Activist group “Refuse Fascism” led a march to the White House Saturday afternoon chanting demands that “Trump must go now!” ahead of the military parade.
“Fascist America, we say no! Donald Trump has got to go!”
Many signs referenced the “No Kings!” slogan used by protesters nationwide, although a “No Kings” demonstration was not formally planed for Washington DC.
Hundreds joined the group, some of whom chanted the slogan “86 47” toward the beginning but were advised not to do so.
Sunsara Taylor of Refuse Fascism condemned Donald Trump for sending in Marines in LA “to back up his terroristic forces of ICE to rip families apart, disappear immigrants with no due process.”
“This is fascist atrocity,” she says. “They’re militarizing the streets. The force and the violence is coming overwhelmingly from Trump and his regime.”
A man wore a shirt bearing the emblem of the Proud Boys with the caption “Stay Proud” and “Black Lives Matter.”
He describes that he bought the shirt from Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, who won the trademark to the Proud Boys by default in a lawsuit over the group burning a Black Lives Matter banner taken from the church’s property in December 2020.
Anti-Trump protests at entrances and exits to Army birthday military parade in DC
“86 47!” chanted protesters Saturday evening at the entrance to Trump’s military parade in Washington DC. “1, 2, 3, 4, Donald Trump no more! 5, 6, 7, 8, no more police state!”
Police pushed the protesters back, holding them away from attendees, who the group booed.
An anti-Trump protester argued with a Trump supporting parade attendee who told him “You’re not from here!”
“I was born in Northeast on 21st Street!” the protester explained.
“If you don’t like America, go back!”
“I was born here!”
Protesters yelled “Boo!” at attendees of the parade, who sometimes were adorned with Trump hats and flags which they waved in return.
One man pointed out his t-shirt portraying a cross-armed Trump captioned “Daddy’s Home.”
“Fascists!” the crowd yelled. “F*** you Nazi!”
A man wearing a MAGA hat shook his rear end at the protesters, one of whom told him “cry more Nazi, get the f*** out of my city!”
“Go home welfare people! Go home welfare people!” the Trump supporter replied. “Go home and collect welfare, scumbags!”
“Small d**k!” “Shame!” “Trump called you losers!” “Serve your country, not a king!”
Protesters yelled at military members exiting the parade holding glow sticks. “Shame!” “USA! USA!” “Boo!”
