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Scores of No Kings demonstrations are planned Saturday across the Philadelphia region in response to President Donald Trump’s administration.
As part of 3,100 events slated across the country, protesters will gather at noon outside Philadelphia City Hall then march down the Ben Franklin Parkway to denounce Trump’s policies, his escalating immigration enforcement tactics, and the war in Iran, according to the event’s website.
“In America, we don’t have kings,” the website says, “and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.”
Protests are also planned in Camden and Moorestown in New Jersey, and Northeast Philly, Media, and Ardmore — suburbs where there has been a growing opposition to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions and resistance to Trump.
“We’re a united front,” said Michele Messer, of Cooper River Indivisible, the group organizing the rally in Camden. “No matter where you land on the political spectrum, we need to work together and build coalitions to fight back against what this administration continues to try to pile on us.
“And the stronger that fabric, the stronger we’ll be.”
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This is the third iteration of the No Kings rallies. The recurring nationwide protests are organized by a sweeping coalition of groups opposed to what they see as Trump’s authoritarianism and his attempts to consolidate and expand his power.
The No Kings’ trajectory has been atypical compared to other social movements, where enthusiasm historically wanes over time, according to Billie Murray, an associate professor of communication at Villanova University. No Kings has, instead, gained momentum: Organizers say more than 5 million people took to the streets in June, followed by more than 7 million in October. Organizers project 9 million people will participate Saturday.
“The issues don’t seem to be getting resolved,” Murray said, “people see that as a motivating factor — we have to keep pushing, we have to keep trying, we have to keep organizing. … People aren’t seeing the change that they want to see.”
The White House dismissed the nationwide protests as the product of “leftist funding networks” with little real public support.
“The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement to the Associated Press.
The flagship of the movement will be held in Minnesota, where Bruce Springsteen is expected to perform his anti-ICE protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis.” As of Saturday morning, several hundred people — mostly Americans living in France — were protesting.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.