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.”