The crowd size numbers are beginning to come in:

[hatrack]

29. One thing to keep in mind about today compared with Earth Day....

.....I doubt that the Earth Day protestors had to be concerned that their own government might arrest them for exercising their freedom of speech.

Or that the supporters of the president might harm them.

Or that the Speaker of the House and Cabinet members might stir up hatred (& potential violence) against them by labeling the Earth Day protestors as domestic terrorists, as we have experienced in this era.

I, too, would love the No Kings numbers to be even bigger, but I think there were some people who stayed home for fear for their personal safety. I think we should feel really good about the turnout, though!

(This is Mrs. Hatrack, hijacking Hatrack's account. Looks like some others made the same point while I was typing this.)