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progree

(12,805 posts) Sun Apr 6, 2025, 07:25 AM Apr 2025

St. Paul (state capitol) protest: 25,000 per MN state patrol estimation. And several elsewhere in MN

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/05/hands-off-protest-trump-musk

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MPR's coverage was quite a lot different than WCCO's, which had the ludicrous MN Republican Party comment in full
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/hands-off-rally-minnesota-capitol-huge-crowds/

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St. Paul (state capitol) protest: 25,000 per MN state patrol estimation. And several elsewhere in MN (Original Post) progree Apr 2025 OP

We, the people, will not be silenced UpInArms Apr 2025 #1

I was there Lydia Leftcoast Apr 2025 #2

UpInArms

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1. We, the people, will not be silenced

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Sun Apr 6, 2025, 08:02 AM

Apr 2025

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Lydia Leftcoast

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2. I was there

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Tue Apr 8, 2025, 11:01 PM

Apr 2025

It was at least twice as big as the 2017 Women's March, and as I rode the Green Line to the Capitol, there were people standing on street corners holding up signs and waving.

The estimated attendance was a MINIMUM of 25,000. Some say more.

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