No Kings Organizers Project A Massive Turnout For This Weekend S

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Dec 30, 2025, 3:35 PM

no kings organizers project a massive turnout for this weekend s

Demonstrators take part in a protest against the Trump administration during the No Kings national rally in downtown Los Angeles on June 14, the same day as President Trump's military parade in Washington, D.C. Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption Organizers of the No Kings protests are projecting that millions of Americans will demonstrate against the policies of the Trump administration on Saturday, amid ongoing Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests and the deployment of... "The purpose here is to stand in solidarity, to organize, to defend our democracy and protect each other and our communities, and just say enough is enough," said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen,... "We've been watching the Trump administration's abuses of power, and millions took to the streets in June," she said. Some Republicans have decried the protests as anti-American.

House Speaker Mike Johnson called it a "hate America rally." Organizers of the "No Kings" protests are projecting that millions of Americans will demonstrate against the policies of the Trump administration on Saturday, amid ongoing ICE arrests and the deployment of National Guard troops... "The purpose here is to stand in solidarity, to organize, to defend our democracy and protect each other and our communities, and just say enough is enough," said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen,... "We've been watching the Trump administration's abuses of power, and millions took to the streets in June," she said. Some Republicans have decried the protests as anti-American. House Speaker Mike Johnson called it a "hate America rally."

This summer, droves of demonstrators protested on the Army's 250th anniversary, which coincided with President Trump's birthday. In celebration of the date, Trump insisted on a massive military parade that critics said was meant to honor Trump as much as the armed service. Protesters held rallies across the country opposing Trump’s agenda on the day of the president’s military parade. They cap a week of demonstrations against immigration raids that began in Los Angeles and spread nationwide. Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ protests were organized by a coalition of groups. John Yang speaks with Lisa Gilbert, the co-president of one of them, Public Citizen.

Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. There have been rallies across the country opposing President Trump's agenda on the day of the president's military parade. They cap a week of demonstrations against immigration raids that began in Los Angeles and spread nationwide. Today's events in about 2,000 cities and towns were organized by the no Kings movement, which calls the administration's actions authoritarian. There were rallies near Mr.

Trump's Mar a Lago residence in West Palm Beach, Florida. In Boston, where it was raining in Atlanta, with Proud Boy counter protesters looking on. And in Philadelphia, the flagship No Kings rally. Local officials urged protesters to demonstrate peacefully and avoid blocking roads. California was again at the center of a nationwide protest movement as “No Kings Day” rallies returned Saturday, Oct. 18, across the Golden State.

More than 200 communities hosted marches, vigils, and rallies from Crescent City to El Centro, echoing the massive turnout at similar events this summer. Back in June, the first “No Kings Day” coincided with the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and Trump’s birthday, drawing over 5 million people nationwide—one of the largest coordinated protests since Trump’s second term began. Organizers estimated that larger crowds showed up at the October events than in the summer. If crowd estimates hold, the one-day "No Kings" event was the largest civil action in the United States since the first Earth Day, 55 years ago. Two of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries, along with some congressional Republicans, have accused Democrats of prolonging the two-week-old government shutdown for the sake of the "No Kings" mass protests.

They say Democrats want to show party activists they are pushing back against the Trump administration. "They have a 'hate America' rally that's scheduled for October 18," Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said on Fox News. "It's all the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people; they are all coming out." Organizers of the "No Kings" protests are projecting that millions of Americans will demonstrate against the policies of the Trump administration on Saturday, amid ongoing ICE arrests and the deployment of National Guard troops... "The purpose here is to stand in solidarity, to organize, to defend our democracy and protect each other and our communities, and just say enough is enough," said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen,... "We've been watching the Trump administration's abuses of power, and millions took to the streets in June," she said.

Some Republicans have decried the protests as anti-American. House Speaker Mike Johnson called it a "hate America rally." This summer, droves of demonstrators protested on the Army's 250th anniversary, which coincided with President Trump's birthday. In celebration of the date, Trump insisted on a massive military parade that critics said was meant to honor Trump as much as the armed service.

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