‘We work for the people’: Hundreds rally at Arizona national parks to protest federal cuts

Hundreds of protesters showed up at Grand Canyon National Park and Saguaro National Park Saturday as part of a series of nationwide rallies on public lands.

Videos posted to social media showed groups of protesters at some of the state’s most iconic viewpoints. John Hockaday, an organizer of the protest at the Grand Canyon, said about 100 people turned out for the rally and were spread out among four protest sites on the South Rim.

Organizers of the protest at Saguaro National Park reported 250 attendees, although videos posted to social media appeared to show a smaller crowd. Dozens of people also turned out at other protest sites across the state…

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