Thousands of people were out on street corners and waving signs in Central Florida as part of a nationwide “No Kings” protest on Saturday.Several official No Kings Day of Peaceful Action events took place in Orange City, Lakeland and Vero Beach, but other demonstrations took place in Casselberry, Ocala, Orlando and Daytona Beach. These events saw hundreds or thousands of people lining streets and protesting a variety of Trump administration and Republican-led policies.Protesters in Casselberry waved signs and American flags while wearing costumes and calling for Trump to be impeached. In Daytona Beach, protesters called out Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops into U.S. cities.Demonstrators in Lake Mary waved signs with messages like “dump Trump,” “liberty and justice for all” and “not the AmeriKKKa we want.”The organizers describe the protests as a “peaceful national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration, which they have doubled down on since June.”The 1199SEIU United Healthcare Worker East union said it is joining the demonstrations as well. Roxey Nelson, 1199SEIU Florida executive vice president, said, “As frontline caregivers, the members of 1199SEIU will do everything in our power to protect our patients and their access to quality care. We have a duty as healthcare workers to save lives, and we are taking to the streets to demand our government prioritize the lives of our patients, our neighbors and our communities – instead giving bigger tax breaks to billionaires and sending troops to menace our streets.” The protests come as the federal government shutdown moves into its third week and is seeing thousands of federal workers currently without pay and little recent movement in Congress to fund the government — even with a short-term stopgap funding bill. Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said the shutdown could become the longest ever, and that he won’t negotiate with Democrats unless they drop their demands that Affordable Care Act subsidies be extended.A prior “No Kings” day of protest brought out similar crowds in June, with people across the country and here in Central Florida.
Thousands of people were out on street corners and waving signs in Central Florida as part of a nationwide “No Kings” protest on Saturday.
Several official No Kings Day of Peaceful Action events took place in Orange City, Lakeland and Vero Beach, but other demonstrations took place in Casselberry, Ocala, Orlando and Daytona Beach. These events saw hundreds or thousands of people lining streets and protesting a variety of Trump administration and Republican-led policies.
Protesters in Casselberry waved signs and American flags while wearing costumes and calling for Trump to be impeached. In Daytona Beach, protesters called out Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops into U.S. cities.
Demonstrators in Lake Mary waved signs with messages like “dump Trump,” “liberty and justice for all” and “not the AmeriKKKa we want.”
The organizers describe the protests as a “peaceful national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration, which they have doubled down on since June.”
The 1199SEIU United Healthcare Worker East union said it is joining the demonstrations as well. Roxey Nelson, 1199SEIU Florida executive vice president, said, “As frontline caregivers, the members of 1199SEIU will do everything in our power to protect our patients and their access to quality care. We have a duty as healthcare workers to save lives, and we are taking to the streets to demand our government prioritize the lives of our patients, our neighbors and our communities – instead giving bigger tax breaks to billionaires and sending troops to menace our streets.”
The protests come as the federal government shutdown moves into its third week and is seeing thousands of federal workers currently without pay and little recent movement in Congress to fund the government — even with a short-term stopgap funding bill. Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said the shutdown could become the longest ever, and that he won’t negotiate with Democrats unless they drop their demands that Affordable Care Act subsidies be extended.
A prior “No Kings” day of protest brought out similar crowds in June, with people across the country and here in Central Florida.