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marmar

(80,072 posts)
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:10 AM Sep 2025

Anti-Trump protesters are out almost every day in metro Detroit. 'We can't stop'



(Detroit Free Press) Tracee Guibord and the inflatable male genitalia she brings along are hard to miss at a protest.

The 5½-foot-tall inflatable is adorned with handcuffs, a Girl Scouts sash and a fake head of hair meant to mimic the hair of President Donald Trump. And Guibord, a former police officer and firefighter, typically dons the military jacket of her World War II veteran father for the endeavor.

Guibord, 67, of West Bloomfield, became a familiar face in September 2025 when the Detroit Free Press set out to visit at least one protest a day for a week in metro Detroit.



While mass protests with hundreds to thousands have gathered to denounce the president since he retook office, more regular protests with anti-Trump sentiments are also taking place almost daily in metro Detroit. Smaller groups of five, 40 or a little under a hundred people gather routinely with posters, chants and, sometimes, retorts for passing motorists who support the president. ...................(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2025/09/21/anti-trump-protests-metro-detroit-activists/85978542007/




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Anti-Trump protesters are out almost every day in metro Detroit. 'We can't stop' (Original Post) marmar Sep 2025 OP
Fantastic, I have one in my area coming up I'll be going to Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #1
My brother has been protesting every weekend here in Delaware. Walleye Sep 2025 #2
we have a dedicated group in my area that is out twice a week. mopinko Sep 2025 #3
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2025 #4

Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)
1. Fantastic, I have one in my area coming up I'll be going to
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:11 AM
Sep 2025


This is the ultimate act of patriotism, soon it will be just as brave to do this as it was for our father‘s mother‘s grandfather‘s grandmothers to fight against Nazi Germany in World War II.

Walleye

(45,470 posts)
2. My brother has been protesting every weekend here in Delaware.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:16 AM
Sep 2025

Particularly at the airport where the airline is being paid by the government to deport people of Venezuela

mopinko

(73,940 posts)
3. we have a dedicated group in my area that is out twice a week.
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 11:43 AM
Sep 2025

we had a masked magat turn out to harass ppl last wk. threatened to dox ppl, and plant child porn on their computers 😡😜. had a great turn out this wk.
sorry for the fb link, but some great pics here. https://www.facebook.com/DemocraticParty49

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