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By Globe Staff
April 5, 2025
Boston Globe
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_ Hundreds of thousands are protesting Trump across the country
today. _

Protesters were at Boston City Hall Plaza after marching from Boston
Common on Saturday., John Tlumacki/Globe staff

 

Protest enters third hour, even as rain falls — 2:27 p.m.

By Talia Lissauer, Globe Staff

Another round of rain began to fall as the protest entered hour three.

The crowd remained in the thousands with signs and spirits raised
high.

Some people had begun to trickle into the Government Center Station,
as the final speaker gave her speech. Others walked on Tremont St.,
which remains closed.

[The protest in Boston.]
The protest in Boston.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

[Thousands of people turned out in Boston, and more in other locations
in New England.]
Thousands of people turned out in Boston, and more in other locations
in New England.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

R.I. State Representative Karen Alzate speaks at protest: ‘You will
not continue to deport my family, my friends, my neighbors.’ —
2:23 p.m.

By Alexa Gagosz, Globe Staff

PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island state Representative Karen Alzate,
who previously told the Globe
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she had grown up in the shadow of deportation because her parents were
undocumented, spoke before a crowd of thousands at the “Hands Off”
protest on Saturday.“

The economy is for us. And we’re here to tell this administration
that you will not continue to tax our money to use it for your
game,” said Alzate, who also said she is also introducing a bill
locally that she said will tax the rich. “You will not continue to
deport my family, my friends, my neighbors.”

[Rhode Island state Representative Karen Alzate spoke at the "Hands
Off" protest against President Trump in Providence on Saturday, APril
5, 2025. “You will not continue to deport my family, my friends, my
neighbors.”]
Rhode Island state Representative Karen Alzate spoke in Providence on
Saturday.Alexa Gagosz

In Concord, N.H., a veteran is angry: ‘I didn’t fight for our
country for this’ — 2:43 p.m.

By Amanda Gokee, Globe Staff

CONCORD, N.H. –  Ken Cowan of Wilmot, N.H., said Saturday was his
first time ever participating in a protest.

“I didn’t fight for our country for this,” said the retired
veteran, who worked on a submarine during the Reagan administration.

“We can’t sit on the couch and do nothing,” he said. “I know
we voted, but it takes more than just voting.”

Cowan, 67, called Trump’s presidency “a coup in progress,” and
said he believes Trump is trying to go from being the president to
being the king. That’s why he said it was important for him and
others to speak out.“

“I think if we can all stand up and voice our opinions, he can’t
take over this country,” Cowan said. He came prepared for the rain,
with his protest signs affixed to an umbrella he held to stay dry.

‘It’s the things that make us American that are being attacked,’
one N.H. protester says — 1:56 p.m.

By Amanda Gokee, Globe Staff

CONCORD, N.H. – Heidi Preuss, a 64-year-old retiree, came to the
“Hands Off” protest against President Trump with her 8-year-old
Great Dane, Leila, in tow, both sporting protest signs and undeterred
by the afternoon rain.

The rain didn’t keep thousands from showing up to the protest on the
State House lawn, spilling out onto nearby sidewalks as attendees
joined in chants of “Tax the rich” and musicians played folk songs
like “This Land Is Your Land.”

Preuss said she’s stressed out about what’s happening in the
country right now.“

The stock market dropped 12 percent in two days,” she said. Beyond
economic issues, she’s distressed by how the Trump administration is
handling immigration.

“Disappearing people off the street is just insane,” she said.
“It is absolutely the most un-American thing. It’s the things that
make us American that are being attacked.”

Preuss, who identifies as an independent, said she has never voted for
Trump, although she was “happy” with New Hampshire’s former
Republican governor, Chris Sununu.

[Heidi Preuss and her dog, Leila, joined the "Hands Off" protests
against President Trump in Concord, N.H., on April 5, 2025.]
Heidi Preuss and her dog, Leila, joined the "Hands Off" protest
against President Trump in Concord, N.H.Amanda Gokee

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