{"id":9963,"date":"2025-10-18T15:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/9963\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T15:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T15:48:11","slug":"no-kings-protests-take-place-across-southwest-florida-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/9963\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Kings&#8217; protests take place across Southwest Florida on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration are being held on Saturday in Southwest Florida, as well as across the rest of the country.A protest in Fort Myers along US-41 and Daniels Parkway began at around 8:30 a.m., as hundreds gathered along the roadway to voice their opinions on the Trump administration. Other protests are planned across Southwest Florida, including Sanibel and Naples, and will run until noon. Click here to view a list of the protest locations.Latest from the Fort Myers protest:A Gulf Coast News reporter on the scene said hundreds have gathered along US-41 and Daniels Parkway. No anti-protestors in support of President Trump have been seen so far.A Gulf Coast News reporter did see a person wearing a Trump mask ride by on a motorcycle. Latest from the Estero protest:Estero Parkway has been reduced to one lane of traffic due to the &#8216;No Kings&#8217; protest on the I-75 Estero Parkway Overpass.Follow along in this story as Gulf Coast News provides you with the latest video and information from the protests. DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202fGulf Coast News app\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tFORT MYERS, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration are being held on Saturday in Southwest Florida, as well as across the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>A protest in Fort Myers along US-41 and Daniels Parkway began at around 8:30 a.m., as hundreds gathered along the roadway to voice their opinions on the Trump administration. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/no-kings-protest-trump-florida\/69072699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Other protests are planned across Southwest Florida<\/a>, including Sanibel and Naples, and will run until noon. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/no-kings-protest-trump-florida\/69072699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a> to view a list of the protest locations.<\/p>\n<p>Latest from the Fort Myers protest:<\/p>\n<p>A Gulf Coast News reporter on the scene said hundreds have gathered along US-41 and Daniels Parkway. No anti-protestors in support of President Trump have been seen so far.<\/p>\n<p>A Gulf Coast News reporter did see a person wearing a Trump mask ride by on a motorcycle. <\/p>\n<p>Latest from the Estero protest:<\/p>\n<p>Estero Parkway has been reduced to one lane of traffic due to the &#8216;No Kings&#8217; protest on the I-75 Estero Parkway Overpass.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"lanes close in estero for 'no kings' protest\" title=\"Lanes close in Estero for 'No Kings' protest\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/57-68f3b265a286c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tFDOT\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEstero Parkway goes down to one lane of traffic due to \u2019No Kings\u2019 protest<\/p>\n<p>Follow along in this story as Gulf Coast News provides you with the latest video and information from the protests. <\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOAD\u202fthe free\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/qrco.de\/gcnapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gulf Coast News app<\/a>\u202ffor your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verylocal.com\/wbbh-ft-myers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Very Local Gulf Coast app<\/a> to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;No Kings&#8221; protests in opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration are being held on Saturday in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1167,104,28,30,29,4329,4211,9226,213,9798,9799,1181,3138,6695,9797,1521,197,221],"class_list":["post-9963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-administration","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gulf-coast-news","tag-information","tag-king","tag-late-news","tag-live-update","tag-opposition","tag-place","tag-protest","tag-saturday","tag-sotuhwest-florida","tag-southwest-florida","tag-sport","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9963","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=9963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}