The third day of the No Kings protests was held around the United States on Saturday, March 28. And according to estimates, this was the largest edition yet.
According to KVAL, which cited the organizers, the protests drew “at least 8 million attendees at more than 3,300 events in all 50 states.” That’s one million more than the released numbers from the previous event, last October.
“In America, we don’t have kings,” the organization said on its website.
Protesters in San Francisco, California, gathered at a beach to join the “No Kings” protest against the Trump administration on Saturday, forming a giant human sign that read: “Trump must go now!”
Organizers say at least 8 million participants took part in more than 3,300… pic.twitter.com/yWP4vJwjDu
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“Masked secret police terrorizing our communities. An illegal, catastrophic war is putting us in danger and driving up our costs. Attacks on our freedom of speech, our civil rights, our freedom to vote,” the organization said. “Costs pushing families to the brink. Trump wants to rule over us as a tyrant. But this is America, and power belongs to the people – not to wannabe kings or their billionaire cronies.”
The New York Times, meanwhile, published some takeaways about the demonstrations.
“The war was a central animating force in the Saturday rallies, which were attended by roughly eight million people, according to “No Kings” organizers, though their estimates in some cities were higher than those of local public safety officials. But the fighting in the Middle East was hardly the only issue on the minds of frustrated Democrats,” the Times said.
Takeaways include that the Iran war seems to have encouraged younger voters, ICE and the immigration crackdown remain a focus, there were “dueling protests” near the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and the rallies were well-attended by candidates in the midterm elections.
“Two days before the protests, the Treasury Department said that it would begin printing dollars with Mr. Trump’s signature on them, a first for a sitting U.S. president,” the Times said.
“The move continued a trend for Mr. Trump, whose allies have sought to put his name on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. Institute of Peace, among other institutions and landmarks. The efforts have enraged many of his critics, who cast him as an aspiring monarch.”
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