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‘No Kings' events to protest Trump, military parade happening Saturday
WASHINGTON () — Nearly 2,000 protests of the Trump Administration are scheduled to coincide with the massive military parade in D.C. on Saturday.
National action group, No Kings, which recently protested on President's Day in D.C. to support federal workers amid widespread government cuts, promotes the weekend protests in communities within every state.
'We're coming together to say, 'no kings' in the United States of America today or any day,' said Chris Adair, social media coordinator of We of Action Virginia, an advocacy group promoting election fairness and civil rights.
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'We said it in 1776. We'll say it again this year,' Adair added.
Drivers should expect to see protestors staged along the pedestrian bridge overpasses, local town squares and highly trafficked corridors before and during the military parade, which is slated for just after 6 p.m. near the White House, according to Adair.
President Donald Trump was asked about the No Kings protests by a reporter this week at the White House.
'No kings? I don't feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,' Trump said.
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The president also told reporters in the Oval Office this week that anyone protesting the parade in D.C. 'will be met with very heavy force.'
'We are exercising a First Amendment privilege, that is the right to protest, that is the right to free speech. We can organize peacefully, and we will, peacefully,' Adair said of Trump's comments on protests.
No King's website says that weapons are not brought to any protests.
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