WASHINGTON 鈥� Thousands of protesters marched on the U.S. Capitol for Saturday’s Tax Day protest.
They chanted “we want to know” and shouted for the release of President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
“If you don’t release your tax returns, we have no way of knowing whether you’re putting America first or you’re putting Donald Trump first,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., during a speech.
Another call for action from those who gathered was tax reform “that demonstrates that you’re working in the people’s interest, not your interest,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
Wyden called on Trump to “knock off the secrecy” and said people have 鈥渁 basic right to know whether the president pays his fair share.鈥�
One of Trump鈥檚 sharpest critics in the House spoke to protesters at the U.S. Capitol just before they set off on a march to the National Mall.
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, of California, said there鈥檚 nothing to prevent Trump from releasing his income taxes and that 鈥渢he simple truth is he鈥檚 got a lot to hide.鈥�
鈥淚f he thinks he can get away with playing king, he鈥檚 got another thought coming,鈥� Waters said.
At the end of the speeches, protesters marched past the president’s Pennsylvania Avenue hotel 鈥� as well as the IRS building.
Trump, who spent the morning at his Florida golf course, avoided several hundred protesters when his motorcade took a circuitous route back to Mar-A-Lago, his Palm Beach, Florida, estate.
Protesters marched across the bridge that divides West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, chanting and hoisting signs that read 鈥淒on the Con,鈥� 鈥滸o back to New York,鈥� 鈥漇how your taxes!鈥� and 鈥淪how me the money!鈥�
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
