Brunswick anti-Trump protesters hold "No Nazis" rally on overpass
Brunswick protesters used the Maine Street overpass to target Trump, not Graham Platner, in a recurring anti-fascism campaign that now meets twice a week.
Protesters gathered on Brunswick’s Maine Street overpass Tuesday for a No Nazis rally aimed at President Donald Trump, not local Senate candidate Graham Platner, turning the Route 1 crossing into another visible stage for anti-fascism organizing in Sagadahoc County.
A public event listing placed the protest at 40 Maine St. and identified it as Overpass Protest: Stop Fascism Now! Brunswick Area Indivisible has been promoting the same format as a recurring Tuesday-after-work and Saturday rally on the overpass where Maine Street crosses Route 1, with organizers saying the point is to stop fascism in America and restore democracy.
The demonstration fit into a pattern that has been building in Brunswick for months. On Jan. 20, protesters walked along Maine Street condemning Trump and ICE as part of a nationwide walkout effort, and reporting at the time described Brunswick Area Indivisible as a group that protests the Trump administration at least twice a week.
The timing also overlapped with the pressure surrounding Platner’s Senate campaign. Platner, a 41-year-old military veteran and oysterman, has faced scrutiny over a tattoo that resembles a Nazi symbol and over resurfaced offensive Reddit posts. Platner has said he got the tattoo in 2007 while he was in the Marine Corps and later covered it.
That distinction mattered in Brunswick, where the protest was directed at Trump rather than Platner even as both national politics and the Maine Senate race fed the same anti-fascist symbolism. For local activists, the overpass has become a regular perch for that message, giving the campaign repeated visibility over one of Brunswick’s busiest traffic corridors.
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