Washington, D.C. — Several hundred protesters gathered in Washington, D.C President Trump They were sworn in on Monday, and several told Fox News Digital that they braved frigid temperatures to speak out against the “colonialism” and “fascism” they believe will come under Trump.
“I'm coming out because I think it's important to take a stand against the country's slide toward fascism, against war and genocide and to show that people will keep fighting no matter what attacks happen, and we know they will keep fighting.” “It will happen,” said Gregory, who said he traveled from New Orleans to attend the We Fight Back rally at Meridian Hill Park in washington dc, He told Fox News Digital.
“We know conditions are going to get worse. We just have to keep fighting.”
“I'm here to take a stand to say we're not going away and the dangers of poverty, wealth inequality, misogyny, and discrimination against the LGBT community,” Maxwell, who traveled to the inauguration protest from Baltimore, told Fox News Digital. The community and the immigrants who make up the people of our nation deserve to have a voice and they deserve for people to stand up for them locally and also to end imperialism and colonialism, you know, to stop this oppression that the United States has enacted. “State government and that's why we're here today.”
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Anti-Trump protesters at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, DC (Fox News Digital)
Many protesters brought signs and props, including one man who draped a large replica of a guillotine, which he told Fox News Digital was a “piece of art” and “open to interpretation.”
“I want people to know that they have the power to make their voice heard, to express their anger, to say, you know, to send a message to the people above us, the people who rule us, that, you know, we're here, we're strong, and they better tread lightly,” You know, it's just a statue, but it should be a little scary.
There was an inscription under the guillotine that said: “Come and get your money.”
Mara, who identifies as transgender, told Fox News Digital that Trump is a “fascist.”
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Demonstrators gather for a “We Resist” protest on Donald Trump's inauguration day at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
“It's important for me to be here. First of all, Donald Trump, with his far-right agenda, among other things, has labeled trans people as pedophiles and then executed them,” Mara said. “So, as a trans person, this is troubling. Additionally, it has been said about him not only by leftists, but also by his conservative generals, that he has been called a fascist. So I am here to reject fascism and them saying it has no place in America.” “.
Signs in the crowd included phrases including “Socialism Defeats Fascism” and “Fight the Trump Agenda.”
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Demonstrators gather for a “We Resist” protest on Donald Trump's inauguration day at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2025. (Fox News Digital)
After concluding speeches, many of which included rallying chants to “liberate Palestine” and end Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza, the group exited the park and walked through local streets.
Counter-protesters showed up as the march got underway, and several individuals participated in shouting matches.
The protests against Trump's inauguration were much calmer than the protests that erupted at the beginning of his first term and do not appear to be as violent as they were eight years ago when Hundreds of demonstrators They were arrested.
Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, marking his return to the Oval Office vowing to return America to a “gilded age.”
Trump addressed the nation after being sworn into office for the second time and used his remarks in his inaugural address to call for a “common sense revolution.”
Trump said: “I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the beginning of an exciting new era of national success. The wave of change is sweeping the country.” “My message to Americans today is that it is time for us to act once again with the courage, strength, and vitality of the greatest civilization in history.”
Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report
