{"id":211619,"date":"2026-03-30T13:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211619\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:11:16","slug":"2000-no-kings-demonstrators-chant-and-wave-signs-in-gulfport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211619\/","title":{"rendered":"2,000 No Kings demonstrators chant and wave signs in Gulfport"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of people turned out Saturday for No Kings demonstrations across the country, as well as around the Tampa Bay region.<\/p>\n

In the South Pinellas County beach city of Gulfport, about 2,000 people waved signs and chanted slogans spread out along several blocks of Gulfport Boulevard.<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n

No Kings demonstration in Gulfport Florida protest against Donald Trump 28 March 2026<\/p>\n

\"NoAlyssa at a No Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

Alyssa is a protester who asked that her last name not be used. She said she was impressed by the turnout in the city of about 11,000 people. She got choked up when talking about the sign she carried.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt says, \u2018Can someone explain which crimes get you deported and which crimes get you elected president?\u2019 We have a president who\u2019s a 34-time elected felon who is convicted of sexually assaulting a woman, and somehow he\u2019s allowed to rule our country and decide what laws are put over my body, what laws are put over other peoples\u2019 bodies? It\u2019s just not right,\u201d Alyssa said<\/p>\n

Other demonstrators held signs opposing the U.S.-led war on Iran or encouraging people to vote in November\u2019s elections<\/p>\n

Another Gulfport resident, Natasha Young, said, \u201cI\u2019m carrying a big blue sign that says, \u2018Defend the Constitution\u2019 because obviously the people in power have never read it.\u201d She continued, \u201cI\u2019m also wearing a handmaidens\u2019s outfit. There\u2019s a book and a TV show that I highly recommend people to watch. They\u2019re stripping women of their rights. They\u2019re coming after women who are having miscarriages. My mother had more rights than I do at the moment. And now with the SAVE Act they\u2019re actually coming for married women\u2019s votes. So I\u2019m very frustrated with the fact that women are not treated as equal. They\u2019re coming after anyone who wants to promote love and inclusion and diversity. It\u2019s time for people to stand up and say that that is not OK,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n

\"NoNatasha Young at a No Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

When WMNF asked Young about the size of the demonstration as it was just getting underway, she said, \u201cI think that it\u2019s gonna get bigger. Gulfport is a very loving, accepting town, and that\u2019s why I moved here. It has amazing qualities, and although that people say that Florida is a red state, people have love in their hearts, and it\u2019s not about politics. It\u2019s about accepting one another, even if you\u2019re religious, love thy neighbor, love thy stranger. It\u2019s all about accepting those as long as they don\u2019t commit crimes against people, hurt people like the people in power, they don\u2019t seem to care because they\u2019re redacting statements and not getting to the bottom of actual crimes. Release the Epstein files,\u201d Young said.<\/p>\n

Denise Moseley is a Gulfport resident. She held a sign with most of the words blacked out.<\/p>\n

\"NoDenise Moseley at a No Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband made this sign so that people understand that the lying needs to stop, and we need people need to understand that we are not going to let this continue. It goes with the redactions that the Justice Department made for our survivors who really just need to be stood and respected and have compassion and help,\u201d Moseley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [the size of the turnout] is great. Gulfport does not stop, and Gulfport will never stop, and this is something that I\u2019m not surprised, quite frankly, about how big this is. Because Gulfport was not going to continue to take the other stuff. We weren\u2019t going to continue to put up with the BS, quite frankly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Other local No Kings demonstrations drew large crowds in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, Sarasota and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

\"NoNo Kings demonstration in Gulfport, Florida. A protest against Donald Trump. By Se\u00e1n Kinane\/WMNF, 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n

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