WATCH: Protesters rally against 'fascist' Trump as he becomes 47th president: 'Socialism defeats fascism'

WASHINGTON, DC— Several hundred protesters gathered in Washington, DC as President Trump was sworn in on Monday and several told Fox News Digital that they braved the freezing temperatures to speak out against the “colonialism” and “fascism” they believe is coming under Trump.

“I'm coming out because I think it's important to stand up against the country's slide towards fascism and against war and genocide and just to show that people will continue to fight no matter what the attacks are. , and we know they're going to happen,” Gregory, who said he traveled from New Orleans to the We Fight Back Meridian Hill Park rally. Washington, DC, he told Fox News Digital.

“We know the situation is going to get worse. We have to keep fighting.”

Maxwell, who attended the inauguration protest from Baltimore, told Fox News Digital, “I'm here to make a decision to say that we're not going away and that the dangers of poverty and wealth inequality, hatred and discrimination against LGBTQ people and immigrants who are members of our community deserve to have a voice and to have people represent them within the country and to end imperialism and colonialism and, you know, stop that oppression. created by the United States government, that is why we are here today.”

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Many of the protesters brought signs and props, including one man who unfurled a giant guillotine painting, which he told Fox News Digital was a “piece of art” that was “open to explained.”

“I want people to know that they have the power to make themselves heard, to talk about their anger, to say, you know, to send a message to the people above us, the people who govern us, that, you know. we're here, we're strong, and they're good, you know, they step a little, you know, it's just a carved image, but it should be a little scary.

The inscription under the guillotine said, “come and get the summary.”

Mara, who identifies as transgender, told Fox News Digital that Trump is a “fascist”.

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“It's important that I'm here. First of all, Donald Trump, with his extreme right-wing agenda, among other things, he has to call more people pedophiles and be kill,” Mara said. “So as a trans person, that's scary. Moreover, not only by people on the left, but by his superiors, he's been called a fascist. So I'm out here saying no. fascism and they say it has no place in our America.”

Demonstrations carried slogans including “socialism beats fascism” and “fight Trump's agenda.”

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After the speeches, many of which included calls for “Free Palestine” and an end to Israel's “genocide” in Gaza, the group left the park and marched through the streets.

Protesters emerged as the march progressed, and several people engaged in shouting matches.

The protests against Trump's inauguration were less than the protests that took place at the beginning of his first term in office and did not seem to be violent, which was eight years ago. hundreds of protesters they were arrested.

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, marking his return to the Oval Office with a pledge to return America to a “golden age.”

Trump addressed the nation after taking the oath of office for the second time and used his opening remarks to call for a “change in common sense.”

“I return to the presidency confident and optimistic that we are at the beginning of an exciting new era of national prosperity. A wave of change is sweeping the country,” Trump said. “My message to Americans today is that it is time for us to work again with the courage, vigor and energy of the greatest development in history.”

Fox News Digital's Brooke Singman contributed to this report