Thousands of people protest Trump presidency at rallies around Vermont

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https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/05/thousands-of-people-protest-trump-presidency-at-rallies-around-vermont/

“I’m grateful for the numbers coming out to show that we do not agree with what’s happening to our country and our Constitution,” one protester said.

MONTPELIER — Thousands of people crowded the Statehouse green and overflowed onto the street below the golden dome on Saturday for the largest planned demonstration in Vermont against President Donald Trump since he took office again.

Geri Peterson, an organizer of the Vermont rally with the decentralized activist network 50501, said the expected turnout for the rally in Montpelier was 6,000 people, but that crowd amassed to an estimated 10,000 people.

“This is a bipartisan moment where we need Republicans and Democrats. It’s everybody that needs to be fighting against the oligarchy that’s trying to take over our country,” Peterson said. “Trump support is eroding as a direct reflection of the fact that the American public does not support any decisions he’s made since becoming president.”

From Bennington to Newport, Vermonters gathered at more than two dozen planned demonstrations around the state under the “Hands-Off” banner, a national effort to mobilize peaceful protests against the Trump administration and the president’s policies.





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1. 'Brave Little State"

Shout out to all fellow Vermonters~

It was a very good day.