Protesters converged on the Alaska Capitol and other capitols around the country to express their disapproval of President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency, run by his appointee Elon Musk.
The crowd appeared to be about 250.
They converged on the State-owned building because no one is at the Federal Building in Juneau, due to it being a federal holiday.
Signs read, “BAD DOGE,” “CALL IT WHAT IT IS A COUP,” “MUSK MUST GO,” RESIST FASCISM,”and “FREEDOM MEANS GAY TRANS FEMALE IMMIGRANTS.”
Although most of the raucous crowd of federal employees stayed outside the state Capitol, a few came inside to the press office to make sure the mainstream media appropriately covered their grievances.
The crowd was larger than the usual protests at the Capitol, in part because of it being a federal holiday, when federal workers in non-essential positions have the day off. Many of them brought their dogs. But unlike other protests, few children were at this one, even though schools were closed due to Presidents Day. Juneau, which is largely a government town, is facing a population crash because the current generation is not having children. By 2050, the state estimates the population, now at about 31,500, will be down to 27,000, what it was in 1990.
See photos from around other capitals in the United States at this USAToday link.
