Another “Remove the Regime” rally took place at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., beginning at noon local time. Organized by the Removal Coalition, the peaceful demonstration calls for the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump.
Participants protest recent National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities, alleged overreach of executive authority, and concerns over democracy, civil rights, and public safety. The event includes speeches, a march, and performances by artists, including the Celtic rock band Dropkick Murphys.
Crowds gathered near the Lincoln Memorial as part of ongoing national resistance efforts against Trump administration policies.
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Participants protest recent National Guard deployments in Democratic-led cities, alleged overreach of executive authority, and concerns over democracy, civil rights, and public safety. The event includes speeches, a march, and performances by artists, including the Celtic rock band Dropkick Murphys.
Crowds gathered near the Lincoln Memorial as part of ongoing national resistance efforts against Trump administration policies.
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00:16When the gathering starts,
00:17listen to the sound,
00:19the voice says,
00:20The people are the people!
00:22You want to meet your days,
00:24with the love and the enemy,
00:25because the powers with the people,
00:26and the nation's machines,
00:28The borders of the people of sin
00:30Ready to be
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00:57I'm not going to die.
01:27All right, here we go.
01:29Stop the madness, just like they said.
01:31We are here for part three.
01:34Yes, around the world.
01:39I believe we have some crime scene tape on site.
01:43Do you guys think there's a crime nearby?
01:45Yes!
01:47A aggressive criminal!
01:49A aggressive criminal!
01:51This country,
01:53this country will welcome you all here.
01:55My name is Sansara Taylor.
01:57I'm one of the co-founders of RefuseFascism.org.
01:59And we are a movement of people from diverse political perspectives
02:05from across this country who recognize one thing in common,
02:09that Donald Trump and his regime are a fascist regime.
02:14They are a danger to all of humanity.
02:17And it is our responsibility, in the name of humanity,
02:22to come together and demand,
02:24Trump must go now.
02:26And the seat of power, Washington, D.C.,
02:32in non-violent but sustained protests.
02:35That means not for one day and say,
02:38okay, we made our point, we're going home.
02:40We're going home.
02:41Not just to get it off our chest how outraged we are,
02:44but to come and make a demand
02:46and come back again and again in growing numbers,
02:49relentlessly, until we create such a political earthquake from below,
02:55that everybody in power has to respond to our demand.
03:01We are not stopping until Trump is removed.
03:08We are not stopping until Trump is removed,
03:10because we recognize that the nature of fascism
03:14is that its atrocities get greater and greater
03:18and they move to violently shut down any space
03:21for anybody to oppose them,
03:23unless they are removed from power.
03:26There is no compromise with fascism.
03:29There is no waiting it out.
03:31There is no hoping it goes away.
03:33There is no containing it.
03:35Either we drive it out,
03:37or it drives over all of us and humanity's future.
03:47And just this week, just in the last week,
03:49we saw Donald Trump get out and call for the execution
03:54by hanging of Democratic elected officials.
03:57For what?
04:00Because they told enlisted troops
04:03what their oath actually is.
04:06All they did is express what's written into their oath
04:09and into the Constitution.
04:12And Donald Trump said they should be hanged.
04:15This is a massive, massive escalation in violence and threat.
04:20And already, Senator Slotkin, one of the women in the video,
04:26calling for people to remember their oath
04:28and disobey illegal orders,
04:30says she has gotten more than 1,000 death threats.
04:34Donald Trump knows he is unleashing violence and terror against his opponents.
04:40And that is by design.
04:42So whether or not he follows through anytime soon in a public execution,
04:47he is calling forward and greenlighting that from his supporters.
04:51And meanwhile, he is busy calling nonviolent protesters domestic terrorists.
04:57That's right.
04:59So we recognize that he is moving to close off the space for anybody to oppose him.
05:05And he's doing this because he knows, or at least those around him,
05:09who may be a little bit more strategic know,
05:12that there are millions and there are tens of millions in this country
05:16who deeply hate what he is doing to our immigrant sisters and brothers,
05:20who deeply hate what he is doing by erasing and attacking the rights of trans people
05:26and LGBT people generally.
05:29That there are tens of millions of us who hate the fact that right now
05:33in half the states across this country,
05:35women cannot get a safe legal abortion.
05:39There are tens of millions of us who hate the fact that he is carrying out illegal assassinations
05:48of fishermen off the coast of Venezuela merely on his say-so.
05:55We hate the attacks on science.
05:57We hate the attacks on education.
05:59We hate what he is doing to the planet.
06:02And we have the power in our millions.
06:06We have the power to drive him out nonviolently.
06:10And this is a power that we have to exercise.
06:13So it is so important, so precious, so important, so righteous,
06:18so beautiful that you are here today.
06:21Make some noise for yourselves.
06:30How many of you were out here when we surrounded the White House with crime scene tape the first time?
