From Rural Towns to City Blocks: more than 7 Million Attend Overwhelmingly Peaceful No Kings Day of Action
In one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, cities and towns large and small saw notable increases in their peaceful No Kings event attendance yesterday compared to the first No Kings event in June.
Nearly 7 million people attend overwhelmingly peaceful No Kings Day of Action
In one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, nearly seven million Americans gathered today, 2 million more than June, in over 2,700 cities and towns for the No Kings Day of Peaceful Action, standing together in nonviolent defiance of authoritarianism and affirming that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings.
Statement re: Speaker Johnson Comments on No Kings
Today, House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed the peaceful No Kings Day of Action on October 18 for the ongoing government shutdown. After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement.