The protest began the same way President Trump's administration had: with a list of executive orders using language mirroring plans found in Project 2025, the 900-page document which aims to enact right-wing policies by consolidating the executive branch's power under the sole control of the president.
"It is full of propagandized language, hostile, vulgar accusations, and bald-faced lies," said rally leader J. Abraham while addressing the over 200 protestors on the steps in front of the Capitol in Frankfort.
The crowd held signs representing dozens of causes - trans rights, immigrants' rights, disability rights, reproductive rights, and racial justice among them - all of which have been directly threatened by the president's executive orders and memos, and all of which are targets of Project 2025.
"So much is at stake with each of these executive orders," said Abraham, "And the people whose job it is to make sure that our freedoms are safe are disappearing."
At the bottom of the steps was a letter writing station where rally-goers were encouraged to urge state and federal leaders to hold the Trump administration accountable for actions that allegedly violate the U.S. Constitution.
The form letter provided cites specific concerns, including attempts to end constitutionally guaranteed birthright citizenship, freeze federal spending without Congress' approval, dismiss inspectors general unlawfully, and create a federal agency without proper oversight.
The letter urges Kentucky leaders to publicly denounce the former acts as unconstitutional, to introduce legislation which reinforces constitutional separation of powers, to advocate for judicial review of the President’s executive orders, to support legal consequences for unconstitutional actions, and to vote against the nomination of Russell Vought, a Project 2025 contributor, as director of the Office of Management and Budget.