Trump, No Kings and the parade
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From coast to coast, Americans marched with one message: No kings in the USA. In New York City, Mirella Camacho, the daughter of immigrant parents, told Mother Jones' Cynthia Rodriguez it was important to come to the protest and speak out on their behalf. "I'm a child of an… pic.twitter.com/gd9QVYCUmM
Protesters gathered in hundreds of cities across the US to oppose President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday, as he held a military parade in Washington.
“The most threatening sound to an oligarch is laughter.”
A flagship "No Kings" march and rally are planned in Philadelphia, but no events are scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., where the military parade will take place on Trump's 79th birthday. Organizers of the protests say they want to take attention away from the parade.
Protests across U.S. held on the same day as the Army 250th anniversary parade, and Trump's birthday, in Washington, D.C.