Posted on 02/08/2025 9:34:32 PM PST by simpson96
Thousands of peaceful protesters encircled the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh for hours Wednesday as part of a nationwide movement opposing President Donald Trump and his agenda.(snip)
North Carolinians marched counterclockwise around the Capitol and chanted in support of LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights, protection for immigrants, and in opposition to “Project 2025,” the conservative policy plan that dominated headlines throughout the 2024 presidential election.
But perhaps even more vitriol was directed at billionaire Elon Musk, the influential Trump adviser who heads up the newly initiated Department of Government Efficiency. Protesters chanted “Deport Elon Musk,” “Elon Musk has got to go,” and “One, two, three, four, Elon Musk is out the door,” to condemn the Tesla founder’s growing influence in the administration.
John Hejka, a business consultant from Charlotte, took the train over to Raleigh with his teenage grandson.
The pair said some of their biggest concerns about Trump and the current political climate revolved around Musk, immigration, and healthcare.
They brought a sign denouncing Musk as well as Trump’s most controversial cabinet nominees: Tulsi Gabbard, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Kash Patel.(snip)
Other protesters wore pink pussyhats and keffiyehs, while some wore more unique costumes, including an alien mask and a Spider-Man costume. As the protest began, one demonstrator could be heard strumming his guitar and singing Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone.”
Jennifer Griffith of Durham and Wade Daniel of Franklinton — veterans of the U.S. Army and Navy, respectively — met at the protest and found they shared similar concerns. In particular, they said they felt outraged about Musk’s role as well as Trump’s suggestions of sending American troops abroad, including to occupy Gaza.
“We’ve got an unelected individual with no security clearance who has employees that have no security clearance and they have been given access to some of the most sensitive computer systems in our government,” Griffith said. “Some of them are as young as 19.”
Of Trump’s proposals to take over Gaza as well as Greenland, Panama, and Canada, Griffith said, “there’s something wrong in his head.”
Kenneth Humphrey, 85, said of Wednesday’s protest in Raleigh: “This is 1776 again.”
These obnoxious spoiled brats need to get REAL jobs pronto!
They seriously cannot see their own hypocrisy.
They’re obviously all in the government indoctrination business.
“Dozens” doesn’t have the same ring to it
Why are they all fat?
Losers all.
Trump picked his cabinet and those on his team, top do certain jobs, just as every other president, since George Washington has. Trump is the president and these idiots are NOBODIES who need to shut up and go away.
Thousands my arse. The “media” counts Insurrection Walkers about the same way they count ballots. Stupid asses.
naturally the women are ugly, no make-up.
RENT A MOB. These people are getting paid. They could probably care less. They show up for money.
😭😭😭😭😭🖕
Really missing those USAID-paid-for signs, aren’t they? “Trump has a small weiner.” Genius.
One hundred protest Trump.
So, are the protesters paid for by a George Soros group that got money from NSAID?
“Virgil Roberts said he heard about the protest on social media and attended because many of his relatives are immigrants from Mexico who moved here “hoping for that better life,” and because his friends are queer and rely on Medicaid and other government services.”
Source: Source NM
New Mexico, Santa Fe
I hope and pray everyday that
President Trump and team can
sweep the streets of this garbage.
$100 mm set aside for W NC. None has been spent
Saw it on Bracken
THOUSANDS……….LOL, LOL, LOL, are there even a hundred???
90% are cat ladies!
Probably a lot of them are Fed workers ‘working’ remote. Of course they are pissed. They don’t want to have to show up for work in DC.
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