DENVER – With eight days left in the presidency of Donald Trump, a caravan of protesters on Sunday demanded that his departure date be moved up.
“This may be the last time we are going to protest in the Trump presidency,” Denver board member Tay Anderson said from a truck bed to more than 100 people in cars. “We started with a bang four years ago and we’re going to go out with a bang today.”
The protest was organized by Anderson in response to the riots following a Trump rally on Wednesday in the US Capitol in which five people were killed. Many people link the riots to the president’s rhetoric before and on the day that violence broke out.
“This past Wednesday, an act of terrorism took place in the capital of the United States,” Anderson said. “We are meeting here to say that our democracy is stronger than white supremacists and Neo-Nazis.”
Speakers at the rally included Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who insisted accusations would send a strong message.
“He should never hold office again,” Weiser exclaimed in a speech about the president. “It’s important that we hear the people.”
The message was taken to the streets as the caravan drove through Denver. Protesters honking in front of the Colorado Capitol while protesters wave signs.
“Trump must go, we say he must go,” protester Stacy Mitchell said. “As much as I can get my vote one more time.”