Saturday crowds They gathered in cities across the United States to protest President Donald Trump and his administration. Organizers of the “No Kings” rallies claim that more than seven million people attended in total, across 2,700 cities in the United States and abroad. The rallies provided a clear picture not only of the extent of resistance to the Trump administration, but also of the diversity of the coalition leading it. Not to mention the signs.
“Today, millions of Americans stood together to reject tyranny and remind the world that our democracy belongs to the people, not one man’s ambition,” Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, founders of the non-profit NGO — which took the lead in organizing the marches — said in a statement.
Before Saturday, House Speaker Mike Johnson described the planned rallies as a “hate march on America” and warned that the crowds would be filled with “Antifa types.” In fact, the protests were uniformly peaceful, with inflatable costumes appearing to outnumber the conservative bogeyman by a wide margin. What is Donald Trump’s response to “No Kings”? Created by artificial intelligence video Himself, wearing a crown, flying a fighter jet and dropping massive amounts of excrement on the protesting American citizens below.
In the real world, crowds moved along without problems. Below are snapshots of “No Kings” from cities across the United States, a look at a protest movement that is increasingly motivated and mobilizing.