The Memo: ‘No Kings’ protests give anti-Trump movement its biggest moment so far
The anti-President Trump opposition is leaning into its biggest moment so far with the “No Kings” protests that are scheduled across the nation Saturday.
Organizers say the number of planned events has grown to more than 2,700 and that online RSVPs by people hoping to attend have more than doubled in the past week alone.
The protests are intended — as the name suggests — to provide a rallying point for Americans opposed to, or fearful of, Trump’s consolidation and expansion of power.
“The American people have gotten to a place where they feel Donald Trump does not respect the norms of this country in terms of the balance of power, respecting minority rights, respecting the rights that we all count on like freedom of speech,” said Joel Payne, the chief communications officer for MoveOn, one of about 300 groups that form the coalition behind the protest.
“There is a need to assert that in America we have no kings — not now, not ever,” Payne added.
The last time the No Kings movement put together a similar day of action, about 5 million people are estimated to have shown up. That was on June 14, Trump’s birthday and a day that also saw a controversial military parade, attended by the president, in Washington.
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