{"id":8745,"date":"2025-10-17T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/8745\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T19:43:09","slug":"no-kings-protests-return-to-tampa-bay-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/8745\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No Kings\u2019 protests return to Tampa Bay this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protests are set to return to the Tampa Bay region Saturday, part of a nationwide effort to push back against President Donald Trump\u2019s latest domestic policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is the second round of \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest events this year. The last protests were on June 14, the same day Trump held a military parade on his birthday. Organizers estimated about 5 million people attended those demonstrations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Saturday\u2019s events are intended to again affirm \u201cAmerica has no kings, and the power belongs to the people,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/#map\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">according<\/a> to the\u201cNo Kings\u201d website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The protests are a public rebuke of Trump\u2019s latest executive power flexes, organizers said, including: deploying National Guard troops to several cities, continuing to deport thousands of those in the country illegally, clawing back congressional spending and cutting Medicaid benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There are protests planned Saturdayin more than 50 cities across Florida, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/#map\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cNo Kings\u201d website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cNo Kings\u201d website<\/a>, including in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Gulfport, Largo and Sarasota. They include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tampa: Tampa City Hall, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd., 4 p.m.-7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">St. Petersburg: Tyrone Square, 6901 22nd Ave. N, 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clearwater: Duke Energy Trail Overpass, 9 a.m.-10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Largo: Largo Central Park, 101 Central Park Drive, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brandon\/Riverview: Providence Road and Bloomingdale Avenue, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gulfport: Gulfport Casino, 5500 Shore Blvd. S, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Zephyrhills: Alice Hall Community Center, 38116 5th Ave., 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Trinity: Chili\u2019s, 3240 Little Road, 12 p.m.-2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sarasota: Payne Park, 2010 Adams Lane, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Florida\u2019s events correspond with others nationwide, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/#map\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hundreds of rallies happening in every state.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">hundreds of rallies happening in every state.<\/a> The protests are organized by a broad coalition of groups, including the Sierra Club, American Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters and 50501, which organizes anti-Trump demonstrations nationwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Protest organizers emphasize that attendees are expected to remain peaceful and should de-escalate any confrontations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protests are set to return to the Tampa Bay region Saturday, part of a nationwide effort to push&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8895,8356,6688,199,135,1526,8894,8893,137,136],"class_list":["post-8745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-courtney-titcomb","tag-kings","tag-president-donald-trump","tag-st-petersburg","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-region","tag-tampa-city-hall","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8745","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=8745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}