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.”
I guess that Rent-A-Mob budget is getting lean.
Dozens.
This is the same nazi crap these bass turds said we were going to do if President Trump wasn’t elected. The left is all psychotic psychos. The DNC needs to bring in a lot of counselors before these crazy bass turds lose it completely.
They'll like even less the idea of showing up for work in Nome.
Not a smart move when Trump can decide when, and how much of the state can be rebuilt.
The guy in one picture is 85 :)
And there are idiots and buffoons with jobs in real life.
A day of protesting doesn’t mean your unemployed lol
I dunno, I didn’t get upset.
It made me happy to look at the pics.
I hope they’re getting ulcers :)
Thousands, dozens, who’s counting?
Barney Fife: Andy, just let me get up there and I’ll nip it in the bud.
Andy Taylor: Now, Barn, settle down. We know the folks up in Raleigh take care of things different than we do.
Barney: But it just beats all the way they’re doin’ it.
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What about that 85 y.o. man with a sign “We will outlast Trump”? Is it just a case of dementia?
Why aren’t these idiots spending the day helping the victims of Helene?
Lots of demon driven liberals who hate everything good znd decent in this country, and who love everything vile and disgusting in the nation.
The louder they hiss, and rattle, the closer you know you are to their den!
In the first photo there are no more than 80 people and that’s counting the statue and and some of them twice. There aren’t more than 200 people in all of the photos combined.
Some guy named Griffith thinks 19 years old is too young to work in the treasury but old enough to die in a war.
The protester misspelled stollen in their sign
But sending our troops to Ukraine is OK.
The ones who wear make-up aren't women...
Leftists have been nothing but a pox on humanity. And they still are. Thank God Trump kicked the stool out from under these perverts, pedophiles, baby killers and envious dirtbags.
“Other protesters wore pink pussyhats and keffiyehs”
Yep, pure freak show. NC is not like that in real life. I have family there.
The universities are full of this leftist propaganda.
"Why are they all fat?"
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