Thousands of ‘No Kings’ protests planned in opposition to Trump amid Iran war

Democrat New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Saturday accused President Donald Trump of acting like a “dictator,” telling supporters at a “No Kings” rally that Americans must “stand up strongly” against him.

In a social media post Saturday afternoon, Sherrill shared a produced video of her speaking at a "No Kings" rally.

"We are here, to stand up strongly, to say, no kings," Sherrill said. "No kings, no dictators. We believe in the Constitution. We believe in the rule of law. We believe in the people."

The former naval officer added she will "keep fighting the President to defend what we believe in here in New Jersey."

"All of you have come out today to stand up for your rights," Sherrill said. "To stand up for the rights of your kids. To stand up for the rights of your communities. To stand up for the rights of all the people of the United States of America. And to once more say: Not here, not now, not ever — no kings."

Photos emerged Saturday showing crowds gathering at Saint Paul College outside of a flagship “No Kings” event scheduled this afternoon at the Minnesota State Capitol. 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Ilhan Omar and Attorney General Keith Ellison, who are Democrats and some of the most prominent local critics of President Donald Trump and his administration, are advertised to appear at the event alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, Bruce Springsteen and others. 

The event is one of many scheduled around the United States on Saturday. 

In Washington, D.C., a crowd estimated to be in the thousands marched from Arlington, Va., to the Washington Monument. 

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in combined annual revenues is behind the coordinated nationwide "No Kings" protest Saturday, including communist groups who are using the day to call for a "revolution," according to a Fox Digital News investigation. 

According to a copy of the permit for the "flagship" march in St. Paul, Minn., Indivisible, a national well-heeled Democratic political advocacy organization funded by billionaire George Soros, is the lead coordinator for the protest.

But Fox News Digital has also identified key participation by a network of radical socialist and communist organizations funded by Neville Roy Singham, an American tech tycoon and acvowed communist living in China.

Over nearly a decade, Singham has financed a constellation of activist institutions that promote revolutionary socialist politics and frequently collaborate in protest campaigns, including the People’s Forum in New York, the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the ANSWER Coalition and CodePink, whose co-founder Jodie Evans is married to Singham. These groups work closely with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization.

They are all sending members to the protests and one group said they plan to bring a message of "revolution" to the protests.

On Friday evening, at the corner of N. Fremont Avenue and N. 37th Avenue in downtown Minneapolis, members of the Twin Cities chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation packed a car with stacks of bright red protest signs they had prepared at the Dream Shop for Saturday’s demonstrations. They are part of the Singham network and co-sponsors of the St. Paul protest.

The posters read "NO KINGS. NO WAR." with "PARTY FOR SOCIALISM AND LIBERATION" printed at the bottom. Activists stacked the signs upside down with their wooden picket handles attached as they loaded them into the vehicle, preparing to distribute them at the next day's main protest at the state capitol in St. Paul.

Video captured by Fox News Digital shows members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation's Twin Cities chapter packing a car with pre-made signs in the leadup to “No Kings” protests in Minnesota.

The group advised its followers on Instagram to “join the antiwar contingent” at the Minnesota State Capitol on Saturday. 

“In January of 2026, Minnesota was the epicenter of a major people’s movement against the Trump administration’s extreme right-wing, billionaire agenda,” it said. 

“After facing nationwide mass resistance against their disgusting campaign of ICE terror, the administration has turned their sights on the people of Iran. This war is not just a catastrophic loss of life, but an enormous waste of our taxpayer dollars that takes away funding for public schools, housing, and healthcare,” the group added. “We must oppose this war with the full strength of mass movement. We need to fund people's needs, not the war machine!” 

An estimated crowd of thousands was seen Saturday outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during a "No Kings" march in the nation's capital.

"No Kings" says on its website that "As President Trump escalates his attempts to control us, it is on us, the people, to show that we will fight to protect one another and our country."

"If he believes we will roll over and allow him to take our freedoms, he is mistaken. We are coming together again on March 28 because we know we can overcome this repression when we unite," it adds.

Thousands of "No Kings" events are scheduled to take place across the U.S. on Saturday.

“No Kings” protesters are currently marching from Arlington, Va., to Washington, D.C., in protest of President Donald Trump and his administration.

A crowd could be heard chanting “no justice, no peace” and “hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go!” on Saturday morning as they made their way toward the Washington Monument on the National Mall.

Prior to the march, one of the organizers of the event could be heard naming Trump Cabinet members, as the audience responded with jeers and boos.

The crowd for the march is estimated to be in the thousands.

Bruce Springsteen defended his anti-ICE and anti-Trump political stances ahead of the upcoming "No Kings" rally in St. Paul this weekend.

"You want to try to meet the moment," Springsteen told The Minnesota Star Tribune on Wednesday. "The No Kings movement is of great import right now. When you have the opportunity to sing something where the timing is essential and if you have something powerful to sing, it elevates the moment, it elevates your job to another level. And I’m always in search of that."

Springsteen is kicking off a new tour following the release of his latest song, "Streets of Minneapolis," a protest tune that criticizes President Donald Trump and his administration's deployment of thousands of federal agents to crack down on illegal immigration in the state.

Springsteen stood by his openly political song despite backlash, quoting friend and fellow musician Tom Morello, saying, "Nuance is wonderful, and sometimes you have to kick them in the teeth."

