A number of \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump will be held this weekend in the Lehigh Valley and across the country.<\/p>\n
The demonstrations, scheduled for Saturday, follow similar protests against the president and his administration that were held in June.<\/p>\n
Organizers wrote on the No Kings website<\/a> that the June protests \u201cpeacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets,\u201d but that now \u201cPresident Trump has doubled down\u201d on his policies, including the administration\u2019s crackdown on illegal immigration. They accuse Trump of threatening to overtake elections, gutting health care and environmental protections, and driving up the cost of living, among other things.<\/p>\n \u201cOur peaceful movement is only getting bigger and bigger. \u2018NO KINGS\u2019 is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon,\u201d the website states. \u201cBorn in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares.\u201d<\/p>\n The following No Kings demonstrations will be held in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas:<\/p>\n Office of Rep. Ryan Mackenzie 1125 S. Cedar Crest Blvd. Salisbury Township, noon to 1:30 p.m.<\/a> More than 100 political groups, including the ACLU, MoveOn and Indivisible have partnered for the upcoming demonstrations. More information can be found on the No Kings website at nokings.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n Before the first No Kings protests in June, similar nationwide Not My Presidents Day demonstrations were held in February to coincide with the Presidents Day holiday. The June No Kings protests were held the same day as Trump\u2019s military parade in Washington to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Army<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A number of \u201cNo Kings\u201d demonstrations protesting President Donald Trump will be held this weekend in the Lehigh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,433,182,139,434,28,50,432],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-lehigh-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-politics","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCentre Square Circle, Easton, noon to 2 p.m.\u00a0<\/a>
\n725 Eighth Ave., Bethlehem, 3-5 p.m.<\/a>
\nEmrick Boulevard and Freemansburg Avenue, Bethlehem Township, 10:30-11:30 a.m.<\/a>
\nLehighton Trailhead \u2013 D&L Trail Spur, noon to 1 p.m.<\/a>
\nLenape Park, 504 Constitution Ave., Perkasie, 9-11 a.m.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n