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‘Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!’ protesters across the country chanted

Nearly 7 million demonstrators in small towns and cities across the country showed up for No Kings protests to rally against Donald Trump’s presidency, according to organizers.

The president declared he was “not a king” on Fox News Friday, but that didn’t stop millions of rally-goers in more than 2,500 locations across the United States from protesting the second Trump administration.

Saturday’s event marked the third mass mobilization since Trump reclaimed the White House — and one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, surpassing the more than 5 million demonstrators who turned up to the first iteration of “No Kings” protests in June, organizers said.

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[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Or 2% of the population. What's wrong with the other 48?

[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Work probably. A lot of people are a missed check away from snowballing down late fees into eviction proceedings.

Bellcurve with timid liberals and shy bigots in the middle (no neutral on a moving train).

Any fresh homeless folks can always move to DC with their complaints. We've used that strategy a couple times.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Wasn't it held on a Saturday? Sure, some percentage works on weekends but not half the population.

[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 1 points 1 day ago

'flexible scheduling' started in the 80's. Factories pay slightly more shit and run all week.

It's not like anyone is protecting workers here. Didn't you hear about Joe Hill?