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Nearly 100,000 took part in Boston's ‘Hands Off' rally, organizers say

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Nearly 100,000 took part in Boston's ‘Hands Off' rally, organizers say

The massive crowd that gathered in Boston on Saturday to rally in opposition to the policies of the new Trump administration and the influence of Elon Musk was nearly 100,000 people in all, organizers said. “I had chills,” Mass 50501 member Rebecca Winter said. “People kept coming and coming and coming.”

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