WaPo: " No Kings protests against Trump draw huge crowds across the country"

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“ Huge crowds gathered across the country on Saturday for No Kings protests, where they spoke out in opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns, domestic military deployments and efforts to go after critics and political opponents in what appeared to be one of the largest mass demonstrations of recent years.


They filled much of Times Square in New York, lined Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington and poured into Grant Park in Chicago. They also gathered in smaller venues, with organizers arranging events in some 2,600 locations.
Demonstrators danced, held up punny protest signs and dressed in costumes that have become symbolic of anti-ICE protests in Portland.

Elected officials delivered addresses lambasting Trump. A street carnival atmosphere took hold in many places and the mass gatherings remained largely peaceful through midafternoon Saturday. Republicans had sought in advance to portray the gatherings in darker terms, as “hate America” rallies, with some GOP congressional leaders suggesting the protests were meant to appease a “terrorist wing” of the Democratic Party.”

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