“I’m hoping the world will hear us (from) all over the country to know how dissatisfied we are with what is going on,” said Debra Cone of Port Huron.
The No Kings protestors spread from Pine Grove Park Drive to Prospect Place.
Greg Gale held a sign stating “Veterans against Trump.” He said he served in the Marine Corp from 1975-79.
“The way the country is right now under Donald Trump, its terrible,” he said. “We take an oath to the Constitution, but he’s breaking his oath daily.”
Gale said he was upset over Trump’s relationships with Russia and North Korea, and he believes his tax breaks favor the rich and ignore the needs of the working class.
Robin Peters said she came to the protest due to funding being cut from her granddaughter’s medical research program and tariffs on Canada.
“I never dreamed I’d be embarrassed to drive across the Blue Water Bridge with my U.S. license,” she said.
Another group gathered inside the park near a gazebo, where there was concessions, entertainment, speakers and even a do-it-yourself sign making table.
Abby Hartman, a Port Huron native who is studying sociology at the University of Michigan, spoke to the crowd about Trump’s impact on dismantling the college’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
“Our diversity gives us strength” she said. “Our numbers and our voices exist, we just need to get bigger and louder.”
Ann Austin, with the local Indivisible group, estimated about 1,000 people showed up for the event.
“We did not have kings from 1776 on, and we are not going to have one now,” said Jenna Reed, who introduced the speakers.
This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Large crowd comes out for No Kings protest in Port Huron
Reporting by Johnathan Hogan, Port Huron Times Herald / Port Huron Times Herald
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