{"id":10393,"date":"2025-10-19T00:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/10393\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T00:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T00:06:07","slug":"central-texas-streets-filled-with-protesters-in-nationwide-no-kings-movement-for-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/10393\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Texas streets filled with protesters in nationwide No Kings movement for democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

BASTROP, Texas \u2014 Signs, chants, and crowds filled Central Texas streets Saturday as thousands joined the \u201cNo Kings\u201d movement \u2014 a nationwide demonstration protestors say is aimed at defending democracy and opposing authoritarian leadership.<\/p>\n

Protesters gathered in cities big and small, from Austin to Bastrop, joining others across the country in the second round of \u201cNo Kings\u201d events. Supporters say the message is about unity and peaceful resistance, while opponents argue the demonstrations are politically driven.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will not silence us. You will not stop us; we will be heard,\u201d said Josi Davies, who attended the protest in Bastrop.<\/p>\n

Participants there marched from the county courthouse to the Kerr Community Center, holding signs and chanting as they went. Organizers estimated at least 600 people joined the demonstration.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe elect a president, we don\u2019t elect a king, and they don\u2019t have the complete authority to do whatever they want to anyone they want,\u201d said Sharon, another Bastrop protester.<\/p>\n

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Demonstrators said their focus is on peaceful action and unity in opposition to President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and its policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m out here for LGBTQ, I\u2019m out here for trans, I\u2019m out here for immigrants, I\u2019m out here for refugees,\u201d said Linda Miller, who attended the protest in Austin.<\/p>\n

In Austin, protesters gathered on the Capitol grounds before marching to Auditorium Shores. The crowd included people of all ages and backgrounds, many carrying signs and chanting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really exhilarating and satisfying to see that all these people came here to fight for their beliefs,\u201d said Clara Audubon, an Austin demonstrator.<\/p>\n

Some congressional Republicans have described the demonstrations as \u201chate America\u201d protests. Organizers reject that label, emphasizing that the movement\u2019s core principle is nonviolence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey kept pushing that and pushing it \u2014 nonviolence, nonviolence, nonviolence. We are peaceful,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n

Others echoed that sentiment, saying their participation is about holding government accountable through lawful, peaceful expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not accept authoritarian rule, and the people are getting out on the streets to tell our government what it needs to be doing as it should be,\u201d said Robert Kraft, a protester in Bastrop.<\/p>\n

Both the Austin and Bastrop events remained largely peaceful, with demonstrators emphasizing their message of unity, democracy, and nonviolence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BASTROP, Texas \u2014 Signs, chants, and crowds filled Central Texas streets Saturday as thousands joined the \u201cNo Kings\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9205,2143,9204,1748,9341,1750,27,29,28,2558,9342],"class_list":{"0":"post-10393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-authoritarianism","9":"tag-central-texas","10":"tag-democracy","11":"tag-no-kings","12":"tag-nonviolence","13":"tag-protest","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-texas-headlines","16":"tag-texas-news","17":"tag-trump","18":"tag-unity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}