The 50501 ‘hands off’ protesters who took to the streets to protest against the Donald Trump administration Saturday reached Vice President JD Vance’s house on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory in northwest DC. One poster seen in an image of a protest outside his house mocked Vance’s best-selling book Hillibilly Elegy. “JD’s Nazi Elegy writing a legacy of shame for your children and History.”
JD Vance was in Rome on Saturday though he did not meet Pope Francis. A Vatican statement said JD Vance had a conversation with Cardinal Pietro Parolin and there was “an exchange of opinions on the international situation, especially regarding countries affected by war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations with particular attention to migrants, refugees, and prisoners.” It was seen as a snub to the Vice President from Pope who has repeatedly rebuked Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort calling it a “disgrace” and “grave sin” — in a double whammy for the vice president home and abroad.
The 50501 Movement stands for 50 protests, 50 states and 1 movement. Its first major protest was on April 5 and today it was scaled up with more than 400 protests taking place across the country. Hunter Dunn, a spokesperson for 50501, described the group as a “pro-democracy, pro-Constitution, anti-executive overreach, nonviolent grassroots movement.” On what sets today’s protest apart from the April 5 movement, Dunn said today’s protest is more about awareness and less about protest.
“We have registered Democrats, registered Independents and registered Republicans all marching because they all believe in America, because they all believe in a fair government that puts people before profits.”
After the protest outside Vance’s residence, the next spot was the Washington Monument, the database of the events said.
Vance and row over Kilmar Abrego Garcia
JD Vance came under fire in connection with the deportation of Kilmer Abrego Garcia, a Maryland father who has been living in the US illegally, though a court ruling in 2019 prohibited his deportation. When a court ruled against the deportation and the Trump administration said the man was wrongly deported, JD Vance falsely claimed Garcia was a convicted MS-13 member
