Overview

• Protests on June 14 and 15 took place in over 2,100 cities with organizers estimating around 5 million participants across all 50 states.
• Demonstrators united voters in blue, red and purple states to oppose immigration crackdowns, troop deployments and perceived erosions of constitutional checks.
• Trump’s long-awaited military parade in Washington, D.C., drew sparse attendance and was widely condemned as an expensive flop.
• Deployments of U.S. troops and state National Guards against protesters have prompted legal challenges and renewed scrutiny of executive authority.
• Participants and leaders view the weekend’s mass demonstrations as a pivotal moment for resistance amid mounting concerns over political violence.