On Monday, thousands of protesters took to the streets across the country to speak out against Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s moves to radically dismantle the federal government in what many have likened to a coup. Protests were held in all 50 state capitals and many other cities. Many of the protests were under the banner of “Not My President’s Day.” At a protest in New York, Jay W. Walker of Rise and Resist spoke to Democracy Now!

Jay W. Walker: “We’ve got Elon Musk and Donald Trump and the DOGE bros, the tech bros, ripping our government to shreds, ripping our Constitution to shreds, just ignoring the rule of law. And the American people have to stand up to it.”

In Washington, D.C., protesters gathered outside the U.S. Capitol and the White House.

Daniel Fairholm: “The ends do not justify the means. There’s a right way and a wrong way to accomplish change. And President Trump has broken every rule of appropriate democratic change in our society.”