06:36How many of you were out here the time we did it last Monday?
06:41How many of you are here for the first time with us?
06:46Okay, so that's beautiful because what we are doing is building a movement that's coming back again and again.
06:55So it's good people are returning again and again.
06:58And it's also good that new people are joining us.
07:01And we have to escalate this dynamic.
07:03We have to grow.
07:04And those of us here today, we're going to have a few speeches,
07:07and then we're going to stretch this crime scene tape around the scene of the crime.
07:13And we are going to be taking this as far as we can.
07:16The first time we made it one mile around.
07:18It's a two-mile circumference.
07:20Each time we want more people to fill it in and fill it in all the way around.
07:24And then 10 deep with tens of thousands.
07:27Then 100 deep with hundreds of thousands and soon with millions.
07:31So when we do this, we are holding a place for everybody else who is still out there hoping that they can wait to the midterms.
07:39Or hoping that they can just lay low and this will blow over.
07:43Or hoping that it is enough to mention or defend your neighbors or stand up in education, all of which is important.
07:55We have to drive Trump out.
07:57So we are doing this today as part of building the power of the people to drive Trump from power.
08:08All right, so with that, I want to bring up our first speaker.
08:12She is a student who came out here all the way from California.
08:17This is her second trip here.
08:19She's been leading and organizing other students to stand up.
08:22Where is she? Cameron, come to the mic.
08:24Give some love to you.
08:25She's also a marshal.
08:27All right, this is Cameron, y'all.
08:30All right, hello, everyone.
08:34I'm very happy to be here.
08:36Give me a second to pull up my notes because that's where all this is written down.
08:40But hi, I'm a student.
08:43I'm a college student at a community college out in California in the Bay Area.
08:47That's where I'm from.
08:48Shout out California.
08:52I wanted to give you guys two little fun facts about me so you get an idea of where I'm coming from.
08:56I was born the same year that California legalized a gay marriage.
09:01And the first president that I can remember being in charge of our company, it feels like a company, in charge of our country was Barack Obama.
09:10So it's weird.
09:14It's really weird watching all this happen.
09:17And while our government has and is extremely flawed in ways that I can't fully get into right now without talking everybody's ear off,
09:24watching a government that was heading in such a seemingly progressive direction be slammed down so violently was a very shocking experience.
09:32And I think a lot of people, especially those around my age, are feeling that right now and freezing in their panic.
09:39I mean, all we've been taught to do is how to work or go to school or stay inside of a building looking at a screen that's trying to get you to buy something.
09:48It's terrible. And when you get upset about a systematic issue, we're told to self-care our way out of it.
09:54But no amount of self-care is going to save us when we're living under a fascist police state.
10:00To those of you at home doubting whether this is a fight worth joining, I ask you this.
10:08When we no longer have any notion of choice in how our government functions and how it destroys our communities, ecosystems, and entire planet,
10:16will the convenience you had now be worth it?
10:20In a similar vein, a quote from the director slash activist slash artist Alanis Obamsawin,
10:30when the last tree has been cut down and the last fish caught, the last river polluted, only then we will realize that one cannot eat money.
10:38So, yeah, I just need everyone, not just the people here, but people listening at home to take a moment to realize what a critical moment we are living through right now,
10:52that all of us are living through. Like, really sit with it for a minute.
10:55We are facing a regime that has control of every branch of our government, that has access to every weapon you could ever imagine,
11:02and is putting an absurd amount of this control in the hands of a man-baby.
11:07It's a daunting feeling to think that's what we're dealing with, but we are out here regardless,
11:12because we are strong in our unity and diversity, and we know that now is the time to take a stand, even when faced with cheap intimidation tactics.
11:21Many of us have also learned to turn our fears into a chance to ground ourselves and then take action to get things done.
11:27We don't freeze in our fear, we use it to move forward.
11:30We, here today, are going to make it undeniable that we the people don't want a fascist dictator.
11:41We need every single person we can get out here so we can stand a chance at driving this regime from power.
11:47So do what you gotta do, but get your ass out here to D.C.
11:51Yeah, and I just want to say, I know it's a huge ask. It is a lot of sacrifice to get out here.
12:01I've had, this is like the third week I've skipped of school so I can get out here, which is also not making money from the job I work at.
12:10So I'm poor and I'm behind in my classes, but it's better than having a fascist dictator.
12:21And so we have to know when to put our foot down and say enough is enough.
12:26This regime and all oligarchs and fascists alike are absolutely terrified of us uniting radically across boundaries of all kind to find our collective power and use it to fight back against the rampant systematic abuses of our marginalized communities.
12:40Because when we recognize that we as people who all have to work or struggle just to live, we have way more similarities than we do differences.
12:49Including the similarity that we all want these fascist tyrants out of our government and prosecuted for their crimes against humanity.
