Large crowd gather in downtown Raleigh to protest Trump policies

Major protests played out across the nation including the Triangle Saturday. The latest gatherings aimed at opposing the Trump administration. The protests come hours after rulings from the US Supreme Court on key immigration cases and as polls show Trump's support slipping in North Carolina.
Posted 4/19/2025, 10:47:57 PM Updated 4/20/2025, 12:58:04 AM

AS THE NIGHT GOES THAT

INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE.

THANK YOU, MEGAN.

>> WELL, THIS HAPPENED TODAY

ONCE AGAIN, LARGE PROTESTS

PLAYED OUT ACROSS THE NATION.

THE LATEST GATHERING AIMED AT

OPPOSING THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION. PROTESTERS

MARCH IN 22 SEPARATE EVENTS IN

NORTH CAROLINA ALONE, INCLUDING

RIGHT HERE IN RALEIGH WRAL'S

ERIC MILLER SPOKE WITH

DEMONSTRATORS AT HALIFAX MALL.

>> ON HALIFAX MALL SATURDAY,

1000 STRONG MESSAGE TO

WASHINGTON, D.C.,

LEADERS, MAJOR PROTESTS TAKING

AIM AT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

FROM DOWNTOWN. AND ONLY I WAS

AT THE HANDS OFF PROTEST.

I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE TESLA

TAKE DOWN PROTESTS AND FOR

THOSE GRILL BRINGING TOGETHER

EVERYONE FROM WAKE COUNTY

ELEMENTARY STUDENTS LIKE THE

LITTER AND I FEEL THAT I WAS

ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY TO

IMMIGRANTS LIKE CHRISTIAN.

AND IT IS BRINGING PEOPLE

TOGETHER FROM ALL WALKS OF

LIFE. A COALITION OF THE SCHOOL

DENIES THE LATEST PROTEST,

INCLUDING THE 50 51 MOVEMENT

THAT THOSE ORGANIZERS COMING

WITH A RANGE OF DEMANDS,

INCLUDING DUE PROCESS FOR ALL

CITIZENS AND NONCITIZENS ALIKE.

KB IS CORPUS. I MEAN.

GO THROUGH THE COURTS, HAVE

THE PROTEST. NORTH CAROLINA

GOP AD AND SPOKESPERSON AT

MERCER WRITING IN A STATEMENT.

WELL, DEMOCRATS ARE CHAMPIONING

THE CAUSE OF AN ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANT GANG MEMBER THIS

WEEK.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

REPUBLICANS ARE DELIVERING

WINDS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE

WANT TO STRESS HERE IS

REGARDLESS IT'S IF SOMEBODY

IS GUILTY OR NOT, WE CAN'T KNOW

UNLESS THEY HAVE DUE PROCESS.

FOWLER IS AN EX AP A EMPLOYEE.

SHE SAYS SHE'S ATTENDED

MULTIPLE DEMONSTRATIONS THE

LAST FEW WEEKS. THIS WITH THE

DIFFERENT EVERY SINGLE WEEK

THAT GOES BY. I THINK WE'RE

GETTING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE

ARE REALIZING LIKE, OH, NO

LAKE, THIS IS WAY, WAY WORSE

THAN WE COULD EVER ANTICIPATED.

SATURDAY'S PROTEST COMES ON

THE HEELS OF THE LEADERS PULLED

FROM MEREDITH COLLEGE POLL

RELEASED THIS WEEK FOUND THAT

41% OF LIKELY NORTH CAROLINA

VOTERS APPROVE OF THE JOB TRUMP

IS DOING.

>> DOWN FROM 47% IN FEBRUARY.

THAT DISSATISFACTION ON FULL

DISPLAY IN THIS CRIME. I'M

FIGHTING FOR OUR DEMOCRACY.

I'M FIGHTING FOR OUR

ENVIRONMENT AND RALLY THERE

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