Demonstrators march close to the Lincoln Memorial after crossing the Memorial Bridge in the course of the “No Kings” nationwide day of protest in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump are anticipated Saturday as thousands and thousands of individuals vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and different types of merciless, law-trampling governance. It’s the third time in lower than a yr that Individuals will take to the streets as a part of a grassroots motion known as “No Kings,” probably the most vocal and visible conduit for opposition to Trump since he started his second time period in January 2025.
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Demonstrators decrying U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation efforts, conflict in Iran and different insurance policies took to metropolis streets throughout the nation on Saturday within the third spherical of the “No Kings” rallies.
Greater than 3,200 occasions had been deliberate in all 50 states. The 2 earlier No Kings occasions attracted thousands and thousands of individuals.
In Minnesota, a flashpoint in Trump’s crackdown on unlawful immigration, a large rally was held outdoors the state capitol constructing in Saint Paul. Many within the crowd there held aloft posters bearing images of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, whom federal immigration officers fatally shot in Minneapolis this yr.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2024, informed the gang that their resistance to Trump and his insurance policies makes them “the guts and soul” of every part good concerning the U.S.
“They name us radicals,” Walz stated. “You are rattling proper we have been radicalized — radicalized by compassion, radicalized by decency, radicalized by due course of, radicalized by democracy, and radicalized to do all we will to oppose authoritarianism.”
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a Trump critic who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, was one other speaker on the occasion in Minnesota. Musician Bruce Springsteen additionally appeared and carried out his tune “Streets of Minneapolis” — a ballad that blasts Trump’s immigration crackdown and laments the deaths of Good and Pretti.
“We won’t permit this nation to descend into authoritarianism or oligarchy in America,” stated Sanders, an impartial. “We, the individuals, will rule.”
Protesters descend on Occasions Sq. in the course of the “No Kings” nationwide day of protest in New York on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests in opposition to US President Donald Trump are anticipated Saturday as thousands and thousands of individuals vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and different types of merciless, law-trampling governance. It’s the third time in lower than a yr that Individuals will take to the streets as a part of a grassroots motion known as “No Kings,” probably the most vocal and visible conduit for opposition to Trump since he started his second time period in January 2025.
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Different giant rallies happened in New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, however two-thirds of the occasions had been taking place outdoors main cities, an almost 40% bounce for smaller communities from the motion’s first mobilization final June, organizers stated.
In New York, a crowd that police estimated at tens of 1000’s stretched greater than 10 blocks in midtown Manhattan. Actor Robert De Niro, one of many organizers, stated that no president earlier than Trump has posed “such an existential menace to our freedoms and safety.”
Holly Bemiss, 54, stated she and different New York rally attendees had been appearing in the identical spirit as her ancestors who fought within the American Revolution.
“We fought in opposition to having kings, and we fought for freedom,” she stated. “We’re simply doing it once more.”
On the Nationwide Mall in Washington, the gang chanted pro-democracy slogans and held anti-Trump indicators. Exterior one high-rise assisted-living middle in Chevy Chase, Maryland, a bunch of aged individuals in wheelchairs held indicators encouraging passing vehicles to “Resist tyranny,” “Honk in order for you democracy,” and “Dump Trump.”
Demonstrators attend a “No Kings” protest in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration insurance policies, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 28, 2026.
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1000’s attended a Dallas occasion that had clashes between No Kings demonstrators and counterprotest teams, together with one led by Enrique Tarrio, the previous chief of the far-right group the Proud Boys.
Minor scuffles erupted when counterprotesters blocked streets. Dallas police finally made a number of arrests.
Trump’s insurance policies have galvanized the opposition, Dallas protester Chris Brendel stated.
“One factor I am going to give Trump credit score for is mobilizing the dissenters. … I can not stand by and be silent anymore merely due to my boys and their associates and the longer term,” Brendel stated.
Trump’s approval ranking has fallen to 36%, its lowest level since his return to the White Home, based on a Reuters/Ipsos ballot.
A spokesperson for the Nationwide Republican Congressional Committee criticized Democratic politicians and candidates for supporting the rallies.
“These Hate America Rallies are the place the far-left’s most violent, deranged fantasies get a microphone and Home Democrats get their marching orders,” spokesperson Mike Marinella stated in a press release.
Marching forward of midterms
With midterm elections later this yr within the U.S., organizers say they’ve seen a surge within the variety of individuals organizing anti-Trump occasions and registering to take part in deeply Republican states like Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Utah.
Demonstrators participate within the No Kings Houston Protest, Texas, on March 28, 2026, in Houston.
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Aggressive suburban areas which have helped determine nationwide elections are seeing “big” will increase in curiosity, stated Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, the group that began the No Kings motion final yr and led planning of Saturday’s occasions. She cited examples in Pennsylvania’s Bucks and Delaware counties, East Cobb and Forsyth in Georgia, and Scottsdale and Chandler in Arizona.
A name to motion in opposition to Iran conflict
The No Kings motion launched final yr on Trump’s birthday, June 14, drew an estimated 4 million to six million individuals throughout roughly 2,100 websites nationwide. The second mobilization in October concerned an estimated 7 million individuals in additional than 2,700 cities, based on a crowdsourcing evaluation revealed by outstanding knowledge journalist G. Elliott Morris.
That October occasion was largely fueled by a backlash in opposition to a authorities shutdown, an aggressive crackdown by federal immigration authorities, and the deployment of Nationwide Guard troops to main cities.
Saturday’s occasions come amid what organizers stated was a name to motion in opposition to the bombardment of Iran by the U.S. and Israel, a battle that’s now 4 weeks outdated.
Morgan Taylor, 45, attended the Washington protest along with her 12-year-old son, and stated she was enraged by Trump’s army motion in Iran, which she known as a “silly conflict.”
“No one’s attacking us,” Taylor stated. “We do not have to be there.”