12:59So yeah, it means missing out on things we'd rather be doing. I know people want to go to their yoga classes. People want to go hang out at bars.
13:09I miss the first Halloween where all my friends turned 21. And I turned 21. Missed that. But it's worth it.
13:16So yeah, sometimes it sucks, but we do it because we have to. Because the alternate is a fascist regime that's plucking away our rights one by one while so many people are just passively watching it happen.
13:29What does that turn us into as a people?
13:32To continue to turn away no matter what atrocities are in front of us. If you're going home after this protest,
13:38I want you to ask these questions not only to yourself, but to anyone in your life who is passively watching our democracy fall to fascism.
13:45We cannot be bystanders to such blatant injustices.
13:49And to all of you who have come out today to show that we the people will stand strong against the repression, brutality, and injustices faced by the everyday people of not only this country, but of all humanity. Thank you.
14:09Thank you. Your presence, strength, and sacrifice may just be what drives the millions we need from across the country to gather here in our nation's capital day after day until Trump's despicable regime is jerking from power.
14:22Let me hear you say Trump,
14:40Trump must go now.
14:47Trump must go now.
14:55Que se vaya, que se vaya, que se vaya Trump!
15:17Fuera, fuera Donald Trump!
15:24Fuera, fuera Donald Trump!
15:27Fuera, fuera Donald Trump!
15:30Fuera, fuera Donald Trump!
15:34Fuera, fuera Donald Trump!
15:37Let me hear you scream!
15:40Yes, are we ready to surround the White House with crime scene tape today?
15:46Yes, because there are criminals in the White House.
15:51Have you heard the latest news?
15:54James Comey and Letitia James' cases have been dismissed.
16:01And why is that?
16:03Because the Trump-appointed attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Lindsey Halligan,
16:09was appointed illegally.
16:12That's a crime.
16:14That's a crime.
16:15So we're doing the right thing.
16:17I'm so glad that you all are out here today.
16:19Those of you who have stayed past the rally and all the events that happened November 20th through the 22nd,
16:25if you're still here, thank you so much.
16:29Oh, okay.
16:31I just, I didn't know if I was too loud.
16:33All right.
16:34Okay.
16:35So, next on the mic we have, let me make sure I get the name right, Kelly Michael Williams.
16:46He's running for Congress.
16:48He is the ANC commissioner and formerly homeless.
16:53Let's give a warm welcome to Kelly Michael Williams.
16:58He's coming to the mic.
17:03Good afternoon.
17:04What's up, D.C.?
17:05What's up, Refuse Fascism?
17:06Let's hear it for Refuse Fascism and let's get this man out of the White House.
17:20My name is Kelly Michael Williams and I'm running for Congress.
17:25And I'm running now right here in this nation's capital because we're fighting something bigger
17:32than policy.
17:33We're fighting our democracy, our dignity, and for each other.
17:37This rally, Refuse Fascism, is in the name of humanity.
17:40We must refuse to accept a fascist America and get back to the power to the people.
17:47The power of the people is the only thing that will ever defeat fascism.
17:54It is the only thing that has ever bent the arc of history toward justice.
17:59Today, the power is with us, standing together, refusing to be silenced, refusing to be executed,
18:08refusing to be pushed aside and pushed back, refusing to accept a government that tells us
18:13who deserves rights and who doesn't.
18:16I'm not running for Congress because it's easy.
18:19I'm running because I've lived what has happened when a system fails you.
18:23I've seen it as a single father, trying to hold my family together.
18:28I've seen it when I spent nights wondering where my son and I would sleep.
18:32I saw it when I cared for my mother, as Alzheimer's and dementia slowly took her life from me,
18:38fighting every single day for her dignity and healthcare system that is designed to confuse,
18:44exhaust, and drain us.
18:46That experience didn't leave me bitter, but it did make me determine that Trump must go.
18:56Health care isn't just a policy issue.
18:58It's a human right issue.
19:03It's about dignity.
19:05It's about whether your parents can age in peace.
19:09It's about whether you or your child can have care without sacrificing your future.
19:15Right now, that dignity is being denied.
19:18Families are being priced out, pushed out, and left out.
19:22Mental health care is out of reach.
19:24Chronic conditions go untreated, and our seniors are suffering alone.
19:30We need universal coverage.
19:32We need Medicare for all.
19:35We need community clinics, mental health support, and home-based care.
19:41We need a system that wraps around people instead of abandoning them.
19:46The same is true for housing.
19:50I was once homeless in the city with my young son, living in the back of my car.
19:55And I know what it feels like to not be seen or to feel invisible when the government doesn't help you, doesn't support you.
20:09To feel like you're surviving day to day like the government is looking the other way.
20:15Housing is safety.
20:18Housing is stability.
20:20Housing is health care.
20:21It's our foundation.
20:23But in a city overflowing with luxury condos and too many of our neighbors sleeping in tents, in shelters, in cars, that is not a failure of resources.
