Protesters, bundled against the cold and waving American flags, gathered at the Capitol in St. Paul on Wednesday. The crowd, estimated to be at around a thousand, rallied against the policies of President Donald Trump,

At the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, hundreds gathered on the front steps to advocate for immigrant rights and government accountability and to reject Elon Musk's involvement in federal agencies.

Ashley Benites, a novelist who drove to the protest from Shorewood, said she has been “enraged” by what she’s seen from the new administration so far. Benites noted she’s concerned her children will not be able to attend college if Trump dismantles the Department of Education as he has promised and federal student aid programs go away.