While plotting upcoming protests, Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., urged demonstrators to target congressmen at church.
“Folks, colleagues of mine should not be able to go to church or to go to the neighborhood gas station — if they pump their own gas, because I work with a lot of billionaires,” Ramirez said. “They should not be able to, without seeing community asking them ‘What the hell are you doing [for] my Social Security? What the hell are you doing to protect my Medicaid? Why the hell are you not standing up to protect public education in this country?’”
Ramirez called for harassment of legislators in an April 23 Zoom call, planning protests commemorating the socialist holiday May Day. As The Federalist previously reported, far-left activists are planning a “May Day National Day of Action” across America.
“Congress should not be operating as business as usual … We have had mediocre leadership in every level of government, and you are saying that on May Day — on May Day, it changes,” Ramirez said. “Members of Congress, we have a role to play, and you need to agitate us to do more.”
The congresswoman echoed popular Marxist talking points, blaming “greedy-ass, terrible, evil billionaires” for the country’s problems.
“You and I both know that it’s the billionaires’ fault. It’s those corporations, it’s those greedy bosses, it’s the greedy insurance companies, and greedy pharma,” Ramirez said. “They are the reason we are where we are, and the only way you change these circumstances is doing the organizing, the agitating necessary.”
Engineering Unrest
The “May Day Strong” call included left-wing activists and union leaders, including Jackson Potter, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union — the same group that claimed re-opening schools after COVID-19 was “rooted in sexism, racism, and misogyny.” He applauded Ramirez’s remarks as “fire” — “That’s a clarion call if I’ve ever heard one.”
“Instead of only talking about preserving a Constitution that was already imperfect and eroding before our eyes, we want to imagine a better union with social/economic rights,” Potter said. “Let’s get rid of the undemocratic nature of the system …”
Potter said activists have organized 600 protests nationwide in more than 500 cities, across 49 states — which rose to 50 by the end of the call. At one point, he said more than 2,400 organizers and volunteers were on the Zoom meeting. He said protestors would “shut sh*t down.”
Image CreditMay Day protests are planned across America. Screenshot | May Day National Day Of Action
Hae Lin-Choi, political and legislative director for the Communications Workers of America, explained the protests’ plans in New York City. She said more than 100 organizations are involved, including, “probably every possible group that you can imagine in New York City.” According to Choi, protesters will rally in Federal Plaza and then march past Wall Street and Trump Tower.
“We’re literally connecting the fight of the federal workers with the fight against our enemies, making it clear who we’re up against,” Choi said. “We’ll also make sure that the immigrant rights groups are surrounded by labor groups and many other organizations, literally forming a protective barrier.”
She claimed America is under “authoritarianism,” and said “a united movement of the people” is needed to “beat back those f*cking dictators.”
According to the May Day protests’ website, “partners” include the radical Women’s March, the Democratic Socialists of America (whose “paramilitary wing” is Antifa), the far-left Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE), and America’s largest labor union — the National Education Association. Other supporters include leftist groups MoveOn and Indivisible, both of which backed the recent “Hands Off” and anti-Elon Musk protests.
The upcoming protests are organizing through Mobilize America, which helped coordinate the recent anti-Tesla and “Hands Off” protests, as The Federalist previously reported. Mobilize was initially founded as a Democrat PAC, but has since rolled up into the party’s voter database under a wealthy private firm.
“This May Day, we’re hoping not only to march to commemorate our history,” Choi said. “We f*cking make history.”
Logan Washburn is a staff writer covering election integrity. He is a spring 2025 fellow of The College Fix. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo’s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.