20:33That's a failure of priorities.
20:35We need permanent, supportive housing, not endless, inhumane encampment sweeps.
20:41We need real affordable housing, built for real people, not real estate portfolios.
20:47And while we fight for these basic rights, we still have to fight for one simple and more important fundamental thing, and that's our democracy.
20:56I've worked in government 25 years as an ANC chair, as a director of constituent service on D.C. Council, as a legislative aide and a White House staffer, and as someone who has helped my neighbors battle landlords and navigate the complete system that's often seen designed to tear them down and make them quit.
21:23But let me tell you something.
21:26What Congress is doing to our nation's capital is not just disrespectful, it's un-American.
21:30Over 700,000 taxpayers live in this city.
21:34That's veterans, teachers, first responders, parents, seniors, you and me.
21:39People who are working two jobs just to pay the rent.
21:42And yet Congress treats us like second-class citizens.
21:46Blocking our laws.
21:48Undermining our safety.
21:50Deploying troops in our streets.
21:52If that's not authoritarian control, I don't know what it is.
21:56It's time.
21:57In fact, it's past time for full D.C. statehood.
22:01We don't want symbolic statehood.
22:06We want full rights, full representation, and full democracy.
22:10Because the fight for fascism begins here.
22:15It begins by refusing to let anyone, anyone dictate and tell us that our city doesn't count.
22:25My campaign isn't about me.
22:27It's about us.
22:29It's about building a state where no one is invisible.
22:32Where policy is rooted in lived experiences.
22:35Where every person, housed and unhoused.
22:38Young and old.
22:39Black, white, and brown.
22:40Has a voice and a vote that matters.
22:43If you've ever been overlooked.
22:45If you've ever been underestimated.
22:47If you've ever been ignored.
22:49My campaign is for you.
22:51Your campaign is for you.
22:56The last election, I finished second.
23:00And I missed it by that much.
23:03But you know what it taught me?
23:06It taught me that this city was ready.
23:08That the people are hungry for a representative who has lived the struggle, not just read about it.
23:14Someone who will fight like hell because I've lived fighting like hell every day of my life.
23:21If you give me this privilege to serve you in Congress, I will carry your voice with me every single day.
23:29Not because it's politically convenient.
23:31But because I won't forget who put me there and I won't forget who I'm serving.
23:38Because at the end of the day, I'm a serving leader.
23:40I lead through service, not demands.
23:45So Trump must go.
23:47I lead with compassion, not vindictiveness.
23:52So Trump must go now.
23:55I lead with values, not opportunism.
23:59Because this is never about me and power.
24:01It is always about us.
24:02So Trump must go now.
24:06It's about the senior parent trying to hold it all together.
24:09So Trump must go now.
24:12It's about the senior who deserves dignity.
24:15So Trump must go now.
24:17It's about the senior who deserves dignity.
24:19So Trump must go now.
24:22It's about the neighbor fighting his state house.
24:25So Trump must go now.
24:28It's about every resident in this city who has been told in ways big and small that their voice doesn't count.
24:35But it does. And you count. So Trump must go now.
24:39And together, we're going to make sure that this country hears us when we say Trump must go now.
24:48So let's stand up because Trump must go now.
24:52Let's speak out because Trump must go now.
24:56Let's fight back because.
25:00Let's show this nation what power to the people really looks like because Trump must go now.
25:09Thank you very much. I'm Kelly McWilliams.
25:13Help us out. Go to Kelly McWilliams for D.C. Volunteer. Support us. Help us out.
25:19God bless our troops. God bless our nation's capital.
25:22And God bless America because Trump must go now.
25:27Thank you very much.
25:28Thank you. Thank you.
25:30Trump must go now.
25:32Trump must go now.
25:34Trump must go now.
25:36Trump must go now.
25:38Trump must go now!
25:46Danger, danger, there's a fascist in the White House!
25:54It's up to us to drive him out!
26:08It's up to us to drive him out!
26:17Trump must go now!
26:23Trump must go now!
26:28I got some more news for you, more news for criminal activity!
26:53The Secretary of Defense, he calls himself the Secretary of War.
27:04Former astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly has reminded military personnel of their own
27:13military action in the Caribbean.
27:16They're angry at him and they want to try to reactivate him on active duty for court.
27:22Oh, Marshall!
27:24God, what?!
27:25He's a friend!
27:27I don't think so.
27:29I don't think so.
27:30It's true.
27:31I don't think so.
27:33It's ever been, it's a lot of people.
27:35It is ever since?
27:37It is ever since he did not.
27:39That you were over a while.
27:41We never got بين us.
27:43If you are over a while, if you are over a while, you're over a while.
27:45It is ever since his company always wants to get to it.
27:47You are over a while today.
27:49In the past, he's back to me so soon.
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