POST YOUR FAVORITE SIGN! Here is my protest sign in Kalispell Montana!

[Maru Kitteh]

Kalispell, Montana population 24k - Hundreds upon HUNDREDS showed up!

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/4/5/2314808/-Hands-Off-Kalispell-Montana-photo-diary

Montana is a blood red state and Kalispell is one of the reddest parts of the state. The Republicans here have traditionally an overwhelming lack of concern for public health, homelessness, and social problems in general. It was, therefore. surprising that hundreds of people showed up carrying signs for a Hands Off event on Saturday April 5. People gathered at the old Court House and then marched about a mile along Main Street through the downtown business district to Depot Park. The marchers filled the sidewalks on both sides of the street for several blocks.

See the link above for lots of photos. Kalispell is in a +33 Trump area and there was a MASSIVE turnout for a mountain town of 24K people in DEEP DEEP red Montana.

But first - yours truly.



Both sides of the sign before I assembled it.



Got a nod from Meidas Touch and this Threads link has a WAY better video that gives a better idea of the scope/number of people. I would say minimum of 500+ , likely much more. (Click the video from Lynns_busy_life) Maybe give her a like if you could

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Local news report:
https://www.kpax.com/news/local-news/flathead-county/hundreds-gather-for-hands-off-protest-in-kalispell

I am absolutely LOVING all the signs from around the country! Post or tell about your favorite! What a rush it was to be with everyone! I’m still BUZZING, lol!

[bucolic_frolic]

1. It's an impressive turnout everywhere and not afraid to call a Nazi a Nazi

Americans have made the connection now hopefully more and more Americans will awaken!!

[canetoad]

2. IKEA has better cabinets!

Great sign.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. i second that.

[Jill Hanson]

19. Signs

Saw that sign at Milwaukee protest too.
My favorite sign I saw today a pic of Musk and Trump….”Jesus would kick the shit out of you too.”

[Figarosmom]

50. We were in Milwaukee too

[synni]

3. Awesome!

I love how our side is finally reclaiming the American flag as our own. These MAGAts do NOT own it, and it symbolizes everything that they are against: freedom, inclusion, compassion.

[Cha]

7. These magats salute the Russian and Mump Flags.

We ae the Patriots

TY

[BlueKota]

11. Don't forget the Confederate Flag which many

Magats worship.

[Cha]

22. I did forget.. TY. Haven't seen one lately.

[wordstroken]

23. True dat!

[Dulcinea]

39. I live in GA & don't see many of them anymore.

Of course, I live in blue metro Atlanta.

[Maru Kitteh]

17. We had flags everywhere! They bring only SHAME to that flag, we hold the IDEALS.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. i second that. hear hear.

[LiberalLoner]

4. Love you, love your sign! You know the soldier's statue in Veteran's Park?

My father and his friend raised funds and had that made. One of the bricks paving the ground there belongs to my husband and me.

My father posed for the statue. He was in the Army 30 years. They didn’t use his face as the model but from the neck on down it is 100% him and I recognize that as if it were a photo.

I lived in Kalispell for a number of years, off and on. My family settled in the Flathead valley region in the early 1900’s. Wheat farmers. My great great grandparents are talked about in some big huge history of Montana book, somewhere. My grandfather and great grandfather helped build the Going to the Sun highway and Hungry Horse Dam. My mother briefly owned a yarn store near Lindermann school, which I attended in the 7th grade.

I recognize every single building and place in every one of these photos.

Thank you for sharing them, and thank you for standing up for Montana and America and all that is decent and just.


Oops I guess it is Depot Park. I keep forgetting. My family stubbornly continued to call it Veteran’s park even after it was renamed Depot Park in the late 1960s.

[wordstroken]

25. What a wonderful story and memories for you. Thank you so much for sharing, LiberalLoner.

[LiberalLoner]

32. 💙💙💙💙

[Maru Kitteh]

47. WOW. What a beautiful history you have here! I hope you come home once in a while.

That’s so awesome that your dad stood for the statue in the park. Everyone still calls it depot park, btw! The original doughboy statue from in front of the courthouse is in Columbia Falls now - I see it several days a week.

Both Mr. Maru and I have some roots in Montana. His mom was born here and I have people in Ronan. My great-grandfather is buriied there.

So cool about your family - I’ll never see the statue in Depot park the same again! I love it!

[LiberalLoner]

61. Thank you so much for your kind reply! 💙💙💙 don't come back very often, mostly for funerals but

I have my memories, which are precious. I have my memories of the beauty of the land.

I took my husband to see Glacier National Park and I got to see it through his eyes…for me, it was home. Beautiful, but not shockingly so, because it was home, you know? And for my husband, he was calling his relatives and saying it was the most beautiful place he had ever seen and telling them they would not be able to believe it, unless they visited themselves and saw it.

By marriage, my cousins belong to the Salish-Koontenai tribe, so on that side of the family, the roots go much further back than six generations.

My ancestors grew wheat in the shadow of the mountains rising straight up from the valley, no intervening foothills. The local cemetery holds so many relatives.

Flying over Montana for the first time, my husband looked out the window at the roads in view below, and saw only one car. He was so confused…he could see a patch of land maybe fifty miles large, and a road with only one car. He asked where all the cars were, why there wasn’t any traffic. He had never seen that sort of thing, either, the emptiness. He is from Syracuse New York. I told him, this is Montana, there are a lot of acres and not so many people.

