SNOHOMISH COUNTY, FEB. 4: Snohomish County Indivisible will hold a rally and march in unity with national non-partisan activist groups to call upon elected officials to push back against recent initiatives given by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
Rally members are demanding Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) “fight back against the Trump-Musk Funding Freeze and unconstitutional overreach.”
The rally will take place at the Snohomish County Courthouse Plaza (3000 Rockefeller Avenue) and will march to the Senators’ Offices (2930 Wetmore Avenue in Everett). The rally will begin at noon, Wednesday, Feb. 5 and the march will begin at 1:30 p.m.
Snohomish County Indivisible is a local chapter of the national Indivisible organization, which was formed after the 2016 election. They work to support and influence local politics according to their website.
The demonstration is in response to recent executive orders and measures given in the first few weeks of President Trump’s presidency.
“The Rally and March will serve to deliver our demands to our U.S. Senators Cantwell and Murray, reminding our elected officials that they answer to us, and to inspire and energize our community in the days ahead with the constitutional crisis brought on by the Trump administration,” Snohomish County Indivisible Rally Organizers said in a press release.
In a memo released by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) last week, they directed agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance.”
The White House later said the memo was rescinded but vowed to continue its efforts to review federal spending to ensure it follows the Presidents objective.
A federal judge in Washington D.C., recently issued a temporary restraining order against the effort to halt funding.
The freezing of federal funding would have impacted organizations across the Nation that rely on federal funding in the form of grants or loans.
Last week the Washington State Standard reported House Minority Leader Drew Stokesbary, R-Auburn said that the funding freeze “underscores a point that House Republicans and Senate Republicans have been trying to make for years, which is that we have got to do a better job managing the state’s budget so that we’re not so dependent on changes in revenue.”
Elected Republicans across the country have largely supported the attempt to freeze federal funding, agreeing with the need to review federal spending, a promise Trump made during his campaign.
Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Everett) recently heard concerns from community leaders about the impact of a potential funding freeze on local organizations and non-profits.
“Clawing back federal funding has real consequences for the people I represent. It means taking away seniors’ Meals on Wheels. It means taking away health care for kids. It means taking away support for mental health & suicide prevention initiatives that save lives,” Larsen wrote on X.
Snohomish County Indivisible Rally Organizers said, “Since taking office, President Trump and Elon Musk have worked together to defund the federal government from the inside while consolidating power into the hands of a right-wing elite. Their goal is clear: gut federal agencies, strip public resources, and redirect power and money into their own hands.”
Trump has given Musk, billionaire Tesla CEO and X owner, control over the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been tasked to reduce the size of the federal government in a directive to cut government spending.
Recently U.S. Agency for International Development has been shut down at the direction of Musk to carry out that objective. The agency distributes billions of dollars to humanitarian aid.
Over the weekend it was announced that DOGE gained access to U.S. Treasury Systems, allowing the department to access sensitive data including Social Security and Medicare customer payment systems.
Cantwell recently released a statement saying, “This threatens the privacy and funds owed to every American taxpayer and Social Security recipient. Congressional Republicans cannot continue to turn a blind eye as to how their own constituents’ private financial records are handled.”
Murray and other senate leaders expressed concerns about Musk and DOGE being granted access to the federal government’s central payments system.
“The world’s richest man has vowed to cut off funding that helps the least among us. Think about that. And next—think about how many dollars he himself makes from government contracts. And the Trump Administration is handing the keys of the Treasury over to him? It does not get more blatantly corrupt than that,” she said in a statement given Monday, Feb. 3.
Indivisible members also expressed concerns over the OMB Director candidate Russel Vought. Vought served under Trump’s first term from 2019-2020.
Vought has been criticized for contributing to Project 2025, the controversial and conservative blueprint for reforming the federal government.
“We demand our senators shut down the proceedings by leveraging every available second of debate time and refusing unanimous consent on every possible vote. On Wednesday, we’re demonstrating that there are real people applying real pressure to our senators,” Snohomish County Indivisible said in their press release.
“Democrats are pushing back with the tools that we have. We will speak out, we will press this administration, we will open investigations, and we will demand accountability. The one tool we do not have is the majority in this Congress,” Murray said.
