Anti-Trump protesters during Washington, D.C., demonstration. (Ted Goodman)
"Doesn't every president try to control the narrative?" Goodman pressed.
"They try to control their own narrative. But one of the things that Trump has done, for example, is the renaming the Gulf of Mexico and then not allowing the Associated Press to come into the White House," the protester continued.
The first protester explained in the video that he was there after he "saw people were hanging out," while the second protester explained he was there due to "executive overreach."
One-sheet paper at an anti-Trump rally in Washington, D.C. (Ted Goodman )
More than 1,200 protests were held across the nation on Saturday as critics gathered to protest the administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), reciprocal tariffs, federal layoffs and immigration reform.
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"[I’m] protesting how horrible things have become in our country," one protester told Fox News Digital from a demonstration in New York on Saturday. "I mean, we've been taken over by a bunch of robber barons who are trying to take away all of our rights, benefits and liberty."
Elon Musk's Tesla showroom locations have faced repeated protests over his role in DOGE. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Amid the protests, a local news outlet, media personalities and conservative critics speculated that the anti-Tesla protests were embroiled in "astroturfing," which is defined by Merriam-Webster as a campaign "falsely made to appear grassroots."
Fox News Digitals' Kaylee Holland and Madeline Coggins contributed to this report.
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