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No Kings protests | |
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Part of Protests against the second Trump administration and the 50501 Protests | |
Logo of No Kings protests Chicago, Illinois Miami, Florida New Orleans, Louisiana New York City, New York | |
Date | October 18, 2025 |
Location | United States |
Caused by | Opposition to Donald Trump |
Methods | Nonviolent protest |
Parties | |
The No Kings protests were a series of demonstrations taking place largely in the United States against Donald Trump's policies and actions during his second presidency. The demonstrations followed the No Kings protests held in June 2025. [1] [2] Activities notably took place in places such as the National Mall in Washington, D.C., [3] Chicago and New York City. The turnout numbers far exceeded expectations reaching an estimated 2,700 rallies across the nation. [4] Organizers claimed that protests on October 18, 2025, had nearly 7 million total attendees, roughly 2% of the entire U.S. population, which would make it the largest single-day protest in American history. [5]
The October 18, 2025, protests followed the No Kings protests in June, the Free America Weekend on July 4, and the Good Trouble Lives On protest on July 17. Approximately 200 organizations partnered for the October protests, including 50501 and Indivisible groups, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Democratic Socialists of America, the American Federation of Teachers, Common Defense, the Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), the League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn, Public Citizen, United We Dream, and Working Families Power. [6] [7] Other organizers included: Third Act Movement, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Social Security Works, Communications Workers of America, Freedom From Religion Foundation, New York Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters and American Federation of Government Employees. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Outside of the USA, the protests were organized by Democrats Abroad, and in the UK protests were organized by various groups, such as the Stop Trump Coalition. [14]
Organizers were "adamant that the rallies remain peaceful", [15] according to USA Today , and held virtual safety trainings ahead of the protests with help from the ACLU. [16]
While most activities took place in the United States, some events were planned in Western Europe and Canada. [17] [18] Large groups of people gathered in Barcelona and Madrid, as well as the Embassy of the United States, London. [19] Further protests were noted in other cities such as Berlin, Dublin and Paris. Organizers asked participants to wear yellow attire. [20] [21]
Approximately twelve events were planned in Alabama. Demonstrations were seen in: Athens, Birmingham, Dadeville, Dothan, Fairhope, Huntsville, Guntersville, Mobile, Oxford, Phenix City, and Tuscaloosa. [22]
Over two dozen protests occurred in Alaska, including Anchorage, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Girdwood, Gustavus, Haines, Healy, Homer, Juneau, Kenai, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, Seward, Sitka, Soldotna, Talkeetna, Valdez, and Wasilla. [23]
In Arizona, approximately two dozen No Kings demonstrations were planned in the Phoenix metropolitan area, including in Anthem, Buckeye, Fountain Hills, Maricopa, San Tan Valley, and Sun City. [24]
Fifteen No Kings protests were planned in Arkansas, including Batesville, Bentonville, Eureka Springs, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Harrison, Heber Springs, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Little Rock, Monticello, Mountain Home, Rogers, and Russellville. [25] [26]
Southern California
Events took place in Burbank, [27] Los Angeles, [28] Huntington Beach, Long Beach, Inglewood, Orange, Pasadena, [29] [30] Santa Barbara, [31] San Luis Obispo, [32] and San Diego. [33]
Northern California
Protests were also demonstrated in the following cities: San Francisco, Alameda, Albany, Antioch, Benicia, Berkeley, Colma, El Sobrante, Fremont, Hayward, Hercules, Milpitas, Mountain View, Oakland, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Redwood City, Sonoma, Santa Cruz, [34] San Jose, San Mateo, Sausalito, Sunnyvale, Union City, and Walnut Creek. [35]
There were approximately 60 protests planned across Colorado. [36] One took place outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. [37]
