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Watch speakers at the rally in Washington, D.C., in the player above.
More than 1,200 "Hands Off!" demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. The protest sites included the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
, state capitols and other locations in all 50 states. Protesters assailed the Trump administration's moves to fire thousands of federal workers, close Social Security Administration field offices, effectively shutter entire agencies, deport immigrants, scale back protections for transgender people and cut federal funding for health programs. READ MORE: Protests against Elon Musk's role in Trump administration swarm Tesla showrooms Musk, a Trump adviser who owns Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X, has played a key role in government downsizing as the head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency.
He says he is saving taxpayers billions of dollars. Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign advocacy group, spoke at the Washington protest, criticizing the Trump administration's treatment of the LBGTQ+ community. "The attacks that we're seeing, they're not just political.
They are personal, y'all," she said. "They're trying to ban our books, they're slashing HIV prevention funding, they're criminalizing our doctors, our teachers, our families and our lives. This is Donald Trump's America and I don't want it y'all.
We don't want this America, y'all. We want the..
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