Protesters Rally In Warsaw Against Trump Policies For Third Time In A Month
May 1, 2025 at 6:35 p.m.
For the third time in about a month, protesters lined outside the old county courthouse Thursday as part of the May Day protests going on nationwide.
Over 1,000 demonstrations and rallies were scheduled in every state and abroad, most being held May 1 – historically known as May Day or International Workers' Day. The volunteer-led 50501 movement, which spurred other nationwide protests this year, helped organize the demonstrations, along with labor unions, student groups and other grassroots organizations, according to USA Today.
There have been two other rallies since President Donald Trump has taken office for his second term, one on April 6 and one April 19.
“May Day means crisis and our country is in crisis right now. This is 100 days of this current administration. Our country is poorer. Our country is less safe and our country is in crisis,” said Brian Smith, chairman of the 2nd District Democrats. “We just saw this week our economy contracted for the first time in nine quarters, almost three years. We went 33 months of sustained growth that’s now over. What we’re seeing with our defense secretary (Pete Hegseth) using third-party services and not being careful who he admits to group chats to discuss war plans. Our country is less safe because of this administration.”
Smith said he hopes the protest raises awareness of what the Trump administration is doing.
“They’re attacking the rule of law every single day. Judges deporting U.S. citizens, a 4-year-old cancer patient ... without medication. That’s unAmerican. And we’re here today to draw attention to what this administration is doing. It’s been 100 days of chaos and we can’t afford more,” Smith said.
Smith said with each protest held outside the old county courthouse, more people are coming and “the honks we’ve been hearing is positive.”
Joan Smith was there because of the gross executive overreach. There are things that have been building up for decades or hundreds of years and Trump came into office and has helped destroy things like USAid and DEI. She is also worried about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
She hopes people see there are people are protesting and others joining in. She hopes the 3.5 tipping point is reached and get things get corrected. Protests engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change, according to a news article from the BBC.
For the third time in about a month, protesters lined outside the old county courthouse Thursday as part of the May Day protests going on nationwide.
Over 1,000 demonstrations and rallies were scheduled in every state and abroad, most being held May 1 – historically known as May Day or International Workers' Day. The volunteer-led 50501 movement, which spurred other nationwide protests this year, helped organize the demonstrations, along with labor unions, student groups and other grassroots organizations, according to USA Today.
There have been two other rallies since President Donald Trump has taken office for his second term, one on April 6 and one April 19.
“May Day means crisis and our country is in crisis right now. This is 100 days of this current administration. Our country is poorer. Our country is less safe and our country is in crisis,” said Brian Smith, chairman of the 2nd District Democrats. “We just saw this week our economy contracted for the first time in nine quarters, almost three years. We went 33 months of sustained growth that’s now over. What we’re seeing with our defense secretary (Pete Hegseth) using third-party services and not being careful who he admits to group chats to discuss war plans. Our country is less safe because of this administration.”
Smith said he hopes the protest raises awareness of what the Trump administration is doing.
“They’re attacking the rule of law every single day. Judges deporting U.S. citizens, a 4-year-old cancer patient ... without medication. That’s unAmerican. And we’re here today to draw attention to what this administration is doing. It’s been 100 days of chaos and we can’t afford more,” Smith said.
Smith said with each protest held outside the old county courthouse, more people are coming and “the honks we’ve been hearing is positive.”
Joan Smith was there because of the gross executive overreach. There are things that have been building up for decades or hundreds of years and Trump came into office and has helped destroy things like USAid and DEI. She is also worried about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
She hopes people see there are people are protesting and others joining in. She hopes the 3.5 tipping point is reached and get things get corrected. Protests engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change, according to a news article from the BBC.