Hundreds of people gathered at Flagstaff City Hall on Monday to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce -- which are impacting the U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service across northern Arizona.
Though emphasizing public lands and the employees who manage them, the protest also served as an opportunity for people to voice their dissatisfaction with Musk’s unprecedented role in the new administration and in running the new Department of Government Efficiency and Trump’s sweeping uses of executive power in the first weeks of his term. Some carried signs that read “No Kings on Presidents� Day� -- a shared slogan for protests throughout the United States.
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Protesters line Route 66 on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday to protest cuts to the federal workforce.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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Justina Coffey holds up a sign protesting the abrupt firing of public land agency employees during a rally on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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A sign shows support for federal workers during a protest on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday as part of the "No Kings on Presidents Day" protest.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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May McGervey, 5, holds a sign voicing concern about forest fire risk outside Flagstaff City Hall on Monday as part of the "No Kings on Presidents Day" protest. Many of those who attended did so to oppose the abrupt firing of public land agency employees.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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Christine Mazon holds a "No Kings on Presidents Day" sign during a protest on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday.Â
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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Jonathan Nez, former president of the Navajo Nation, shows his support and talks to protesters on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday during the "No Kings on Presidents Day" protest.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
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Protesters line Route 66 on the Flagstaff City Hall lawn on Monday as part of the "No Kings on Presidents Day" protest.
Hattie Loper, Arizona Daily Sun
