Photos: 50 States Protesters Gather in West Palm Beach

A group of about 50 people gathered in West Palm Beach at noon on Wednesday, February 5, joining demonstrators around the nation to protest President Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda.

The South Florida demonstration was an offshoot of “50501” a one-day aggregation of 50 protests in 50 state capitals, including Phoenix and Denver. The Sunshine State’s main protest, which drew demonstrators by the hundreds, took place in Tallahassee.

Congregants outside the Palm Beach County courthouse just north of downtown West Palm Beach voiced concerns about issues ranging from reproductive freedom to immigration and LGBTQ rights, as well as billionaire Elon Musk’s role in the federal government.

“Girls just want to have FUNdamental rights! Women rights are human rights!” read one message on a pink poster, while other signs displayed messages like, “No One Voted for President Musk! F-ELON!” and “Immigrants Built This Nation.”

One protester waved a transgender pride flag, while a sign resting on a tree stump read, “Let it Be Known Homosexuals Are Not Cowards” – the words of William Arondeus, an openly gay man who was executed in 1943 for his involvement in the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement.

Savannah Samford, who goes by her Discord name, “Joy Rider,” organized the West Palm protest.

“I’m very happy with the turnout,” Samford told New Times. “Knowing that we have even one person here, two people here, that support our message and what we’re trying to say for the people who can’t speak for themselves – that’s big.”