Scenes From the Nationwide Hands Off Protests Against Trump and Musk
On Saturday in towns and cities in all 50 states, protesters took to the streets to express their opposition to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the never-ending transgressions of second Trump administration — as well as show their support for federal workers, immigrants, trans people, and numerous other groups and causes now being targeted by the government. Taken together, the “Hands Off” protests were the largest act of defiance yet against Trump’s second presidency, and came after a particularly tumultuous week in which Trump single-handedly destabilized the U.S. economy with his new sweeping tariff policies. Below is a look at scenes from dozens of Saturday’s protests throughout the country.
Atlanta
Hands off Atlanta Rally! #handsoff #HandsOff2025 #handsoffatlanta pic.twitter.com/0oOw77iWoH
— Maggie Goldman, Candidate Fulton Comm Dist 1 (@Maggie4Fulton) April 5, 2025
Asheville, North Carolina
Huge crowd at the Asheville rally! pic.twitter.com/ufwP089Jny
— Moe Davis (U.S. Air Force, Retired) (@ColMoeDavis) April 5, 2025
Boston
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country. pic.twitter.com/jNs7KMwKvB
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) April 5, 2025
Bozeman, Montana
A large crowd gathered outside the Gallatin County courthouse in Bozeman for the national “Hands Off protests” #mtnews pic.twitter.com/zBj6NnTejk
— Edgar Cedillo (@edgarcedilloTV) April 5, 2025
Carson City, Nevada
Reliably red Carson City, our small-town capital. pic.twitter.com/Bdl26dsao6
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) April 5, 2025
Chicago
Love you, Chicago. #HandsOff2025 pic.twitter.com/HYzsNhjiyd
— Joanna Klonsky (@joannaklonsky) April 5, 2025
Columbia, South Carolina
Denver
D.C.
Large crowd at anti-Trump, anti-Elon rally near Washington Monument. pic.twitter.com/rETAifnU3O
— Andrew Leyden (@PenguinSix) April 5, 2025
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Lots of people gathered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania for today’s anti-Trump and anti-Musk “Hands Off” rally. pic.twitter.com/wUI6mUTAKq
— Justin Sweitzer (@justin_sweitzer) April 5, 2025
Houston, Texas
THIS is #Houston turning out for #Democracy as millions around our country are losing jobs, their savings, and safety nets. https://t.co/fs90FmbC7U pic.twitter.com/1pTQwiO5wZ
— Abbie Kamin (@AbbieKamin) April 5, 2025
Los Angeles
Madison, Wisconsin
Hands Off Madison Wisconsin! Hands off our democracy! #HandsOff pic.twitter.com/ZSXTDziJoV
— Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway (@SatyaForMadison) April 5, 2025
Miami, Florida
New York City
Philadelphia
The march down Market pic.twitter.com/O6wdJRobBq
— Harrison Cann (@harrisonlcann) April 5, 2025
Phoenix, Arizona
scenes from the phoenix #handsoff rally courtesy of my beautiful & inspiring stepmom pic.twitter.com/Uyo16hEBno
— mighty quinn????️ (@kate_qu) April 5, 2025
Pittsburgh
Joined Pittsburgh’s Hands Off protest to stand with our community and support the rights that matter most to all of us. pic.twitter.com/VLQQ35Sy5t
— Corey O'Connor (@CoreyOConnorpa) April 5, 2025
Portland, Maine
Portland, Maine has had enough! pic.twitter.com/RO9TK11Fl6
— John Bechard (@JohnBechard) April 5, 2025
St. Paul, Minnesota
Salt Lake City, Utah
I have never seen anything like this. pic.twitter.com/eYVLNqzXoH
— Nate Blouin (@NateForUtah) April 5, 2025
San Jose, California
San Jose pic.twitter.com/Whs5NozyTt
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) April 5, 2025
Seattle, Washington
Topeka, Kansas
I have never seen this large of a crowd at a protest at the Kansas State Capitol Building in Topeka before. The pics don’t do the turnout justice. And this was one of several protests across the state. In KANSAS. #ksleg #antitrumpprotests pic.twitter.com/YTfWDulBDs
— Jae Moyer (@jaemoyerks) April 5, 2025
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma today. #Tulsa #Indivisible #Handsoff pic.twitter.com/jxCDlkZ9qM
— Cooterdwayne Enos (@cooterdwayne) April 5, 2025
This post has been updated.