(5 Feb 2025)
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Austin, Texas – 5 February 2025
1. Various of protesters gather waving placards outside at the Texas Statehouse
2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Velez, progressive activist:
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"What I’m asking for is that the Senate needs to stand up and represent its people. We are here to hold them accountable. We have people that are up in Senate that are not doing their jobs. They’re not confronting this man who is using his power, his dictator-like powers. That’s not what America is. America is a democracy."
3. Various of protesters gather waving placards outside at the Texas Statehouse
4. SOUNDBITE (English) David Velez, progressive activist:
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"Right now, we are going against an administration that is using its powers unilaterally. Without…that is unconstitutional. That is illegal."
5. Mid of protesters gather waving placards outside at the Texas Statehouse
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeanette Keyser, protester:
"It just seems like such a good idea how, every capital, every state, all at the same time. I just love the idea. I felt like we could make a huge impact on one single day."
7. Mid of security stands guard at the capitol entrance
8. Mid of statue atop Texas state capitol
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeanette Keyser, protester:
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"I hope less laws get broken and I hope we retain the freedoms we at least have right now. And we can hopefully get more freedoms for people who desperately need them right now."
10. Wide of protester waving placard outside at the Texas Statehouse
STORYLINE:
A movement to protest the early actions of President Donald Trump’s administration took off Wednesday, as thousands of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in Philadelphia and at state capitols in Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Protesters waved signs decrying Trump; billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency; and Project 2025, a hard-right playbook for American government and society.
Outside an Austin, Texas Statehouse, progressive activist David Velez was worried that elected officials weren’t doing much in stopping the Trump administrations use of power. "We have people that are up in Senate that are not doing their jobs. They’re not confronting this man who is using his power, his dictator-like powers.
The protests were a result of a movement that has organized online under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501, which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day. Websites and accounts across social media issued calls for action, with messages such as “reject fascism” and “defend our democracy.”
Trump has signed a series of executive orders in the first couple of weeks of his new term on everything from trade and immigration to climate change. As Democrats begin to raise their voice in opposition to Trump’s agenda, protests have also begun.
On Sunday, thousands of people marched against Trump’s plan for large-scale deportations in Southern California, including in downtown Los Angeles, where protests shut down a major freeway for hours.
AP video by Lekan Oyekanmi
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