"Thousands of rebels gathered outside the state Capitol on Saturday, mindlessly trampling the lawn in their Hokas, even as the autumnal sun in Sacramento forced them to strip off their protective puffer vests. With chants of "No Kings," many of these chaotic protesters spilled off sidewalks into the street, as if curbs held no power of containment, no meaning in their anarchist hearts."
"The "Raging Grannies of Sacramento" had set up a stage, and were testing microphones in advance of bombarding the crowd with song. These women wore coordinating aprons! They had printed signs - signs with QR codes. If grandmothers who know how to use a QR code aren't dangerous, I don't know who it is. Ellen Schwartz, 82, told me this Canadian-founded group operates without recognized leaders - an "international free-form group of gaggles of grannies," is how she put it."
Thousands of protesters gathered outside California's state Capitol, trampling the lawn in athletic shoes and shedding puffer vests under the autumn sun. The crowd chanted "No Kings" and spilled into the streets. The Raging Grannies set up a stage, tested microphones, and performed satirical songs, including a parody that labeled the president a "super callous fragile racist narcissistic POTUS." The women wore coordinating aprons and carried printed signs with QR codes. Ellen Schwartz, 82, described the group as a Canadian-founded, leaderless, international free-form network. The event included multigenerational participants, including a two-year-old child.
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