CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “Protect our human rights and our democracy,” a chant being rung out by millions at state-level and across the country Wednesday.

Several dozens gathered at the state capitol to hold a protest against Project 2025– a 900 page plan being imposed under President Donald Trump’s Administration to change the structure of the federal government across multiple facets.

The plan has also already received much backlash from the Democratic Party due to its radical agenda– an agenda they say is affecting the rights of every minority the country makes up.

“If you can hear what everyone’s chanting right now, human rights are at stake right now,” said Robin Cutlip, a representative from Women’s March. “The people of the LGBT community are already suffering, small businesses are suffering over these tariffs, people with special needs are going to suffer, women are going to suffer.” 

Recently Trump proposed a slew of executive orders putting tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China in order to stop illegal immigration and the production of fentanyl, just one of the facets of his anti-immigration plan highlighted in Project 2025.

Wednesday Trump was going to be signing another executive order banning biological men from competing in women’s sports, which is outlined in Project 2025 as well.

Madison Brown, another protest participant Wednesday said the project is setting us back in time.

“Project 2025 is going to put us back hundreds and hundreds of years, which America has already worked so hard to get to where we are,” said Brown.

The project also calls for tighter security along the Mexican border and the deportation of immigrants, cutting government spending by cutting back federal organizations and programs that protect different minority groups, the recognition of only two genders, the withdraw of the abortion pill and leaving abortions up to states, ramping up fossil fuel production, among other radical advances.

Morgan Griffith works the night shift in the ER, but when she found out that this protest was going on at the capitol steps Wednesday, she decided to sacrifice some sleep to go and help defend the rights of all those Project 2025 would impact.

She said she felt compelled to be here as it seems to be for a really good cause.

“I think a lot of people feel that there hands are tied, there’s no outlet, like we just have to live with this,” she said. “And the outlet that we do have is like Facebook and social media, I don’t know if that’s effective.”

Griffith added that ever since now two-term President Trump came back to office, there has been nothing but fear, turmoil and tension.

“I don’t want to be a fear-mongerer, it’s just every single morning I wake up and I’m like, what’s today’s crisis, who are we going to hate on today,” Griffith said.

Brown said that this agenda recognizing only two genders is what has got her concerned.

“It’s so awful, because now we are being told in offices that we cannot acknowledge transgendered people like we used to, already,” she said.

She said it’s scary, because it not only doesn’t recognize other genders, but the plan also seeks to potentially criminalize them.

Brown said people don’t want to believe this is happening in our country right now.

“People don’t realize how real and how horrifying this already is, and how serious this is,” said Brown.

Another protester Wednesday, Julie Britton said with Trump chiming out his “drill, baby, drill” slogan, she worries what this increased fossil fuel production will have on the already impacted earth and the issue with climate change.

“We’ve seen the drilling in day one, we can’t afford this,” she said. “This earth is the only thing we have, we can’t afford to lose it.”

Britton said now is the time for the Democratic Party to truly fight back.

“I’m a life-long democrat and I’ve expected more from the democrats we’ve elected, said Britton. “They absolutely have to stand up and be a force to reckon with.”

Cutlip said they plan to make sure their voices are heard and are not going anywhere until they are.

“As you can see, we have probably close to a hundred people already, it’s not even noon, and this rally was posted less than a week ago with a whole lot of people trying to put fear in us and keep us home, so these will only grow bigger and they will grow louder,” Cutlip said.

The protests were taking place at state capitols across all 50 state’s Wednesday.