Across Alaska, in communities large and small, people who voted for Kamala Harris for president in 2024 took to the streets as protesters on Saturday. There have been numerous protests like this since Trump was elected.
President Donald Trump has given them lots to protest, including tariffs on countries like China that practice slavery, and countries like Canada and Mexico, which allow and even encourage imports of illegal drugs and immigrants into Alaska. He’s been ejecting illegal immigrant gangsters and returning the rights of girls to compete in sports without boys taking their trophies. Trump has done all that he was elected to do, and in a very short period of time.
The protesters object to Trump trying to stop waste, fraud, and abuse in government.
Some protesters held signs that called Trump a fascist. One child held a sign that said, “Pet kittens, punch Nazis.”
Here’s Anchorage:
Observers told Must Read Alaska that when the protesters got to Town Square in downtown Anchorage, they were faced with a group of vagrant Native individuals who told them to leave because they own the land. A fight ensued. One vagrant was taken into custody for spitting on a protester. By “arrest,” that likely means handcuffs and a piece of paper telling the person when to report to court, and a release.
About 3,000 persons took part in Anchorage, including the one sign-holder who advertised on her sign that this was her “resisting bitch face.” Another person was seen stashing an AR-15 firearm in a tent. Later he got a gas can and lit a bunch of wood and pallets on fire at Barrow Street and 2nd Ave.
One observer noted he was “glad these people are out on the streets protesting and not in the halls of government making decisions.”
Here’s more of Anchorage’s protest, in video:
In Fairbanks, the scene was basically the same, but festive. It was more a social gathering than a protest. Mayor David Pruhs was sitting on the City Hall steps watching the whole thing unfold and even had a cookout going.
Juneau protesters numbered over 1,000 in front of the state Capitol. One man carried an American flag upside down and defaced with black spray paint that said: “Fight fascism!”
In Washington, D.C. Must Read Alaska sources said that protesters included some “furries,” people who identify as animals.
The protests were impressive in numbers in all the major cities, such as Boston, where 20,000 people reportedly took part in a city that voted heavily for Kamala Harris.
