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More than 1,000 San Antonio demonstrators condemned the Trump administration's policies and actions on Saturday.
The 50501 Movement sponsored the march and rally. The group pushed back against what it called executive overreach from the Trump administration and Elon Musk.
Norris East, 88, said he travelled to San Antonio from Hackberry, Louisiana, to join the demonstration. He had a low opinion of the Trump administration. “Worse than ever," he said. "I can remember all the way back to [the] Eisenhower [administration, in the mid to late 1950s], and it wasn’t near that bad.”
Zac Zepeda said he was worried for the future of democracy. “We gotta protect our democracy, protect everything from these tyrants and billionaires," he added. "I hope they see the light of day. I don’t hate them but I sure do despise them and what they're doing.”
Alex Svehla, 50501's lead organizer in San Antonio, said earlier this week that his group plans more marches and rallies.
“We’re going to keep protesting until we have some kind of positive action in the direction of the end of the executive abuse we see in the federal government right now,” he added.
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The march began at 11 a.m. next to San Fernando Cathedral. The weather was breezy and cloudy. Marchers completed a route of about a mile and a half and then returned to Main Plaza, where several speakers addressed the crowd.
Similar events were planned across Texas and the nation.
About 2,000 people participated in a similar march and rally on April 5 in San Antonio, in concert with other large cities across the United States. An estimated 3 million people participated nationwide.
