Millions of Americans are expected to join "No Kings" Day protests against the Trump administration. About 2,000 protests and rallies are planned nationwide.
Coordinated "No Kings" protests are underway in cities across the country Saturday morning, part of a "national day of peaceful protest" against the Trump administration that is expected to draw millions. In
Florida , marchers got as close to Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Palm Beach estate, as police would allow and were met by Trump supporters. An impromptu rally kicked off at LOVE Park in
Philadelphia – where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence. In Atlanta, "No Kings" demonstrators near the George State Capitol shouted down a group of Proud Boys. About 2,000 protests and rallies are planned, but organizers have
drawn special attention to Los Angeles , where President
Donald Trump called in the National Guard and the Marines
after some protests over immigration enforcement raids spiraled into violence. "I think we will see the largest peaceful single day protests that this country has seen certainly since the first Trump term," said Indivisible cofounder Ezra Levin, one of the organizers of the "No Kings" protest effort. Though
other groups have plans to protest in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, there aren't any "No Kings" protests planned in the city, where Trump
will hold a parade Saturday evening to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. The anniversary also falls on Flag Day and Trump's 79th birthday. Roughly 60 protesters were arrested in the city on Friday after a few pushed down a bike rack, crossed a police line and ran towards the steps of the U.S. Capitol, Capitol Police said in a statement. The "No Kings" protests are meant to oppose what demonstrators see as Trump's power grab. The number of planned events is nearly double that of the
April 5 "Hands Off" protest that saw millions of Americans turn out in big and small cities nationwide. Following a high-profile standoff with California authorities, Trump and Defense Secretary
Pete Hegseth have suggested that more
national guard units could be deployed in response to the protests. “No hate, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here,” marchers chanted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Cars driving by honked in support, drawing cheers from the marchers. Thunder clapped loudly as the rain became more steady. James Neal, 50, of Enid, said he came to Oklahoma City to protest the “rise of authoritarianism in the country and defend the constitution.” A U.S. Navy veteran, he wore a shirt that said, “Not on my Watch.” A “No Kings” march took place June 13 in downtown Columbus, Ohio and Indivisible Central Ohio brought the same themes into its float at the Stonewall Columbus Pride Festival and March on Saturday. Protestors with the group
gathered around a white parade float styled after the White House. “No kings in the White House,” read a banner across it. People carried signs stating, “No kings, no dictators, no billionaires, no bullies”; “We the people means everyone”; and other slogans. Mia Lewis, organizer for Indivisible Central Ohio and a member of Common Cause, said her group was there to protests because the rights of LGBTQ+ people are under attack by the Trump administration, along with the rights of immigrants, women and refugees. “We the people do not accept a president who is trying to overthrow our democracy,” Lewis said. “We do not accept that Donald Trump is trying to be a king. … So many things he is doing run counter to our democracy.”
More than a thousand people marched in Wilmington , Delaware on the morning of June 14 as part of "No Kings" day. Demonstrators began organizing before 9 a.m., when the first speakers addressed the crowd. Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester was one of the initial speakers, followed by Gov. Matt Meyer. Meyer served as grand marshal as speakers wrapped up and the "parade" got underway around 9:20 a.m. "For evil to flourish, for evil to flourish, it only takes one thing for evil to flourish, for evil to flourish," Meyer quoted. "It only requires that good women and men be silenced for evil to flourish; it only requires that good women and men be silent." At exactly 10 a.m., attendees young and old migrated from the shade of Phipps Park’s ficus trees to
began their march toward Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Palm Beach estate . Some chanted into megaphones and others seemed content to nod along. Daniela Childers, a 31-year-old therapist from West Palm Beach, stood alone among the crowd of demonstrators gathered at the park ahead of the march. She said she’s a generally anxious person who had abstained from protests before, but decided she could no longer watch from the sidelines. “I’m here at my first protest to basically show dissent to the current administration that I disagree with completely,” she said. The largest protest effort is expected in Philadelphia. Major protests
are also scheduled in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New York, Phoenix and Los Angeles, while sympathetic protests have cropped up in other countries. The USA TODAY Network will be covering protests around the nation on Saturday, June 14. The largest "No Kings" protest on June 14 is expected to
take place in Philadelphia as a nod to the country's history and to avoid accusations that protesters are opposing the Army parade in the nation's capital, organizers have said. "We made that choice to not feed into any narrative that Trump might want that we're counter protesting him directly or give him the opportunity to crack down on protesters," Levin said.
Read more: 'No Kings' organizers say Philadelphia set to be largest June 14 protest. Why? The Philadelphia protest begins at LOVE Park at the corner of Arch Street & North 15th Street at noon. At 12:30 p.m. the crowd plans to march down the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where several people will speak. It is expected to end at about 3 p.m. The Association of the United States Army is also hosting its own celebration for the 250th anniversary of the Army in Philadelphia over three days that started Friday, for which
the city closed parts of several roads and altered bus routes. Sherri King woke up at 6 a.m. to head to the Philadelphia protest from her home in Elkton, Maryland. “I just think it’s important because I’m an American citizen and we have to live by the constitution, and Trump is not obeying the constitution from what I see,” King said while finishing her protest sign in LOVE Park. “We don’t need no kings in America. We have a democracy,” King said. Much of the central and eastern parts of the country are expected to see showers and some storms on Saturday, with the chance for severe thunderstorms affecting protests in parts of the northern High Plains states of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska. Forecasters said flash flooding is a concern in Virginia and North Carolina on Saturday. Meanwhile, parts of the West are expecting a hot, dry heat with temperatures up to 110s in the Desert Southwest.
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