Trump, protest and No Kings Day
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Anti-Trump protesters rallied across the country yesterday as the president presided over a military parade in Washington. The administration’s immigration crackdown has prompted demonstrations in major US cities over the past week.
The No Kings events come after days of protests following raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles, and Trump’s subsequent deployment of thousands of National Guard and U.S. Marines troops to “temporarily protect” ICE and other federal personnel, along with federal property.
Millions of people across the country are expected to join in protest this weekend against Donald Trump’s administration, a movement intended to coincide with the president’s planned military parade in Washington — and the commander-in-chief’s 79th birthday.
That’s part of why George Atkinson, a former high school government teacher, felt compelled to join a protest in downtown Houston on Saturday. The 89-year-old affixed a sign to his walker that read, “The clothes have no emperor! He’s all hat and no cattle!”
Hundreds of "No Kings" protests are planned across the country on the same day as Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C.
Oklahoma City will be one among hundreds of cities holding a "No Kings" protest against President Donald Trump's administration.
The White House dismissed "No Kings" demonstrations while Republicans celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary parade and Democrats criticize its connection to Trump's birthday.
Indivisible and 50501 are among the groups organizing the protests. Organizers are holding a "No Kings" protest in Naples on June at the Collier County Courthouse, where they plan to protest the ...
Thousands lined both sides of North Monroe Street outside the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee for the "No Kings" demonstration on June 14.