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DC Rallies in Protest: 'Trump Must Go Now!'

Hundreds gathered peacefully in DC to protest Trump’s hostile takeover of a city with massively declining violent crime rates, chanting "Free DC! Trump must go!"

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Aug 17, 2025
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Donald Trump is trying out a police state in DC, over an alleged carjacking — while allowing his thugs to surround a car, break its widows and shoot into the car in Los Angeles.

These are confusing times for fascists.

But The People are not confused. And that’s why hundreds gathered peacefully in DC to protest Trump’s hostile takeover of a city with massively declining violent crime rates.

Protesters started with a rally in DuPont Circle and later marched to the White House chanting "Free DC! Trump must go!"and waving signs, some reading: “Trump must go now!” “Mein Trumpf” MAGA is Putin” No!” “Nazi” “Trump Epstein Putin BFF” and more.

ABC 7 WJLA documented 43 minutes of an inspiring protest in DC on Saturday:

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