"As many as 220,000 protestors took to the streets across Bay Area cities Saturday as part of a nationwide No Kings protest that aimed at pushing back against what protestors viewed as President Donald Trump's authoritarian tendencies, according to a survey of organizers conducted by Bay Area News Group. The hundreds of thousands of partipcants joined nearly 7 million protestors nationwide who gathered peacefully in 2,700 cities from coast to coast, according to a press release from No Kings."
"Every single time we do this, it's a flex What we're communicating with the world (is) that we're here and we care about the country and we're not giving up, said Nancy Latham, an organizer with Indivisible East Bay. When you see 7 million people at more than 2,500 gatherings across the country, from tiny towns to huge mobilizations in Chicago and New York, we see ourselves, we see each other, we can feel our collective power."
About 220,000 protestors marched across Bay Area cities as part of a nationwide No Kings protest opposing President Donald Trump's perceived authoritarian tendencies. Hundreds of thousands in the region joined nearly 7 million protestors nationwide who gathered peacefully in roughly 2,700 cities. Protestors carried signs such as "History has its eyes on you" and "ICE is the Gestapo" and mobilized around issues including Proposition 50 support and opposition to Trump's immigration crackdown. More than 60 local protests stretched from Santa Rosa to Gilroy, marking the largest local turnout since Trump took office. Organizers estimated attendance using aerial photography, crowd-density calculations and police counts.
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