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No Kings Day Shifts Focus to Voting
Confirmed
In Short: The No Kings coalition, which has organized previous anti-Trump protests, shifted its focus to voter mobilization on 'No Kings: Vote Early' day.
The No Kings coalition, which has organized previous anti-Trump protests, shifted its focus to voter mobilization on 'No Kings: Vote Early' day.
Co-founder Ezra Levin told NPR, 'We're done sending a message. Now, we want people to vote.'
In Alexandria, Virginia, protesters like Nayely Cruz Hernandez and her boyfriend Noah Schwarzott, along with their dog Maybellene, urged voters to 'vote blue' and support specific Democratic candidates.
Nadine Seiler, a self-described 'professional protester,' rejected the nonpartisan description, saying, 'It's never gonna be non-partisan if it's a resistance to the fascist regime.'
The nationwide push to vote marks a pivot for the No Kings coalition, which includes hundreds of partner organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and Black Voters Matter.
In Georgia, voting rights have been under attack, with Republicans rolling back voting rights and threatening to redraw maps to favor Republicans.
In Golden, Colorado, a 'Paws to the Polls' event invited people to bring their dogs on a march.
What this adds
The shift from protest to voter mobilization reflects a strategic change in the No Kings coalition's approach.
What's confirmed
- The No Kings coalition, which has organized previous anti-Trump protests, shifted its focus to voter mobilization on 'No Kings: Vote Early' day.
- In Alexandria, Virginia, protesters like Nayely Cruz Hernandez and her boyfriend Noah Schwarzott, along with their dog Maybellene, urged voters to 'vote blue' and support specific Democratic candidates.
- The nationwide push to vote marks a pivot for the No Kings coalition, which includes hundreds of partner organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union and Black Voters Matter.
- In Georgia, voting rights have been under attack, with Republicans rolling back voting rights and threatening to redraw maps to favor Republicans.
- In Golden, Colorado, a 'Paws to the Polls' event invited people to bring their dogs on a march.
What's still developing
- "The first three No Kings were designed to send a message," said Ezra Levin, the co-founder of Indivisible — one of the major organizations within the No Kings network.
- While some protests, like the one on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, were reminiscent of the first three No Kings rallies — with signs blasting Trump and his administration's actions — other events focused on spreading information to community members on how to vote.
- "I studied checks and balances in school for this."
- She said Trump "needs to have his power checked."
- Next to both of them: a sign reading "VOTE EARLY." The donkey, the floating head and the voting sign were all part of the "No Kings: Vote Early" day of action.
- "What are we here to do? Vote! When we vote together? We win!"
- Another focus for No Kings groups was getting volunteers trained as poll watchers.
- Organizers of the "No Kings" protests, known for their anti-Trump sentiment, are urging Americans to vote early in the November 3 midterm elections, as Republicans face tough races to retain control of Congress.
- "It's a day of nonpartisan voter participation: we are bringing our community together to make a plan to vote early and ensuring every eligible voter understands their options for how to vote and has the opportunity to make their voice heard," organizers said in a statement.
- Protesters gathered across the United States for the latest "No Kings" demonstrations as Americans begin casting ballots ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
- Dubbed "No Kings: Vote Early," Saturday's event aimed to fire up Americans to vote early in the midterm elections, which will determine which party controls Congress, rather than protest against President Donald Trump and his administration.
- — On South Washington Street, 26-year-old environmental engineer Nayely Cruz Hernandez had a straightforward message for voters as she joined a phalanx of protesters lining the street for nationwide " No Kings " protests against President Donald Trump : "Vote blue." "We got to take the power away from Trump, from the Republicans," Hernandez told Fox News Digital.