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

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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

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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.