Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the Statehouse in Boston to City Hall. The temperature was below freezing, with wind chills in the teens. In Phoenix, hundreds of protestors gathered in front of the Capitol carrying signs reading “No Kings” and “Resist Fascism” The rallies followed a series of Trump executive orders and came just days after layoffs across federal agencies as part of an effort to reduce the government workforce.“American values are not the values of the plutocracy or the limited few rich people,” a Boston protester says. “Deport Musk Dethrone Trump,’” one sign said at a rally that attracted hundreds in the nation’s capital. ‘We’re here to make a statement not be the statement.’ a protest organizer in Washington, D.C., says. \”I thought it was important to be here on Presidents Day to demonstrate for what America stands for,\” a Boston woman says.
