The liberal “50501 Movement” is planning to hold “Not My President’s Day” protests in every state on Monday.
The group’s name stands for “50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement.” It is led by people who “have been on the front lines of justice, marching in support of Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy, and disability rights.”
The protests were announced and advertised in a post on Instagram last week.
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Organizers claim to be protesting against “the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration.”
The group has 102,000 members on their Reddit page and over 7,000 on Discord. It has also been promoted by “Smart Girls,” an organization created by actress Amy Poehler.
“We are going out and protesting because we are concerned by our current president’s actions,” Sydney Wilson, a national press liaison for 50501, told NPR. “We figured it was a nice little punch.”
The report explains:
The first nationwide protest by 50501 occurred on Feb. 5. And while it did not attract the hundreds of thousands of protesters seen on Jan. 21, 2017 — the day after Trump’s first inauguration — thousands of people participated in total across cities and at state capitols, including in Connecticut, Colorado and Hawaii. The organization estimates there were nearly 80 protests across 88 cities.
During those protests, participants called for Trump’s impeachment and removal from office, demanded an investigation into Elon Musk — who is leading the Department of Government Efficiency — and sought the reinstatement of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives that have been rescinded through executive orders.
For the next wave of protests, set to take place on Monday at state capitols again and in Washington, D.C., Wilson says they expect a similar turnout, if not larger than the previous one. Their demands remain unchanged.
The group is specifically calling for Elon Musk’s removal from his role at the Department of Government Efficiency.
“We are still very much calling for the removal of Elon Musk. We find it very concerning that there is a non-government official that has the access that he does,” Wilson stated. “And we would like to see the strengthening of anti-discrimination legislation.”
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