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Thousands of protestors rally against Trump in San Luis Obispo

April 5, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

San Luis Obispo’s “Hands Off!” protest brought approximately 5,000 people to the courthouse to rally against Trump on Saturday afternoon.

The rally included speakers such as U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal who addressed the crowd from the steps of the courthouse. Carbajal voiced concerns that the Trump movement wants to put power “in the hands of corrupt, few autocrats.”

The city closed off Monterey Street from Osos to Santa Rosa streets. Protestors gathered around the courthouse and lined Santa Rosa Street.

Organizers held more than 1,300 “Hands Off!” rallies across 50 states.

 


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I don’t feel safe in SLO, even as a life long resident. These people are deranged and misguided. I wish they’d go back to SF and LA!


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Lol.


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definitely stay home. Its dangerous out there.


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I was not at the event yesterday. Not my style. But I haven’t read about any injuries.

obsanluis. Let’s see if you can tell the truth. Would you have felt safer in SLO yesterday-or at the January 6th riot?

Who is more deranged and misguided. Thugs using American flags to beat up cops-or hippies singing songs?

Bet you wont tell the truth.


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A couple of people had some sort of medical issues (heat or?), paramedics were on it.


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Fish on!


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The protesters are the People of SLO County. None of this misinformation about folks being bused in to protest. That lie is not sticking.


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And the CalCoast Conservative News commenters have spoken.


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Protesting smaller Government, Support wasteful spending, and Slowing illegal border crossings? I don’t get it.


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If that was actually happening with this administration I would agree with you.


If following the law, which includes respecting the courts, is hard for you, then you are as not patriotic as you think.

If you expose a position that the courts can be ignored, and people can disappear without due process you are more closely aligned with fascist thinking. Which is a common theme lately from the right.


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Turn off fox news or any of the other propaganda networks of your. dear leader.


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nice that all the senior citizens is the community can all get together


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You mean the people who built this country?


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The people who built this country….were at work that day.


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No one gets a hour and a half off on a Saturday, impossible.


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The people are protecting the “Courts,” that are protecting the criminals. Look around. Crime pay handsomely !


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Gov’t (the law and the courts) is made to protect those accused of crime. Vigilantes sometimes make mistakes.


(That is not to say that courts do not also make mistakes.)


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No, that’s not how any of this works.


Did no one take civics classes?


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My favorite part is these protestors and these politicians are the ones who created the “Orange Godzilla”!!

Through decades of letting big money do the talking and allowing the establishment to run amok.

Health Care , Education, Finance, Insurance, everything run into the ground long before this dude showed up. We have become a scam- based economy and the people and institutions that profit from it are never going to fix it.

40 trillion in debt… does it really matter who the captain of the Titanic is at this point? Hope you had fun at the “Protest”! ; )


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What’s the deal with the lack of young people at these protests?


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Young people know that if they stand a chance of having as good a life as their parents we have to do what Trump with the help of Musk is doing… what kind of fool wants the USA to go bankrupt?…. these protesters are selfish and only care about themselves… and truth be known these people would be protesting if Trump wasn’t doing this… we know that… its anti Trump first for them the nation second or third or fourth…..


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“Young people know”  BS


“what kind of fool wants the USA to go bankrupt?…”


Go look at your 401k.


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You mean the one they can’t collect on for decades? Go refi the $2mn house you bought for $50k 40 years ago and now work hand over first preventing housing development.


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Everyone’s 401k, Everyone’s stocks portfolio, It’s not over, Monday the market will drop again. A recession looms self inflicted.


Your example is so specific as to be ridiculous in the context of the moment.


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Younger generations voted for Trump. Including Gen X. It’s the class of 1968 that are up in arms at whatever Trump does or does not do. No matter what happens, they will protest. The anti-establishment has become the establishment.


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Tax the ultra rich!!! Upholding an idealogy(capitalism) at the cost of infinite inequality is a stupid alternative.


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So instead of capitalism what are you proposing?


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And accomplished what? Nothing!


Carbajal voiced concerns that the Trump movement wants to put power “in the hands of corrupt, few autocrats.”


It’s already in the hands of the corrupt. TDR is out of control.


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Yep, look what newsome and the ca air resource board has done to CA, if thats not corruption I don’t know what is.


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This is exactly why Trump won. The people have woken up, they can now see that the government has been run by a select few in the shadows, for decades, they see the fake news. Everything has been a lie for the past 80 years.


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