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Photos: Crowd rallies in downtown Frisco for ‘Hands Off!’ protest against Trump administration policies

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Matt Hutcheson

A protestor holds a sign during a Hands Off rally against policies of President Donald Trump's administration. The rally was held in downtown Frisco on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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A protest in downtown Frisco joined the more than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations scheduled to take place across the United States on Saturday, April 5.

A sizeable crowd rallied at and around the intersection of Colorado Highway 9 and Main Street in Frisco in broad opposition to policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.

Protestors held signs decrying Trump administration policies including the firing of federal workers, deportation of immigrants, the closure of Social Security Administration offices, the effective dismantling of some federal agencies and sweeping new tariffs on American imports. Many protestors held signs echoing the “Hands Off!” theme of the rally with messages such as “Hands Off! Our Social Security Medicare Education” and “Hands Off! Student Protestors.”

Summit County’s “Hands Off!” demonstration was organized locally by residents including Sara Furey, a Breckenridge resident, and Cheri Paul, a Silverthorne resident.

“After the election, I felt that Summit County was lacking any sort of presence of likeminded women. I thought it was really important for our community to be able to come together with people who share likeminded ideals (on things like) education and women’s rights,” Furey said. Furey added “a small group of people” joined together locally to organize the rally.

“What I’ve been hearing from tons of people I’m talking to is: ‘This has been lacking in our community.’ People are here for all different issues,” Furey said.

Paul said the group utilized the internet, social media and local media to put the rally together and inform the community about it.

“We have a high turnout, a lot of energy behind us,” Paul said. Adding to her comments about the turnout at the rally Saturday, Paul said the group expects to organize more protests in the future.

“We would love for this to be the only one we have to do, and things would change — but I don’t think that’s the case. We know that this is the first of many, and this turnout is very encouraging,” Paul said.

Rallies were scheduled to take place across Colorado and the country on Saturday, including at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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