Hundreds outside Florida Capitol Protest against President Trump

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The protest was part of the 50501 movement – 50 states, 50 protests, one day.

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It’s been less than a month since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, but protesters found plenty to shout outside Florida Capitol on Wednesday afternoon.

Hundreds of Floridians, mostly Tallahasee -Bo residents, crowded together on the grass in front of the ancient capital to protest the Trump administration’s “Embrace of Project 2025.” It was A part of the 50501 movement – 50 states, 50 protests, one day.

People held signs that criticized Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of Spacex, and what they said was his Taking over of America’s federal workforce.

Other protesters spoke for LGBTQ rights and combating climate change. Still others blasted Trump’s mass porting plans.

“We have so many different colored people living in Tallahassee who are friends and need our protection against injustice. That’s why I’m here,” said Sally Sperling, 80, who went with his oxygen bin and held a sign that protested For the US immigration and customs enforcement attacks and muting of US Agency for International Development (USAID).

“I like to see the young people, but (there are) a lot of gray heads (too) because we don’t have to be at work,” she said.

It was dinner, but close to 300 people, old and young, sang, “What do we do when we are under attack? Get up, fight back!”

Florida State University -Nydogner Madelyn Propst, organizer of the event, said the planning of the event felt as if it was taking 10 years free from her life, but she is still hopeful.

“These many people are already tired,” she said, moving to the crowd. “These many people are ready to put the work in. These many people are here at lunchtime on a Wednesday. I’m incredibly proud of my community.”

Virginia Weeks and Velma Proctor decided to protest not only for themselves but for their children and grandchildren. “Our country was founded on immigration, on democracy, on human rights, and we will let it go?” Proctor told USA Today Network-Florida.

She strongly criticized Musk, a “special employee of the government” and the US government’s effectiveness (DOGE), a musk -led government agency created by executive order to investigate federal infrastructure and slash expenses in the federal government.

As previously reported, Doge was created On Trump’s first day at the officeAnd the president ordered the agency to be delivered “full and quick access to all unclassified agency registers, software systems and IT systems.”

“As a business owner, we have a responsibility to keep our customers’ information confidential,” Proctor said. “We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to do so, and Elon Musk goes in and gets all this information and he has no authority to do it. It’s just the starting point. Where does it end?”

Weeks and Proctor were encouraged by the high Honks and cheering that came from traffic, but they said a few drivers lifted their arm in what looked like a Nazi greeting.

“I’m like, did you miss that part of the story? It goes against everything I was ever taught in a Christian school,” Proctor said.

During Trump’s campaign for president, he tried to distance himself from Project 2025900 pages of conservative politics, staff and playbook -recommendations to review the governmentPosted by the Heritage Foundation.

But since he joined, Trump has named one Get people with ties to project 2025 to his incoming administration, including co -author Russell Vought Like his office of management and budget nominated.

Propst, the event, said she will be ready to protest for the next four years, but hopes Trump will be impeached at that time.

“If I don’t sleep for the next four years and none of my community will be injured, I will be happy,” she said.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party of Florida President Evan Power, who lives in Tallahassee, was unclear from Wednesday’s demonstration.

“The American people were heard loudly and clearly on November 5. It’s time to ignore noise and do America well again!” he said.

Ana Goñi Lessan, State Watchdog Reporter for USA Today Network-Florida, can be reached at [email protected].