Approximately 40 protests were planned in cities around Connecticut, including Bethel, Bridgeport, Brookfield, Canton, Cornwall, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Greenwich, Guilford, Hartford, Kent, Killingly, Litchfield, Middletown, Milford, Morris, Mystic, New Haven, New London, New Milford, Newtown, Norwich, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Somers, Southbury, Stamford, Tolland, Torrington, Waterbury, Westport, Willimantic, Windham, and Windsor. [38] U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz, and Mayor Arunan Arulampalam are scheduled to speak at the Hartford event. [39]
Protests in Delaware included Dover, Georgetown, Newark, and Wilmington. [40]
Approximately 80 [41] [42] events were planned in Florida, [43] including in Clermont, Leesburg, Miami, [44] and Mount Dora. [45] Seven demonstrations were planned in Jacksonville; in Beaches, Downtown Jacksonville, Mandarin, Orange Park, and Ponte Vedra. [46]
In Central Florida, activities were planned in Casselberry, Lake Mary, Leesburg, Mount Dora, Orlando, and Poinciana. [47]
More than 30 events were planned in Georgia, [48] including in Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Brunswick, Carrollton, Cartersville, Columbus, Dalton, Fayetteville, Gainesville, Greensboro, Griffin, Hiram, Marietta, Newnan, Rincon, Savannah, Smyrna, Statesboro, Suwanee, Waycross, and Woodstock. [49] [50]
In Hawaii the protests were called the "No Dictators" movement instead of the nationwide "No Kings" movement out of respect for Hawaii’s Aliʻi. [51] Events were planned on the islands of Oʻahu, Maui, Molokaʻi, Kauaʻi, and Hawaiʻi. [52]
In Idaho, Southeast Idaho Citizens for Democracy organized an event in Pocatello. [53] Over 2,000 people marched from Caldwell Park to the Bannock County Courthouse. [54] Around 1,200 people participated in the protest in Idaho Falls. [55]
In Chicago, as many as 250,000 people took part in a demonstration in Grant Park, which included Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson as speakers. [56] [57] Other rallies were held in Arlington Heights, Elgin, Geneva, Lisle, Mount Prospect, and Schaumburg. [58]
Some 44 events were planned across Indiana, [59] including in Albion, Anderson, Angola, Auburn, Bedford, Bloomington, Brookville, Columbus, Corydon, Crown Point, Decatur, Delphi, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Frankfort, Greencastle, Indianapolis, Kokomo, LaGrange, La Porte, Lebanon, Liberty, Logansport, Madison, Marion, Muncie, Nashville, New Albany, Plainfield, Richmond, South Bend, Terre Haute, Valparaiso, [60] Vincennes, Warsaw, and West Lafayette. [61]
In Iowa, over 12,000 people protested outside the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. [62]
In Kansas, 6,300 people protested outside the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. [63] Protests also took place in Hutchinson, [64] Independence, Kansas City, Parsons, Pittsburg, Salina, [65] and Wichita.[ citation needed ]
Two dozen protests were planned in Kentucky, including Bowling Green, Frankfort, Lexington, and Louisville. [66] [67]
In Louisiana, events were planned in Alexandria, Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, and Shreveport-Bossier. [68]
More than 60 events were planned in Maryland, including in Annapolis, Baltimore, Columbia, Frederick, and Silver Spring. [70] [71] [72] Demonstrations were also held at the National Institutes of Health's headquarters in Bethesda, which was attended by U.S. Senators Angela Alsobrooks and Chris Van Hollen. [73]
In Massachusetts, events were planned in Fall River and Swansea. [74]
Mayor Michelle Wu attended the demonstration in Boston; [75] [76] [77] other speakers included senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, and representatives Katherine Clark, Ayanna Pressley, and Seth Moulton. [78]
In Michigan, demonstrations were planned in Lansing, Detroit, Dearborn, Grand Rapids, Sterling Heights, Troy, [79] Bay City, Kalamazoo, [80] Manistee, [81] Midland, [82] Livonia, Taylor, Wyandotte, Hazel Park, Ferndale, Farmington Hills, Lathrup Village, Oak Park, Novi, Walled Lake, South Lyon, Waterford, Lake Orion, Rochester Hills, Rochester, Macomb, Romeo, Ann Arbor, Saline, Milan, Chelsea, Ypsilanti, Whitmore Lake, Monroe, and Howell. [83]
In Minnesota, a protest was planned in Minneapolis. [84]
In Mississippi, events were planned in Gulfport, Hernando, Jackson, Oxford, Starkville, and Tupelo. [85] [86]
