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Thousands protest against Trump and Musk in Tampa in #50501 protest

One of over 1300 “50501” protests took place at Tampa City Hall in Tampa, FL. Thousands showed up, the sidewalks were already packed 1/2 hour before the published start time.

The sidewalks on both sides of the street were lined with wall to wall protesters. Such chants as “No Trump, no KKK no Fascist USA” and “Lock him up” filled the air. The crowd included huge numbers of mainstream liberals who might have never been at a protest before, reinforced by seasoned veterans of activism.

As always at these, Elon Musk was singled out for his extremist assaults on social programs, and Teslas were called Swasticars in signs carried by some of the protesters.

Security teams kept an eye out for any trouble from the far-right, well aware that police will NOT defend protesters from assaults by car and maybe not from being shot at.

There had been direct threats by the Proud Boys to infiltrate 50501 protests and “instigate” violence statewide but they chumped out. They might have somehow found enough brains not to start something they could not finish. Trump may want this as an excuse for civil war, but it’s the Proud Boys not Trump who would be at the bottom of any resulting pile.

There were single-digit numbers of other fash at Kissimmee, and maybe 20 forced-birthers in Tallhassee who soon left as thousands showed up there too.

Nationally, it seems any moderate size or larger city got over 1,000 protesters, and the DC protests (there was a Hands off DC protest and a Palestine protest that marched on ICE) got anywhere from 40K to over 100,000 depending on whose reports are correct.

Hands Off Rally In DC Draws Tens of Thousands in Rebuke Of Trump, Musk

video by DC Media Group/John Zangas

Washington DC—Tens of thousands rallied at the Washington Monument in a mass rebuke of the Trump-Musk regime, its disjointed takedown of Federal agencies, its wayward foreign and economic policies, and its policies eroding individual rights. The rally was a part of nationwide actions in major metropolitan centers, reflecting the resistance movement is getting stronger and still growing.

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Video from Tampa #50501 protest-including MAGA meathead in car reaching for something

A boisterous but peaceful and nonobstructive 50501 protest took place in Tampa on March 4 2025. Like last time, protesters held a line across the intersection when a red light had traffic stopped and used the walk signal timer to clear out ahead of green lights so traffic could proceed. This lets a lot more people see the protest from their cars than when the same 20 cars or so are held behind a blockade.

Chants of “No Trump, no KKK, no Fascist USA” and “No ICE, no KKK, no Fascist USA” were used a lot.

A small number of aggro Trumpers some in MAGA hats and with a Trump banner showed up, but they did not dare attempt to force the whole crowd to fight when agitation tactics failed.

Towards the end of the rally, a MAGA meathead with a prior history of harassing these protests in Tampa from his car showed up again. This time, he made a show of reaching for something inside the car while arguing. His hands came up empty, but I moved close to cover assuming that could have been a gun and he might yet draw it. He never did.

This was one of a great many 50501 protests all over the so-called “United States.”

Hundreds protest Trump and Musk in Tampa’s 50501 event

On the 17th of February, the “50501” protests rocked the US from coast to coast. Up to 5,000 may have participated in DC, maybe 1,000 in Tampa, and hundreds more in a boisterous protest on Kenndedy Street in front of Tampa City Hall.

Tampa protesters adopted a new tactic: closing up and holding the banner across the street when traffic was stopped for a red light, then using the walk sign countdown to clear the street before the light turned green. This allowed the entire flow of afternoon rush hour traffic to see the protest instead of just the same dozen or so. A great many drivers cheered and honked in solidarity, even here in Florida.

A few stray Trumpers were chased away, the later ones warned “Nazis aren’t safe here!” Throughout the protest, Trump and Elon Musk were explicitly called not just Fascists but Nazis. This is what they are and Naziism must be stopped NOW.