‘No Kings’ protest live updates: millions expected to gather across the US for anti-Trump protests | Trump administration
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Rachel Leingang
Donald Trump has vowed to suppress dissent and sent troops into US cities. His allies claim that Antifa, the decentralized antifascist movement, is behind the protest plans. He’s looking for any excuse to go after his rivals.
Yet this Saturday, millions of people are expected to march against the president as part of a second “No to Kings” protest, even in cities where troops are stationed. The last No Kings protest in June brought together several million people in more than 2,000 locations. This time, more than 2,500 cities and towns across the country are hosting protests.
You can find more information about preparations for Saturday’s protests here:
Opening summary
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s coverage of the so-called ‘No to Kings’ protests across the country on Saturday in protest against the Trump administration.
Leaders of the movement predicted at a news conference Thursday that more than 2,500 demonstrations would take place across the United States. “We do not anticipate any need to deploy the National Guard, but we are prepared if the Trump administration attempts to do so to suppress peaceful protests,” they added.
Coalition leaders also said they expected nothing more than a peaceful protest and did not currently have any information that any outside agitator groups were planning to disrupt the coordinated demonstrations.
Millions of people attended similar protests on Saturday, June 14, as Donald Trump held a military parade through the streets of Washington, DC.
The protests took place at the following times: approximately 2,100 sites Nationwide, from big cities to small towns. A. coalition More than 100 groups came together to plan the protests, which adhered to the principle of nonviolence.
No Kings organizer predicted that the day’s events would draw millions of people in all 50 states and some cities abroad. The No Kings coalition included more than 200,000 people in New York and more than 100,000 in Philadelphia, as well as some smaller towns that were overcrowded relative to their population, including the town of Pentwater, Michigan, where 400 people attended a protest in its town of 800 people.
The protests were largely peaceful, although some protests in Los Angeles and Portland were later deemed unlawful assembly by law enforcement and were met with tear gas.
Political violence also marked the course of the day. Two Democratic lawmakers were shot early in the morning in Minnesota; one of them was killed along with her husband in what local authorities called a politically motivated attack. The state’s police and governor warned people not to attend demonstrations across the state “out of an abundance of caution.”
Earlier this week, Robert De Niro called on Americans to “stand up and be counted” at protests, calling Trump an aspiring tyrant who aims to end American democracy.
