Anti-Trump protests sweep the nation, crossing the threshold of mainstream media attention
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What was different about this weekend's anti-Trump protests?
Thanks to everyone for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. You know, one thing that was definitely different about this weekend's big day of protest against Trump is that this time the protests got a lot of mainstream media coverage. I don't know if the protests a couple of weeks ago were like a surprise to the headline writers and newsrooms of America's major news outlets, but for whatever reason, a couple of weeks ago, that huge day of protest was really kind of played down or just underplayed somehow in the mainstream press. That definitely turned around for the protests this weekend. Headline, New York Times, shame protesters nationwide rally again to condemn Trump policies. Thousands of demonstrators rallied at hundreds of events on Saturday to speak out against the president's handling of immigration, civil liberties, job cuts, and many other issues.
The Times front-paged protest photos and protest signs like these ones, for sale, democracy, and resist if not now, when, and arrest the kidnappers. Headline, Washington Post, 50-51 protests rally small towns and big cities against Trump policies. Protesters gathered in hundreds of rallies across the country to denounce President Donald Trump. Washington Post and its coverage front-paged a big crowd in Washington, D.C. at the Washington Monument, including this sign front and center, innocent until proven guilty. Headline, The Associated Press. Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington, and elsewhere across the country. Elsewhere is doing a lot of work in that headline, given how many protests there were.
But the AP front-paged this big banner outside the White House fence, Trump must go now. next to a sign that says, Free Kilmar, for Kilmar Abrego-Garcia. Headline, USA Today, nationwide hands-off 50-51 protests against Trump continue for second weekend. They front-paged this upside-down American flag in the foreground, hanging, of course, in a way to signify distress. And then you can see the signs there, No King and Impeach, Remove, Imprison. Headlines, CNN, protesters denounce Trump administration in nationwide rallies while supporting impacted communities. Here's the Boston Globe, no kings, anti-Trump demonstrations around Boston invoke American revolution. Here's the BBC, thousands join anti-Trump protests across U.S., Front paging. This is a good sign.
I've only ever seen this once. Don't piratize Social Security. That's very well done. Here's The Guardian, which is also based in Britain. Protesters fill the streets in cities across the U.S. to denounce Trump agenda. Here's Reuters, the news service. Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across the United States. Here's Bloomberg. Anti-Trump protesters turn out from New York City to San Francisco and, may I suggest, everywhere in between. Here's CBS News. Anti-Trump rallies held across the U.S. to protest administration's policies. Here's NPR. Protesters unite against Trump in hundreds of rallies across the U.S. No more tariffs on the sign there. Here's the L.A. Times. Anti-Trump protesters rally again in cities across the country. Impeach and remove being spelled out in bodies on the beach on the front page of the L.A. Times. This was the lead story on NBC Nightly News on Saturday night. You see the chyron there at the bottom, massive anti-Trump protests across the country.
Tonight, protests across the country, from Denver to Midtown Manhattan. To right outside the White House, people voicing anger at the Trump administration, including over its recent immigration actions.
I don't know if the mainstream media catching up now to what's been going on in the streets. I don't know if it's a big advance for that movement against Trump or not. But it's at least worth noting that it is starting to happen. It really hadn't been happening before, and it is now. The coverage is now there. That said, judging from the literally hundreds of protest videos and images that we reviewed over the weekend and compiled, my sense is that the momentum is here and these protests are going to keep happening basically everywhere, regardless of the level of coverage they get, even though they are now getting more coverage. This is... These are hard to put together, but we've done it.
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