{"id":17653,"date":"2025-04-05T19:59:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T19:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hands-off-demonstrations-protest-trump-musk-across-u-s\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T19:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T19:59:01","slug":"hands-off-demonstrations-protest-trump-musk-across-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hands-off-demonstrations-protest-trump-musk-across-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hands Off!&#8221; demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Opponents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">President Donald Trump <\/a>and billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration&#8217;s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,200 &#8220;Hands Off!&#8221; demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, LBGTQ+ advocates, veterans and elections activists. The protests are planned for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., state capitols and other locations in all 50 states.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the &#8220;Hands Off&#8221; movement?<\/h2>\n<p>Protesters are assailing the Trump administration&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-is-doge-elon-musk-findings-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Department of Government Efficiency<\/a><\/span>. He says he is saving taxpayers billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Washington protest, Paul Osadebe, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a labor union steward, criticized Trump, Musk and others in the administration for not valuing the work federal employees do in creating &#8220;a baseline of economic security and power for working people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/05\/1acd2121-b9f2-4811-9b3b-185087d0aad6\/thumbnail\/1240x827\/213bdd586b1cb3a1f5649d3cfa3a8bd6\/gettyimages-2208673889.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2#\" alt=\"Day Of Action Protests Across The Country \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; APRIL 05: Protesters attend a &#8220;Hands Off&#8221; rally to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump on the National Mall on April 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Billionaires and oligarchs don&#8217;t value anything other than profit and power, and they sure as hell don&#8217;t value you or your life or your community,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And we&#8217;re seeing that they don&#8217;t care who they have to destroy or who they have to hurt to get what they want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2\/>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Hands<\/strong> Off&#8221; protest locations nationwide<\/p>\n<p>There are more than 1,200 &#8220;Hands Off&#8221; protests planned in all 50 states, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/handsoff\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to mobilize.us<\/a>, an online organizing platform for events.<\/p>\n<p>In Massachusetts, thousands of people gathered on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/hands-off-protests-april-5-saturday-boston-massachusetts\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Boston Common<\/a><\/span> holding signs including &#8220;Hands off our democracy,&#8221; &#8220;Hands off our Social Security&#8221; and &#8220;Diversity equity inclusion makes America strong. Hands off!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people marched in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/nyc-protests-trump-tariffs-hands-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">New York City&#8217;s midtown Manhattan<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Illinois, CBS Chicago reported a large group of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/hands-off-2025-april-5-protests-chicago-suburbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">protesters downtown in Daley Plaza<\/a><\/span>. There was also a protest at the Illinois capital in Springfield.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-left embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/video\/thousands-expected-to-join-hands-off-protests-across-southern-california-against-trump-administra\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Thousands expected to join &#8220;Hands Off!&#8221; protests across Southern California against Trump administra<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">01:05<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Ohio, hundreds rallied in the rain at the Statehouse in Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Broom, 66, a retiree from Delaware County, Ohio, said at the Columbus rally that he used to be a Reagan Republican but has been turned off by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s tearing this country apart,&#8221; Broom said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just an administration of grievances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people also demonstrated in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a few miles from Trump&#8217;s golf course in Jupiter, where he spent the morning at the club&#8217;s Senior Club Championship. People lined both sides of PGA Drive, encouraging cars to honk and chanting slogans against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Archer Moran from Port St. Lucie, Florida, said, &#8220;They need to keep their hands off of our Social Security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The list of what they need to keep their hands off of is too long,&#8221; Moran said. &#8220;And it&#8217;s amazing how soon these protests are happening since he&#8217;s taken office.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president plans to go golfing again Sunday, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the protests, the White House said in a statement that &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s position is clear: he will always protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries. Meanwhile, the Democrats&#8217; stance is giving Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare benefits to illegal aliens, which will bankrupt these programs and crush American seniors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-gallery is-gallery embed--float-left embed--size-medium\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/hands-off-americans-across-country-protest-trump-musk-doge-photos\/\" class=\"content__link embed__link\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\" hands=\"\" off=\"\" americans=\"\" across=\"\" country=\"\" protest=\"\" trump=\"\" musk=\"\" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/05\/f6cceccd-a2c3-43d9-bf47-dc4b3b56702d\/thumbnail\/620x349\/40aad05cebe872f128a7c51d7c8c53bd\/hands-off-wash-dc-getty-2208686203.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/04\/05\/f6cceccd-a2c3-43d9-bf47-dc4b3b56702d\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/2a2018c169c7be8694e7850c755ac188\/hands-off-wash-dc-getty-2208686203.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2 2x\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <\/a><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/hands-off-americans-across-country-protest-trump-musk-doge-photos\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n              <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                <use xlink:href=\"#icon-gallery\"\/>\n              <\/svg><br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">&#8220;Hands Off!&#8221;: Americans across country protest Trump, Musk<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"embed__gallery-count\">45 photos<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Activists have staged nationwide demonstrations against Trump or Musk multiple times since the new administration took power. But the opposition movement has yet to produce a mass mobilization like the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/womens-march-on-washington-across-the-us-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Women&#8217;s March in 2017<\/a><\/span>, which brought thousands of women to Washington, D.C., after Trump&#8217;s first inauguration, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/black-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Black Lives Matter<\/a> demonstrations that erupted in multiple cities after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/death-of-george-floyd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">George Floyd&#8217;s killing in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Organizers say they hope Saturday&#8217;s demonstrations will be the largest since Trump returned to office in January.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside 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