Protesting the direction of the country, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and across the U.S. for » No Kings » demonstrations.
‘No Kings’ protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide
Protesting the direction of the country, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and across the U.S. for » No Kings » demonstrations.
Protesting the direction of the country, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and across the U.S. for » No Kings » demonstrations.
Protesting the direction of the country, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and across the U.S. for » No Kings » demonstrations.
Protesting the direction of the country, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and across the U.S. for » No Kings » demonstrations.
WASHINGTON — Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people gathered Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities big and small across the U.S. for » No Kings » demonstrations that the president’s Republican Party disparaged as « Hate America » rallies.
With signs such as « Nothing is more patriotic than protesting » or « Resist Fascism », in many places the events looked more like a street party. There were marching bands, a huge banner with the U.S. Constitution’s « We The People » preamble that people could sign, and demonstrators wearing inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance in Portland, Oregon.
It was the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services but is testing the core balance of power, as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that protest organizers warn are a slide toward authoritarianism.
Trump himself was spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
« They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king », Trump said in a Fox News interview that aired early Friday, before he departed for a $1 million-per-plate MAGA Inc. fundraiser at his club.
Later Friday a Trump campaign social media account mocked the protests by posting a computer-generated video of the president clothed like a monarch, wearing a crown and waving from a balcony.
People packed into New York City’s Times Square, Boston Common and Chicago’s Grant Park; outside state capitols in several Republican-led states and a courthouse in Billings, Montana; and at hundreds of smaller public spaces.
In Washington, Iraq War Marine veteran Shawn Howard said he had never participated in a protest before but was motivated to show up because of what he sees as the Trump administration’s « disregard for the law.