Approximately a dozen demonstrations were planned in Missouri. [87] [88] [89]
Thirty-one protests were planned in Montana, including Billings, Bozeman, Dillon, Hamilton, Missoula, and Polebridge. [90] [91]
Approximately 16 protests were planned in Nebraska. [92] Blue Valley Indivisible planned an event at Charles Park in Beatrice. [93]
Event organizers estimated that more than 18,000 attended the demonstration in Reno, one of the 14 events scheduled throughout Nevada. [94]
Approximately 30 events were planned in New Hampshire. [95]
Approximately 50 protests were planned in New Jersey, [96] including fifteen in Central New Jersey. [97] Thousands of New Jersey residents participated in protests. [98]
In New Mexico, demonstrations occurred in Albuquerque, [99] Capitan, Carlsbad, Chama, Deming, Embudo, Española, Farmington, Gallup, Grants, Kingston, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Portales, Raton, Roswell, Ruidoso, Santa Fe, Silver City, Socorro, Taos, Tijeras, Truth or Consequences, and Valencia County. [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105]
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) was slated to appear at events. [106] According to the New York City Police Department, a hundred thousand people marched from Times Square in New York City. [107] [108] More protests took place in over 100 locations including Albany, [109] Brighton [110] , Buffalo, [111] DeWitt, [112] , Fairport, [110] Ithaca, [113] and Rochester. [110]
Protests in North Carolina took place in Asheville, Black Mountain, Boone, Brevard, Bryson City, Burnsville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Clay County, Columbus, Durham, Fayetteville, [114] Elkin, Forest City, Greensboro, Greenville, Hendersonville, Highlands, [115] Jacksonville, [116] Leland, [117] Lenoir, Marion, Morganton, Mount Airy, New Bern, [118] Raleigh, Shallotte, [117] Stokes County, Surf City, [117] Sylva, Wilmington, [117] and Winston-Salem. [119]
Protests in North Dakota included Bismarck, Bottineau, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Medora, Minot, and Williston. [120]
In Ohio, dozens of events were planned throughout the state, [121] including Akron, Ashland, [122] Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, and Wooster. [123] [124]
A protest was held in Dayton. [125] In Jackson Township near Canton, a motorist rammed a truck into a protester. [126]
Over a dozen protests were planned across Oklahoma. [127] [128]
Approximately 70 events were planned in 65 cities in Oregon. [129] [130] Multiple events were planned in Portland, Oregon. [131] One local group affiliated with the 50501 movement organized an event at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. [132] Local organizers have discouraged activity at the ICE facility in south Portland. [133] A protest in Eugene was planned outside the Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse. [134] A demonstration was also planned in West Linn. [135]
In Pennsylvania, protests were planned in Erie [136] and Pittsburgh. [137] On October 17, protests were held in the Philadelphia Area. [138] [139]
Ten events were planned in Rhode Island. [140]
In South Carolina, events were planned in Beaufort, Bluffton, Charleston, Cheraw, Columbia, Greenville, Hilton Head, Florence, Fort Mill, Indian Land, Myrtle Beach, North Charleston, Rock Hill, Seneca, Spartanburg, and Summerville. [141]
Protests in South Dakota included Aberdeen, Brookings, Huron, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Spearfish, Sturgis, Vermillion, and Watertown. [142]
Dozens of protests were planned in Tennessee. [143] The Nashville protest was at Capitol Hill. [144]
Several demonstrations were planned in North Texas, including in Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Flower Mound, Greenville, Jacksboro, McKinney, and Sherman. [145] Indivisible Centex was organizing a demonstration at the Bell County Courthouse in Belton. [146] A protest is also planned in San Antonio. [147]
A protest was also planned in Austin. [148]
Governor Greg Abbott deployed the National Guard, the Texas Ranger Division, state troopers, and the Texas Department of Public Safety to Austin ahead of the rally, with the support of "aircraft and other tactical assets". He said in a statement that "violence and destruction will never be tolerated in Texas" and that he had directed "all necessary law enforcement officials and resources to ensure the safety of Austin residents". This prompted sharp Democratic criticism. Texas House of Representatives Minority Leader Gene Wu denounced the use of armed soldiers to suppress peaceful protests as the act of kings, dictators, and their helpers like Abbott. [149]
