Hayley Caronia

I mean, you kind of start to think so because it's like when, and I was in it for so long that by Friday, like you said, when it's 2 p.m.

on a Friday, I didn't even like register, how are you guys out here?

Because I had just seen it and it became so normal to me.

But I don't understand how, because like the demographics where I was seeing like working age people, you know, out there and I'm like,

You know, I know why I'm out there.

I know why the ICE agents are out there that the protesters are harassing.

We're all at work.

But what are you guys doing?

And then, you know, I've seen videos since like I got back to D.C.

of just people spotting protesters who've been at protest after protest.

And then I've talked to protesters who talk about how expensive it is.

And then you see the free snacks.

And then all the effort that goes into it and you just start asking questions.

And honestly, that's one of my biggest takeaways from this weekend is I, as a reporter and other reporters, we need to dig into this and figure out how they're able to mobilize like this.

Right.

Because it's truly uncanny just to see you convince people on a Saturday, on a workday, like, are you guys taking PTO to get out there and do this for five days?

You know, so very interesting.

And do you think that they were I mean, obviously, this was organized by someone or some group.

And I'd be interested to know, did you ask any of the protesters where they were from?

Because I'd be interested to see if I'm sure some of them are based in the Minneapolis area, but I'm sure some of them were shipped in from somewhere else.