{"id":7888,"date":"2025-10-19T08:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/7888\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T08:46:25","slug":"thousands-protest-trump-administration-in-no-kings-philadelphia-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/7888\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands protest Trump administration in “No Kings” Philadelphia protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Center City Saturday for the “No Kings”<\/a> protest in a colorful, peaceful rally aimed at denouncing President Donald Trump and his policies.<\/p>\n

Chants echoed through Center City<\/a> as participants waved handmade signs and sang along to protest songs.<\/p>\n

“I love the environment \u2014 and that’s the main reason why I came out today,” said 27-year-old Rebecca Nyce.<\/p>\n

Some demonstrators who were visiting from out of state reflected on the symbolism of protesting in the birthplace of American democracy.<\/p>\n

“What better place than Philadelphia,” said Jeannine Seyfried, from Chicago. “I passed the Constitution Center yesterday on a tour, and all I could think of was our First Amendment rights.”<\/p>\n

Many who attended said they believe Trump is abusing his authority.<\/p>\n

“He’s really trying to take over everything,” said Steven Cutler, of Germantown. “He’s acting like a king.”<\/p>\n

The theme carried through in costumes, with one man dressed as Elvis declaring, “I’m the only king, baby!”<\/p>\n

After marching from City Hall, protesters gathered at Independence Hall to hear speeches from local leaders.<\/p>\n

While many demonstrators said they had marched before, others were stepping into activism for the first time.<\/p>\n

“Trump is pretty bad,” said Clarence Drake, a 78-year-old Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. Army. “I don’t come to rallies and protests, but this man is so bad he brought me out.”<\/p>\n

Many said they hope to make history while in the heart of America’s birthplace.<\/p>\n

“We think in 25 years we’re going to read about this in textbooks,” said Nyce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Center City Saturday for the “No Kings” protest in a colorful,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,4525,723],"class_list":["post-7888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-protest","tag-trump-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888","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=7888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}