Millions expected as protesters out in force across US for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies
Huge crowds take to the streets in all 50 US states to vent their anger over President Donald Trump’s hardline policies at “No Kings” protests that Republicans ridicule as “Hate America” rallies.
Organizers expect millions at the rallies that stretch from New York to Los Angeles, dot small cities across the US heartland and pop up near Trump’s second home in Florida.
“This is what democracy looks like!” chant thousands in Washington near the US Capitol, where the federal government is shut down for a third week amid a legislative deadlock.
“Hey hey ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go!” say protesters, many of them carrying American flags — at least one of them flying upside down, a signal of distress.
Demonstrators slam what they call the Republican billionaire’s strong-arm tactics, including attacks on the media, political opponents and undocumented immigrants.
“I never thought I would live to see the death of my country as a democracy,” 69-year-old retiree Colleen Hoffman tells AFP as she marches down Broadway in New York.
“We are in a crisis — the cruelty of this regime, the authoritarianism. I just feel like I cannot sit home and do nothing.”
Trump’s response is muted. His political communications team, however, posts an AI-generated video on X, showing the president dressed in royal garb and a crown, waving from a balcony.
“They’re saying they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” he tells Fox News show “Sunday Morning Futures.”
But his surrogates are in fighting form, with House Speaker Mike Johnson deriding the “Hate America rally.”
“You’re going to bring together the Marxists, the Socialists, the Antifa advocates, the anarchists and the pro-Hamas wing of the far-left Democrat Party,” he tells reporters.
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