US protesters call for Democrats to face Trump and 'fight, fight, fight with every tool available'

Source: The Guardian

Mon 21 Jul 2025 09.00 EDT
Last modified on Mon 21 Jul 2025 09.33 EDT


Democrats need to take bolder and more aggressive actions to oppose the Trump administration, protesters across the US told the Guardian during a day of rallies last week honoring the late congressman John Lewis. Lewis, a civil rights leader and Democratic congressman from Georgia who died five years ago, called for people to participate in non-violent “good trouble, necessary trouble” to advance their causes.

While some elected Democrats have escalated their tactics against Donald Trump and his administration – delivering multi-hour speeches, risking arrest, and physically interposing themselves as a disruption – protesters said they want to see a more united, organized, and aggressive opposition party.

“There’s a lot more that I would like to see from them,” said Jace Snyder, a weather research technician from Lovejoy, Georgia who attended the protest in Atlanta. Snyder is particularly concerned about the Trump administration’s cuts to federal agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (Noaa).

“If they have to shut down the entire legislative process until the Republicans fold, okay, shut it down… Shut down the Senate. Don’t pass anything. Do whatever is needed to make it so that these cuts don’t happen to vital agencies.” “We’ve gone beyond the ‘be polite to your political opponents,’ phase, because they’re not giving us the same courtesy,” Snyder added. “Fight, fight, fight with every single tool available you can.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/21/trump-democrats-good-trouble-protests