Organizer Brielle Lee Barrett was overcome with emotion as she looked out at roughly 500 flag-waving protesters who braved the cold Wednesday in St. Paul and chanted in opposition of new President Donald Trump.

About 500 people participated in the protest at its peak, according to a DPS estimate. Just after 1 p.m., the protesters began to march down Congress Avenue and around several downtown Austin blocks before heading back to the Capitol steps about an hour later,

Throughout a snowy day in Olympia, around 1,500 people showed up at the Washington state Capitol campus to protest against President Donald Trump and his policies. Crowds marched around the Tivoli Fountain and shouted “Trump and Elon have got to go,