{"id":126279,"date":"2026-01-21T11:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126279\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:46:16","slug":"tampa-demonstrators-protest-trump-administration-one-year-after-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/126279\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa demonstrators protest Trump administration, one year after inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDemonstrators outside Tampa’s City Hall protesting the Trump Administration. Photo by Leah Burdick<\/p>\n

Over 100 demonstrators gathered outside city hall and along nearby sidewalks protesting the Trump Administration.\u00a0January 20, marked one year since President Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration, and communities across the country took action in protest of his administration.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators held signs reading \u201cNo KINGS\u201d, \u201cProtect immigrants\u201d and justice for \u201cRenee Good\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Demonstrators waving signs at passing cars. Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n

\"\"Demonstrators gathering at Tampa\u2019s City Hall. Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n

\"\"Demonstrator wearing a flag saying \u201cHands Off.\u201d Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWe say NO to deportation\u201d signs. Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n

\"\"Demonstrator holding a sign about helping others. Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n

\"\"Large \u201cStop ICE Murders\u201d in the crosswalk. Photo by Leah Burdick.<\/p>\n

\"\"Demonstrators holding signs about ICE. Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n

\"\"Signs about welcoming immigrants. Photo by Leah Burdick<\/p>\n

\"\"Sign about the Constitution not being protected by Trump. Photo by Leah Burdick<\/p>\n

Erain Boxtha is an organizer with Tampa Immigration Rights Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are calling for the protection of immigrant rights, but along with immigrant rights, women\u2019s rights, LGBTQ rights, and everybody\u2019s rights who have been harmed by the Trump administration,\u201d Boxtha said. <\/p>\n

He said they want to show Trump that people wont back down and that they will keep fighting him on his policies. <\/p>\n

Boxtha and a majority of demonstrators were protesting ICE and calling for an end to deportations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Demonstrator Dave Shuey says he is fearful for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never envisioned in my 65 years that we allow these people (ICE) to terrorize our communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Shuey said ICE needs to go and democracy must prevail.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t want more taxes, people dont want to lose there healthcare. He is creating terror and cruelty in the united states and i never seen a president act like that,\u201d Shuey said.<\/p>\n

He said he is worried about loosing democracy and other demonstrators said they are too. <\/p>\n

Nancy Hickey Hughes is a Tampa resident who was wearing an anti-Trump shirt calling him a dictator. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a fascist is what he is. And he\u2019s turning our country into a fascist county. Like he wants to invade Greenland and today I think he even said taking over Canada again, you know, the guy is really mentally ill,\u201d Hughes said. \u201cIf I could say one thing to him, it wouldn\u2019t matter because he doesn\u2019t care what the average person thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multiple demonstrators say they are afraid of losing democracy and called Trump a narcissist. <\/p>\n

During the demonstration, participants were chanting and listening to speakers as cars honked in support.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demonstrators outside Tampa’s City Hall protesting the Trump Administration. Photo by Leah Burdick Over 100 demonstrators gathered outside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[28763,1877,1432,3852,3138,135,137,136,4945,62567],"class_list":["post-126279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-ice","tag-lgbtq","tag-no-kings","tag-protest","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-trump-administration","tag-women-rights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}