LOWER BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A second series of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump’s administration will take place around the country on Saturday, with a demonstration planned in Morrisville.
Over 250 organizations, including Indivisible, the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, and Social Security Works have collaborated to organize a national mass mobilization of protestors who object to the disruptive and damaging policies of the Trump Administration.
More than 2,500 of these “No Kings” protests are being planned around the United States and the world.
The Morrisville protest will involve concerned citizens, candidates and elected leaders from Bucks County. They will gather at 1 p.m. Saturday in Williamson Park in Morrisville.
The protest’s speakers include State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, several 2025 row office candidates, civil rights advocates, and Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie. This rally is hosted by Indivisible Bucks County and Yardley Indivisible.
“Donald Trump and his enablers have hurt working Americans, terrorized our immigrant communities, and overreached their constitutional authority,” said Laura Rose, event emcee and co-leader of hosting organization Indivisible Bucks County. “We must all stand up to this betrayal of American values and ensure the rights of all are upheld. We will join our voices in peaceful opposition to Trump’s actions and priorities, and display our support for the foundational principles of equality, freedom, and constitutional checks and balances.”
The event is expected to include signs with messages reading “No Kings” and “Benefits Over Billionaires,” a 20-foot-tall inflatable Elon Musk to accompany the signage, and a life-size image of U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.
No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group Indivisible.
In the first No Kings protests in June, millions of people peacefully demonstrated against what they say are authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump. The protests were held on the same day as the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump’s 79th birthday.
At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.
A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told Fox News Friday that although he is “a very patient guy,” he has “had it with these people.”
He called the Saturday protest a “Hate America rally” staged by “all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.”
“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said.
Protestors’ ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won’t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.
The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to join No Kings protests as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.
“The protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,” the union said in an Oct. 6 statement. “Shutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.”
No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families, congressional map gerrymandering, health care and higher costs of living.
(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)