Published
Nov 27, 2025 at 04:46 AM EST
By Kate Plummer
Protest group Refuse Fascism is holding a demonstration in which it plans to surround the White House to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump.
The demonstration is set to take place on December 13 and the group, which was founded in 2016, plans to deliver a “people’s indictment” against Trump, claiming he should be removed from power.
Newsweek reached out to the White House to comment on this story outside of normal business hours.
Why It Matters
Since assuming office, Trump has been hit with multiple coordinated protests from groups concerned about his use of executive power. Trump has sent federal troops to several states including Washington D.C. and has signed dozens of executive orders spanning policy areas from immigration to federal funding of government departments. Some of these actions have sparked legal challenges though his base have signaled their support for his policies.
A Refuse Fascism spokesperson told Newsweek: “Our Surround the White House 2.0 mobilization is about demonstrating momentum of unrelenting nonviolent protest. We will be holding ‘crime scene’ tape around the White House and delivering the people’s indictment of the fascist regime. In doing so we will model and signal to the tens of millions who know in their bones the Trump regime’s illegitimacy what millions can and must do: come back to DC in nonviolent protest again and again because there is no living with this fascism. Together we will act as a beacon calling people across the country to nonviolently flood DC, to grow into the millions surrounding the White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, coming back again and again, not stopping until this fascist regime is removed from power.”
They added: “Our actions are nonviolent. We have trained volunteer marshals, medics, de-escalators, and legal support teams. We plan our routes and formations carefully and we create clear expectations for participants before the action begins.”