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\u201cHands Off is like hands off on all these things, not just our services and benefits, but our rights and our freedoms, all of which are being threatened right now, and we\u2019re seeing it every single day,\u201d MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n The goal, in part, is to bring together people who have maybe been against Trump for years and newly angered Americans, who have fallen victim to the new administration\u2019s mass firings and shuttering of government programs.<\/p>\n \u201cEven people who initially said that Trump was doing what he promised he\u2019d do to his enemies, shaking things up, are now saying, \u2018What happened to me\u2014what about me?\u2019\u201d Randi Weingarten<\/strong>, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, told<\/a> The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n Instead of solely organizing the Saturday protests in strong blue dots across the country\u2014like in Los Angeles or New York City\u2014several \u201cHands Off!\u201d demonstrations were planned in areas that Trump won in 2024, handily. In Fayetteville, West Virginia, where the least pro-Trump area still went to him by 17 points, there\u2019s a protest at the courthouse<\/a>. Other Trump strongholds\u2014like Big Spring, Texas<\/a>; Cookeville, Tennessee<\/a>; and Glendive, Montana<\/a>\u2014are also hosting demonstrations.<\/p>\n While liberal places are expected to have a larger turnout, the movement\u2019s vastness differs from past mass protests against Trump, which were often found in liberal hotspots and required people from other areas to travel.<\/p>\n