Protesters Confront National Guard in DC Demanding "FREE DC!"

Protestors' Demands and Rhetoric

• 📣 Protesters chanted "FREE DC!" and demanded the removal of federal agents and the National Guard from Washington, D.C.
• 🗣️ Speakers decried the "Trump fascist regime" and called for its removal from power.
• ✊ The sentiment was expressed that "millions" of protesters outnumbered their opposition, and the movement must be taken higher.

Confrontation with National Guard

• 🚶 Protesters were seen telling National Guard members to "Back up" and "Back up out of their face."
• 📢 Chants of "must be stopped" were directed at the troops.
• 😠 Some protesters referred to the National Guard as "class traitors."

Protester Justifications and Calls to Action

• 🛡️ Protesters claimed the National Guard defended neighbors from ICE and decried "genocide."
• ✍️ There was a call to action against a regime that jails dissidents, silences journalists, bans books, and rewrites history.
• ✊ The message was to refuse to surrender the future and humanity to a "vengeful fascist maniac."