{"id":207543,"date":"2026-03-26T22:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207543\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T22:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:42:08","slug":"no-kings-protests-scheduled-across-central-florida-expected-to-draw-several-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207543\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Kings&#8217; protests scheduled across Central Florida expected to draw several thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several thousand people will join the next round of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2025\/06\/14\/no-kings-day-protests-draw-thousands-in-central-florida-and-throughout-state\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNo Kings\u201d protests<\/a> across Central Florida this Saturday, organizers predict, angry about President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown and the war in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations began back in June when millions of Americans across the country marched on the streets to oppose the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s rallies will mark the third round of protests since then.<\/p>\n<p>The protests come as some Americans are critical of the United States\u2019 war with Iran and the country\u2019s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts in Minneapolis, where two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renee Good, were shot and killed by ICE agents.<\/p>\n<p>Movement organizers predict as many as 9 million people will turn out across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be everywhere,\u201d Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin told the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple protests planned in Florida\u2019s major cities, including Orlando, Tampa, Miami, and Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>A protest planned in front of Orlando City Hall at noon might draw\u00a0 5,000 or more people, said Corey Hill, one of the organizers.<\/p>\n<p>The protests have been on the receiving end of conservatives\u2019 ire. Last year, Trump said he felt attendees were \u201cnot representative of the people of our country,\u201d and he insisted that \u201cI\u2019m not a king.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis, also a Republican, said ahead of the protests last June that drivers who feel threatened by protesters can hit them with their cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety,\u201d he said in the Rubin Report.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the planned protests in Central Florida, all scheduled for Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando: Noon to 2 p.m., Orlando City Hall and 5:30-7:30 p.m., Baldwin Park, 4202 Pelican Lane, Orlando. There will also be a protest for seniors from noon to 2 p.m. at Lake Baldwin Lane in front of Westminster Baldwin Park, near the Veterans Park.<\/p>\n<p>Clermont: Noon to 2 p.m., Clermont City Hall<\/p>\n<p>Davenport: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Posner Park Shopping Plaza<\/p>\n<p>Lake Mary: 10 a.m. to noon, 7055 CR 46A, Lake Mary<\/p>\n<p>Leesburg: 10 a.m. to noon, sidewalk in front of Waffle House 9520 US-441, Leesburg<\/p>\n<p>Mount Dora: 2 to 3:30 p.m. U.S. 441 &amp; North Donnelly Street, Mount Dora<\/p>\n<p>Sanford: 10 a.m. to noon, 251 W 1st St, Sanford<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several thousand people will join the next round of \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests across Central Florida this Saturday, organizers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,114,266,115,1335,139,141,140,109],"class_list":["post-207543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-florida","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}