In Utah, demonstrations took place in Salt Lake City, [150] Boulder, Cedar City, Ephraim, Fillmore, Heber City, [151] Logan, Moab, Ogden, Park City, Price, and Provo. [152] In Salt Lake City, thousands gathered in front of the Utah State Capitol. [153] [154] The protests were the first in the city since the June 2025 killing of Afa Ah Loo during an earlier No Kings protest. [155]
In Virginia, protests were planned in Arlington, [156] Abingdon, Chesapeake, Galax, Gate City, and Norfolk. [157] [158] Gov. Glenn Youngkin mobilized the Virginia National Guard in advance. [159] [160] [161]
In Washington, [162] events were planned in Everett, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Olympia, [163] Point Defiance in Tacoma, Puyallup, [164] and Kennewick and Bellingham [165] Additional protests in King County, the most populous county in the state, were planned for the cities Federal Way, Auburn, Enumclaw, Maple Valley, Milton, Covington, Des Moines, Mercer Island; Bothell Shoreline Lake Forest Park Edmonds, Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, Tukwila and Renton on the Eastside, and the census-designated place Vashon. [166] Rallies were planned to be held in at least six locations in Seattle. [167]
In Washington, D.C., multiple protests were planned. The main meeting point was a stage on Pennsylvania Avenue. [168] Speakers included Mehdi Hasan, Chris Murphy, Bill Nye, and Bernie Sanders. [169] Organizers for the D.C. event estimated the attendance at 200,000. [170]
Protests took place in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States Virgin Islands. [172]
In the days leading up to the October protests, United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that they are "part of antifa". [173] The Independent described antifa as MAGA's "boogeyman" for the protests, and cited critics as warning that that the Trump administration starting to define who is antifa—meaning, the administration maintained, a terrorist on par with ISIS [a] —could mark a dangerous escalation of the targeting of the president's political enemies, including Americans who march in protests the government has labeled as antifa. [174]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson also linked the protests to antifa, saying "It's all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people, they're all coming out," and that the group organizing the protest in Washington, D.C., is anti-American, [175] [176] while House majority whip Tom Emmer said that the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic party was set to hold them. [177] They and House majority leader Steve Scalise [176] called the protests a "Hate America" rally. [178] Johnson also attacked the participants with: "Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you see pro-Hamas supporters. I bet you see antifa types. I bet you see the Marxists in full display, the people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic." [179]
Duffy and Senators Roger Marshall and Ted Cruz accused No Kings of using paid protesters. [173] [174] [180] According to The Independent, Marshall baselessly laid the blame on George Soros, saying, "We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it." [174] Cruz also blamed Soros and urged to "cut off the money" behind "these rallies that may well turn into riots". [180] He spoke of legislation he had introduced that would allow use of the RICO Act to prosecute the money he alleged was behind No Kings for "supporting rioting and violence", and said he had urged attorney general Pam Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel to prosecute. [180]
Attorney General Bondi attributed "people out there with thousands of signs that all match, pre-bought, pre-put together" [178] to antifa's high degree of organization, [181] and pledged to "get to the root of antifa" and "find and charge all of those people who are causing this chaos". [178]
After a golf round, Trump released an artificially generated video showing himself, wearing a crown in a jet fighter plane marked "King Trump", dropping brown liquid resembling feces on those who were protesting against his administration. [182] [183]
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