Thousands turn out in Atlanta to protest Trump's tariffs, government purge
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Thousands of protesters condemning the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs and purge of the U.S. government marched Saturday through Midtown Atlanta and gathered at the Georgia Capitol.
The protest was part of a national day of action that included about 14 other demonstrations across Georgia and more than 1,200 planned nationwide. They called on President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to take their “hands off democracy.”
Organizers of the Atlanta event estimated about 20,000 people turned out.
“Trump and Musk have got to go! Stand up, fight back,” crowds chanted as they departed from the southwest end of Piedmont Park around 1 p.m. toward downtown Atlanta. Motorists honked in support as protesters cheered louder and pumped up their handmade signs that read, “Hands off Social Security, CDC, VA;” “Send Musk to Mars” and “Democracy matters.”
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