BURSTThe Women’s March is organizing protests across the country on the Fourth of July in a push to “Free America” from President Trump and his billionaire allies.
The group has listed some 150 gatherings in Washington, New York, Maryland, Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida, Massachusetts and dozens of other states on its website.
“They want us scared, divided, and alone. They don’t want us to dream about freedom. But that’s exactly what we have to do,” organizers wrote in a statement on their website.
“This Fourth of July, we will be in the streets with songs of freedom and joy. The dream of American freedom belongs to all of us, and we will not stop in our pursuit of its promise, now or ever,” they added.
The Women’s March said their goal is to free America from the grip of billionaires who rig the system for their own benefit, and to invest instead in ending poverty.
“Everyone should be able to afford food, rent, health care, and a decent life,” the statement said.
Their demonstrations follow nationwide mass demonstrations on June 14 hosted by the umbrella group No Kings organization on Flag Day, coinciding with Trump's birthday and an Army parade in Washington.
Another group, the 50501 movement, organized protests on President's Day in February and again in April. The organization’s title represents 50 protests in 50 states and one movement.
Protestors represent rising frustration with Trump over deportation sweeps, volatile tariff policies and deep cuts to the social safety net in his "big, beautiful bill," which Republicans hope to send to the president by July 4.
Trump responded to the last day of protests by saying he doesn’t feel like a king.
“A king would say, ‘I’m not going to get this.’ A king would have never had the California mandate to even be talking, he wouldn’t have to call up [Speaker] Mike Johnson and [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune and say, ‘fellas you got to pull this off’ and after years we get it done,” he told reporters last month.
“No, no we’re not a king. We’re not a king at all.”