rsquo;&rdquo; Raskin said in front of a crowd of hundreds holding signs slamming the administration. &ldquo;No moral person wants an economy-crashing dictator who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Throughout human history, authoritarians, they&rsquo;re never satisfied with the power they have, and so they test the bounds, they push the limits, they break the law, and then they look at the public to see if they&rsquo;re quiet or if they&rsquo;re loud,&rdquo; Frost added in separate remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel O&rsquo;Leary Carmona, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blm-of-nyc-calls-for-independent-investigation-of-blm-co-founder-after-3-2-million-home-buying-binge\/\" title=\"BLM Of NYC Calls For \u2018Independent Investigation\u2019 Of BLM Co-Founder After .2 Million Home-Buying Binge\">executive director&#038;nbsp<\/a>;of&nbsp;Women&rsquo;s March, also attacked Trump and Musk in her remarks in Washington, D.C., calling them &ldquo;broligarchs&rdquo; who &ldquo;want a country ruled by bullies to benefit billionaires.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are exercising the People&rsquo;s Veto on Musk, Trump, Zuck &mdash; all these broligarchs &mdash; who want a country ruled by bullies to benefit billionaires. And they don&rsquo;t care what &mdash; or who &mdash; they have to bulldoze to make it happen.&nbsp;But here&rsquo;s the thing: We are the majority. Workers. Students. Parents. Teachers. Activists. We are the backbone of this country. Not the elites. They&rsquo;re scared that a movement this large can threaten their power,&rdquo; Carmona said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128248;s from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HandsOff2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HandsOff2025<\/a> protest in Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p>(&#129525; 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C7VpsnTnnj\">pic.twitter.com\/C7VpsnTnnj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mai El-Sadany (@maitelsadany) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maitelsadany\/status\/1908576970272551056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3315975\/doge-doing-across-federal-government\/\"><strong>TRACKING WHAT DOGE IS DOING ACROSS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Protesters also gathered in European cities including Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, London, and Lisbon. In Berlin, protesters demonstrated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/europe\/20250405-hundreds-gather-across-europe-protest-against-trump-musk-hands-off-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">front of a Tesla showroom<\/a>, calling on Americans living in&nbsp;Germany&nbsp;to protest for &ldquo;an end to the chaos&rdquo; at home.<\/p>\n<p>The worldwide protests come as Trump&rsquo;s approval rating <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/5230291-trump-approval-rating-dip-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hits a low\">hits a low<\/a> for his second term at 43%. His recent move to instate worldwide tariffs has the potential to drive his approval rating lower if Americans see higher prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2083697\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2083697\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands rally nationwide against Trump and Musk at &#8216;Hands Off&#8217; events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2420330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hands-off-Protest.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[52923,4250,3970,3634],"class_list":["post-2420329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hands-off-rallies","tag-musk","tag-protests","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hands-off-Protest.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420329"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420337,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420329\/revisions\/2420337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2420330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}