Thank you again for protesting even in a deep red area where people have guns and it’s risky. 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[Cha]

5. I bet you're still "Buzzing", Maru! I do like

that Mump Nazi Deport him Sign!

This is one of my faves..



Sign in Lancaster, PA.. where James Malone Won the Dem State Seante Seat a couple of weeks ago... in a Red Distrait.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220211317

[Maru Kitteh]

14. The courage people showed today is so heartening. We all know how violent they are.

We were all at risk. Everywhere.

[Cha]

24. So True... TY for Pointing that Out!

To All the Courageous Protesters April 5, 2025!

[Mousetoescamper]

54. That's my photo! Glad it's one of your faves!

Thanks for linking.

[Cha]

56. Ohh.. Thank you for Taking the Pic!

It was Especially Riveting to me because We had a Troll on here for 5 minutes who called herself.. " Orange Lives Matter".. uh huh.. yeah to Putin, Troll.

So when I saw your photo I had to pass it around.

💜

[jalan48]

6. This is great. My sister lives there. Glad to see the people aren't intimidated by Trump's thugs up there.

[Maru Kitteh]

8. We got SO MANY honks of support and only a few fingers :)

It was unexpectedly AWESOME. I was scared to go, but I’m SO GLAD I did it.

[jalan48]

12. It's great to see the folks turn out up there. I happened to go in the Rifle Coffee place when I was there last year.

Pretty scary crowd, the kind of people who took part in Jan 6th.

[BlueKota]

9. Elon is a Dogebag

Saw on NBC online report when I googled protests. By the way unlike CBS they identified the protests correctly as being against Trump's policies overall and Elon Musk's cuts and interference.

[StarryNite]

10. Phoenix

[BlueKota]

15. Love it

[Cha]

26. Mahalo, Starrynite! Perfecto!

So Creative!

[StarryNite]

55. It was a fun day!

[Cha]

57. I can well imagine... My sis and I protested in NYC

on Feb 15, 2003 when the World said No to War!

[StarryNite]

58. That's awesome!

[Maru Kitteh]

35. That is so well done.

[BlueKota]

13. Also like the Turd Reich

[AllaN01Bear]

16. kick.

[TygrBright]

21. "YOU VOTED FOR CHEAP EGGS, AND YOU GOT MEASLES" at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe today. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. Add your favourite slogans to this DU list:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/13242964

[H2O Man]

28. Outstanding!

Recommended.

[valleyrogue]

29. Some favorites in the Medford, Oregon, protest:

[displacedvermoter]

30. Can't spell HATRED without RED HAT!

Saw on sign here in Burlington!

[Maru Kitteh]

38. That's clever! Haven't seen that before.

[Initech]

49. My personal favorite:

"Congratulations, America! You got back together with your ex who is supposed to be in prison!".

[wordstroken]

31. Such uplifting and hopeful news, Maru Kitteh. Thanks for the great pics and link.

[lucca18]

33. What a day!!! My photo:

[WiVoter]

34. Collies Against Corruption

[flashman13]

36. That kind of turn out in Kalispell is a big deal.

[LiberalLoner]

42. It really is. 💙💙💙

[Maru Kitteh]

48. Couldn't believe it! One lady near me teared up

she was so happy to not feel alone today.

[montanacowboy]

37. My Old Home Town

Red as red can be. Glad to see all the folks out.

[tavernier]

40. SPEAK UP While It's Still Allowed!!!!

That was my sign. Someone took my picture holding it up and posted it on Facebook. My daughter happened to see it and sent it to me. The lady who took it said that she thought it was the most important sign there because at any minute we could lose that privilege.

Sorry I can’t post it… I communicate on an iPhone, and I’m not very clever when it comes to posting photos here.

[Maru Kitteh]

63. Here you go! Got it posted for you! (tavernier at Key Largo Hands Off)

[tavernier]

64. Thank you my friend!

I was proud to join the festivities but not smart enough to prove it.
But as Freddie says, “That’s what friends are for.”

[cjoki4]

41. Great Day of Protests!

I attended in Corvallis, Oregon

This was my favorite sign:
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My favorite tee shirt - hairball trump
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[MLAA]

43. Great sign! Just perfect!

[Maru Kitteh]

60. The cat shirt!

I LOVE IT.

[Amaryllis]

44. Keep the Immigrants. Deport Trump.

Honk if you've never drunk texted war plans to a journalist.

[gopiscrap]

45. Cool sign

I am going to be in Creston next weekend, love your area

[gopiscrap]

46. Cool sign

I am going to be in Creston next weekend, love your area

[summer_in_TX]

51. My two favorites?

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We're going to be HIS 7TH BANKRUPTCY, aren't we?

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they're eating the CHECKS, they're eating the BALANCES









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[Maru Kitteh]

53. "of the people that live there 🎵🎶

I LOVE IT.

[sinkingfeeling]

52. Bloomington, IL

[werdna]

59. I've seen better cabinets at Ikea.

[summer_in_TX]

65. Just saw another great sign photo

“My other sign is a pitchfork!“

[LetMyPeopleVote]

66. You Can't Spell Hatred Without Red Hat