About 500 people participated in the protest at its peak, according to a DPS estimate. Just after 1 p.m., the protesters began to march down Congress Avenue and around several downtown Austin blocks before heading back to the Capitol steps about an hour later,

The protests by the 50501 Movement come days after rallies in opposition of Trump's immigration policies were held across the country.

About 200 people gathered at the State House in Concord holding signs that read “Arrest Musk,” “Resist,” and “Trump is a threat to our national security.”

Flyers circulating online decry Project 2025 , a hard-right playbook for American government and society, and include m

Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. to protest the Trump administration's early actions, along with Elon Musk and Project 2025.