# @macjournalism on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGPqrvpAQVm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/26775863-macjournalism-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-02-19T06:44:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

## Caption

Across the United States on Feb. 5 demonstrators gathered on the steps on all 50 capitol buildings including Austin’s. As a result of the online #50501 movement, a hashtag that promoted 50 protests at each of the 50 capitals across the country, more than 500 protesters convened at the Texas capitol building. The main point of the demonstration was to protest President Trump’s executive actions ranging from ramping up ICE for increased deportation to rolling back diversity initiatives and transgender rights. Animosity toward Project 2025 was also on the agenda.

Although the protest began on the steps of the Capitol, as the crowd grew in size, the organizers of the protest encouraged the demonstrators to walk down the center of Congress Avenue. 

“We’re going to move to Congress (Avenue),” one speaker said to the crowd. “We’re ready to be detained for being in the streets, but these are our rights we’re fighting for. If you don’t want to be arrested, stay on the sidewalks,” the speaker said.

Demonstrators marched down Congress Avenue holding signs criticizing President Trump and Elon Musk, the Trump appointed head of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a White House team tasked with cutting federal spending. The signs included phrases such as “Seeking safety is not a crime,” “Greg Abbott is a DEI hire,” “We the people reject Project 2025,” “Women’s rights are human rights,” and “No one is illegal on stolen land.” 

The sea of signs were accompanied by chants from a crowd that the Dept. of Transportation estimated reached 500 at its peak. The protesters chanted, “Whose streets? Our Streets!” and “What does democracy look like? This is what democracy looks like!”

As the protest continued, the demonstrators turned onto Sixth Street before returning to the Capitol. Due to the online promotion of the protest, the DPS and APD were lined up along street corners as crowd control. The protest reconvened on the steps of the Capitol building and the rally continued.

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