'Trump and Musk have got to go,' say Fresno protesters

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Fresno activists took portion successful a nationalist protest organized by the 50501 Movement against President Donald Trump's policies. 

Demonstrators held "not my king" signs and stood successful beforehand of Fresno City Hall, shouting "Trump and Musk person got to go."

Hundreds were astatine the rally, sharing their frustrations astir caller actions taken by the Trump Administration.

One of the radical who showed up to the lawsuit was assemblage member Maggie McMahon.

"I came present to enactment ideology successful the United States of America. It's fragile, it needs our emotion and our support. And I came present to consciousness bureau due to the fact that I consciousness powerless successful the look of the onslaught from our existent administration," she said. "We did elite the existent president, truthful helium is my president. But I don't hold with him."

Community advocator Jennifer Cruz was 1 of the lawsuit organizers and says massive national layoffs led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), existent migration policies and the rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs were conscionable a fewer things activists were protesting against.  

"50 protests, 50 states, 1 cause. To get our national governments to beryllium much accountable and the things that are happening currently," Cruz said.

In Fresno County, Supervisor Garry Bredefeld led the complaint to remove DEI connection from authorities occupation applications.

"We saw past week Bredefeld trying to region diversity, equity inclusion from their hiring practices," Cruz said. "We request to halt this successful Fresno County and fto them cognize it's not okay."

Bredefeld says helium thinks DEI initiatives are prejudicial.

"It should beryllium replaced by equality, merit and colorblindness. Basically, radical should beryllium hired who are the astir qualified, careless of your race, the colour of your skin, your sex," helium said.

Bredefeld besides says helium applauds the existent efforts Musk is making and believes DOGE aims to chopped down connected authorities spending.

"They're going to travel up with billions if not trillions of dollars that are wasted. This is our payer money. It's everyone's payer money. And we each privation it to beryllium spent appropriately, not connected woke extremist ideology," helium said.

The protestation started astatine astir noon and concluded with demonstrators marching to the Robert E Coyle Federal Building.