April 2. On Saturday, April 5, cities around the US will be part of a nationwide protest called “Hands Off,” organized by the Indivisible movement.
The demonstrations voice opposition to various policies enacted by the Trump administration, including DOGE led by Elon Musk.
Cornelius organizers plan to march Saturday from 11:30 am to 1 pm.
Details
The North Meck contingent will meet at the Cornelius Veterans Memorial behind Town Hall, then walk down Catawba Avenue to Smithville Park, passing local businesses, the Cornelius Library, Cornelius Elementary School, the Cain Center for the Arts and the Cornelius Police Department.
Marchers will carry “Hands Off!” signs expressing opposition to “government cuts and overreach.”
New: No permit was required by Cornelius Police.
The Charlotte protest will also take place Saturday, starting at 11 am at Mecklenburg County Dept. of Social Services, 301 Billingsley Road in Charlotte.
In 2020 we provided advance notice of the July 4 Trump Boat Parade on Lake Norman.
Is this a road closure, or a sidewalk situation? If a sidewalk, will they be told not to jay walk (since they will need to cross)? Will there be police? And if a counter protest was launched, say in front of the police station, would that violate any laws or rights?
Posted by Tom | March 31, 2025, 11:59 amGovernment spending and fraud has been out of control since Covid. These protestors want it to continue?
Amazing Dems loving criminals, crime and fraud.
Posted by BW | April 1, 2025, 11:42 amNo one is against cleaning up the system and addressing waste. NO ONE. The fraud, the complete destruction of our institutions, and constant lies are coming from Trump and Doge. Please seek out information beyond the propaganda bubble of Fox, News Max and the like. They’ve been manipulating and feeding you hatred of the left for decades. Yes to efficiency. Yes to a well run government. Yes to a compassionate government that serves its people as it was meant to do. Yes to free speech and peaceful protest. NO to a king. NO to an authoritarian regime!
Posted by Amy Taylor | April 2, 2025, 10:42 amYou are the one who is mis-informed. Clinton, Obama, and even Dementia Joe all said they were leading efforts to do the EXACT same thing as DOGE when they got into office, but it was all just talk. You can go back and watch the speeches/videos. DOGE is fully transparent using blockchain technology to show the US taxpayers, yes YOU TOO Liberals, the fraud and waste. So funny how the same people who loved Tesla and Elon when he was a Democrat, now turned on him for trying to help save our Republic from financial disaster. You realize we are 37 trillion in debt. Anytime the left doesn’t agree with the other side, they result in violence and destruction. Dem party got hijacked years ago… 23% approval rating and tanking…Wake up Sheep and know your fighting the wrong people…
Posted by Nancy $225million Pelosi | April 4, 2025, 9:26 amAnd the Hunter Biden Lap Top is Russian disinformation. COVID came from the Wet Market. Biden is running the country because he is coherent. Please save us your propaganda.
Posted by Kelly Harris | April 4, 2025, 9:29 amWell said. Thank you.
Posted by Charles D Fieselman | April 4, 2025, 3:14 pmYet you love the fact that there’s a felon in the White House House. Hypocrite. Fraud? 😂
Posted by Ann | April 4, 2025, 10:35 amSo basically they are in support of waste fraud and abuse. It’s all on the Doge.gov website, which cuts in specific are they opposed to? Or is this just another attempt at virtue signaling?
Posted by Bradford Smith | April 1, 2025, 11:12 pmYes, let’s make cuts to cancer and other terminal disease research and deport the researchers and scientists, as well as the Dept. of Education, FAA, NIH, not to mention the stupidity of the tariffs. Did you see what the Market is doing? You probably don’t have any investments to care…SAD!
Posted by Beth | April 4, 2025, 10:39 amYes, we love fraud, waste, AND abuse. Seriously? If they’ve found any of that where is the actual proof? Not the list that THEY have published, but the actual proof. Where are the charges? Fraud is illegal, why has no one been charged? What we are ACTUALLY against are our rights being taken away. Hate, lies, and vitriol being spewed about marginalized communities. Someone that was NOT elected having our personal information and making decisions that affect our lives. We’re against people trying to take us back to the days that only straight, white, rich men were the only ones that had any power. We’re against men convicted of over 30 felonies and with MULTIPLE sexual abuse accusations running our country. We’re against a man trying to make every country our enemy. We’re against tariffs that have, historically, NEVER worked. But, yeah, go ahead and think it’s ALL about fraud, waste, and abuse in the government, which there is also ZERO proof of (incidentally, I work in fraud, waste, and abuse in healthcare so I know a thing or two about that, too).
Posted by JM | April 2, 2025, 10:55 amJim, I understand the healthcare waste and loony reasoning. Have your stomach reduced in size via surgery with lifetime medication (approx $1000@ year) needed for $250,000-300,000 was the offer when I wanted my ozempic approved which would be, at my age 10 years at $1200/year= $120,000 and I may not need it that long. And the insurance appeal agreed with this craziness.
Posted by red neck billie | April 4, 2025, 11:39 am