Washington DC – Left-wing groups opposed to Donald Trump’s second term as president had planned to “fight back” with thousands of demonstrators in Washington, D.C., on Monday, but that didn’t actually happen.
Act now to stop wars and end racism (ANSWER) The Coalition and People’s Forum, which sparked anti-Israel riots in the nation’s capital last summer, organized an Inauguration Day rally, and local law enforcement They expected about 10,000 people to gather around town. Start at Malcolm X Park. But the Daily Caller News Foundation observed a different scene. They complain about crowds of dozens of people standing in the snow, piles of unused megaphones and frigid weather.
“We’re here on a very cold day, so we decided to hold the inauguration indoors,” said one of the speakers at the podium. “But for us, it means we’re going to be here no matter what, no matter how cold it gets!”
Dozens of anti-Trump activists gather with signs, tables, and a guillotine at Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller News Foundation)
A pile of megaphones is placed in the snow during an energy-free protest against President Trump’s inauguration in Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025 (Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller) (Photo by News Foundation)
A group of protesters holding placards denouncing “fascists” are seen at an anti-Trump protest at Malcolm X Park in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. Daily Caller News Foundation (Photo by Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller News Foundation)
Demonstrators filled about half of the park, denouncing the new president’s conservative policies, while also calling for the release of Palestinian criminals in Israel, labeled “political prisoners,” and “police, prisons and cages.” They made radical demands such as “the abolition of the
Standing alongside the anti-Trump demonstrators were, ironically, Trump supporters wearing Palestinian keffiyehs and Make America Great Again (MAGA) hats.
A pro-Trump, pro-Palestinian protester speaks with one of several journalists alongside a left-wing Code Pink activist at Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025 (Hudson Crozier/Daily) (Photo by Kohler News Foundation)
“I came here to use America to protest against Israel,” New York resident Hugh Casey told DCNF.
“What don’t you like? [Trump] It has something to do with Zionism, but I like the rest of his movement and his content,” Casey said.
“I want to show that the Republican Party can serve the Palestinian people, and we don’t have to bend our tail to Israel every time,” Casey said, pointing to a keffiyeh.
A masked man holding a wooden guillotine managed to attract attention. The structure had fake blood and the words “Come get your money” carved into its base. Malcolm X Park rally guillotine and sign seen later as demonstrators march through the streets surrounded by law enforcement. (Related: Anti-Trump protesters parade through D.C. with bloody guillotine during Inauguration Day)
Anti-Trump protesters parade through Meridian Park with a mock guillotine on January 20, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Daily Caller News Foundation)
After President Trump was inaugurated at noon, DCNF observed another demonstration by a group of about 20 people calling themselves revolutionary communists in Lafayette Square in front of the barricaded White House. Protesters displayed Trump signs on Ku Klux Klan hoods and called the president a “shitbag.”
A woman and a man wearing “Make America Great Again” beanies sit unresponsive on a bench during a communist protest outside the White House in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2025 (Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller)・Photo by News Foundation)
About two dozen protesters from the Revolutionary Communist Party protest against President Donald Trump’s “fascist” policies as more Trump supporters pass in front of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC (photo) Provided by: Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller) News Foundation)
Trump supporters grin and jeer at a group of communists protesting the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., January 20, 2025. Some passersby yelled “Communists go home” and shouted at them. Some people even honked their horns. (Photo credit: Hudson Crozier/Daily Caller News Foundation)
The scene was in sharp contrast to the riots against President Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 that resulted in clashes with police, tear gas, arson, vandalism and more than 200 arrests in Washington. The first Trump administration dropped charges against dozens of protesters.
No arrests of protesters were reported Monday.
Communist protesters spoke of forming a “massive” nationwide resistance to Trump’s “fascism”. But in the end, there were more “Make America Great Again” hats than Marxist symbols in the square, as Trump supporters jeered, grinned, took photos or ignored them as they passed. .
“No one cares!” one man shouted in a sing-song tone.
Andi Shae Napier and Myles Morell contributed reporting.
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