Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump's policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk

Demonstrators gathered across the USA on Wednesday to protest actions taken by recently inaugurated US President Donald Trump.

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00:00Thousands of demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration's

00:07early actions, decrying everything from the president's immigration crackdown to his rollback

00:13of transgender rights and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

00:19Hundreds of protesters in Austin marched through blocks around the state capitol chanting and

00:24waving placards.

00:25At the end of the day, we're a country of immigrants.

00:30My family has been here for a while, but I come from immigrants, like a few generations

00:35ago, and everyone here are immigrants, and immigrants have built this country to what

00:40it is, and we can't turn our backs on the people that built this country and that are

00:45still contributing to this country.

00:48The protests were a result of a movement that is organized online under the hashtags Build

00:53the Resistance and 5051, which stands for 50 Protests, 50 States, 1 Day.

01:00Websites and accounts across social media issued calls for actions with messages such

01:04as Reject Fascism and Defend Our Democracy.