Protesters gathered this WEK in Boston as part of a national demonstration against Trump | Credit: WBUR News
Millions are expected to participate in more than 2,000 protests across the United States in what organizers predict it will be the biggest demonstration against the Trump administration since January, several global press reports.
“On June 14th, millions of people from over 1,500 cities across 50 states and federal states will be taking them down the streets.” WebsiteE says. The number of anticipated protests has since increased significantly.
“The King is not expected to be the biggest day mobilization since President Trump took office. The public, national protests reject authoritarianism, billionaire politics and militarizing our democracy,” their website adds.
No Kings’ statement explicitly points to “Trump’s self-fulfilling $100 million military parade and birthday celebrations” as reasons for the protest. They criticized Trump’s parade as “a taxpayer-funded event, but millions of people say they don’t have money in Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid or public schools.”
“Dangerous escalation of military mark use”
However, they also expressed their critical opposition to the use of force to “squeeze” the “protest” in Los Angeles. “Trump issued a call to members of the National Guard for federal service to suppress the protests. He also allowed the Secretary of Defense to use federal troops if they deem necessary.
And they condemned “another clear sign of an authoritarian overdue designed to blow and control our community by an administration of forces to threaten to challenge.”
White House officials have rebutted the cost, saying that a parade introducing £7 million of machines and weapons through the country’s capital on the president’s 79th birthday would not exceed $45 million.
The protests were planned before the anti-immigrant riots in Los Angeles, but interest in participating in them has increased significantly since Trump ordered the National Guard and the US Marines to quell the obstacles. It is listed.
Over 3.5 million protesters were expected
According to the Guardian, “We’ve seen hundreds of new events on the No Kings Day Map since the weekend. article. “We’ve seen hundreds of thousands of people sign up for these events.”
“Next Hands off! and 50501 In protest this spring, Saturday’s demonstration is not the first national rejection of Trump’s policy. But organizers hope they are the biggest,” CNN added.
Levin told CNN: “Even conservative estimates have revealed that 3.5 million people left their mobilization in April. That’s already 1% of the US population. The King hasn’t gotten on track beyond that. This is historic.”
Local authorities across the United States have prepared for protests, many of whom have not tolerated the violence, and at least one threatens to kill “violent protesters.”
Warning to protesters: “We will kill you.”
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson characterized the expected protesters as “radical anti-American groups,” warning that people will be charged with attacking law enforcement or destroying property.
In Florida, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivy said peaceful protests are part of democracy and people are encouraged to express their opinions. But he said anyone who breaks the law faces consequences.
“If you throw a brick, a firebomb or point a gun at one of our agents, we will kill you, so we will notify your family where we will gather your body,” Ivy said. CNN Affiliate WESH.
They also said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a comment that could be interpreted as an invitation to a vehicle attack on protesters, that the driver being threatened will not be held liable for attacking protesters.
“If you’re driving one of those streets and the mobs are surrounding your car and threatening you, you have the right to get away for your safety,” Desantis told Podcaster’s Dave Rubin. “So if you drive and hit one of these people, it’s their fault for what you’re putting on you.”
In Chicago, Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson said police in his city would protect people’s rights to gather while keeping residents untidy in their daily lives.
The protest organizers contacted the local government prior to the protest to ensure that the events were peaceful and concluded that the demonstration was a clear message to the president on his birthday. “In America, we don’t become kings.”