"I don’t worry about it. My job is very simple: I do what I want to do, I say what I want to say and then people get to say what they want to say about it," Springsteen said.

"Those are the rules of my game. That’s fine with me. I don’t worry about if you’re going to lose this part of your audience. I’ve always had a feeling about the position we play culturally, and I’m still deeply committed to that idea of the band. The blowback is just part of it. I’m ready for all that."

"No Kings," a decentralized protest movement that crystallized in opposition to President Donald Trump's second term, will hold thousands of events on Saturday morning, according to Sarah Parker, an organizer for one of the events in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The protests mark the most recent development for the amorphous group, which has prompted similar events in the past.

"Tomorrow we’re going to have over 3,500 events across the country," Parker said. "I think it’s important to be out in the streets at this moment in time to save our country. The events will be overwhelmingly peaceful and there are going to be millions of Americans from different affiliations, different ages and different ethnic backgrounds coming together to be in community."

"I think this is organic. This is a people-powered movement. We have different local hosts that are volunteers who have stepped up to host an event in their areas, even in rural areas. We have hundreds of events in rural and deep-red states," Parker said.

Parker did not describe how "No Kings" works with local figures to organize events but said the protests aim to build on local displeasure with the administration.

"No Kings" first burst onto the scene through "No Kings Day" in June 2025, an event that, in the words of their website, inspired "a nationwide uprising 14 times larger than both of Trump’s inaugurations combined."

Almost a year later, the protests scheduled for Saturday hope to continue their opposition, touting opposition to Trump’s recent actions in Iran and debates over immigration enforcement.

Despite Parker’s framing of a decentralized movement, No Kings provides a highly-structured document for organizers titled "March 28 Toolkit," instructing viewers on how to recruit their own speakers, delegate roles, register their event and use No Kings branded media materials. It also lays out best practices for logistics as well as how to avoid permitting and insurance requirements for event-holders.

U.S. taxpayers are funding a social justice nonprofit participating in the “No Kings” protest in Los Angeles on Saturday, according to a report from the New York Post.

The Liberty Hill Foundation, which is one of the leading groups involved in the event, receives $14 million in funding from the city of Los Angeles for tenant outreach and housing programs, the newspaper said.

It added, citing public filings, that the Liberty Hill Foundation has donated tens of thousands of dollars to the ACLU of Southern California. 

That organization recently posted on its Facebook page that it “joins countless activists and advocates in calling for ICE's abolition and an overhaul of our immigration process.” 

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should be abolished, blasting the federal agency as "rogue" and "reckless" as questions mount over the city’s handling of illegal immigration following the fatal subway killing of an elderly veteran.

During a news conference announcing new street safety efforts, the mayor said he has spoken to President Donald Trump about immigration enforcement operations in the city, claiming ICE a "rogue agency."

"We're making clear that no one is above the law in this city, that everyone has to follow the rule of law," Mamdani said. "I have made clear to the president, both in our private conversations and our public conversations, about the fact that I believe that ICE is a rogue agency."

The mayor went on to support protests against the Trump administration, endorsing the "No Kings NYC" protest planned for Saturday in Manhattan.

"I think that rallies are an incredibly effective way for New Yorkers to both organize together and make it clear what their vision is for the city, for the state, for this country," Mamdani said. "I think that what we've seen is that there's an attempt to make many in our city feel as if they are alone, when they believe that ICE has no place in our city, when they believe that every single New Yorker who lives in this city belongs in this city, and should be made to feel as if such.

"What these rallies are — are also an opportunity to realize that you are not in the minority when you have those beliefs. You are, in fact, one of a growing coalition of people who want to see a shred of decency, dignity and humanity come back to our city and our country's politics."

Fox News' Alexis McAdams contributed to this report.

The White House is dismissing the wave of “No Kings” protests set to unfold Saturday, calling them “Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions.”

“The only people who care about these Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Fox News Digital on Saturday.

The Associated Press also cited the White House as saying the protests are being supported by “leftist funding networks.”

Last October, following the second round of "No Kings" protests since Trump took office, the president said, “I think it's a joke.”

"I’m not a king," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "I work my a-- off to make our country great. That’s all it is. I’m not a king at all."

Fox News Digital’s Diana Stancy contributed to this report.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Bruce Springsteen are set to join what is being billed as the flagship “No Kings” rally on Saturday at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, reports said.

The event, set to kick off around 1 p.m. ET, will feature the attendance of singer Joan Baez and actress Jane Fonda, according to FOX9 Minneapolis-St. Paul. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar also are advertised for the rally.

The Minnesota capital region took center stage earlier this year in the debate over immigration enforcement operations led by the Trump administration.

The state of Minnesota is now suing the administration for access to evidence related to a series of shootings there involving federal agents that sparked condemnation from Democrats. Anti-ICE protests also have unfolded in Minnesota in recent months, with dozens of arrests.

On its event page, the “No Kings” St. Paul says it will be “a day of healing for those who’ve seen violence, A day of celebration for the lives of those we’ve lost. A day of peace for those who’ve done war, And a day of happiness, despite all of the attempts to break us.”

“No Kings 3 is how we; average people, show the World a Path Forward. One that can be kinder, gentler. One that can be happier, and brighter. A Path that can be more JUST for those who walk it, and one where our neighbors, no matter who they are, can FEEL SAFE AGAIN,” it added.

Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano and Sophia Compton contributed to this report.