Protesters nationwide are gathering at more that 2,500 locations today to rally against President Donald Trump in what organizers predict will be the largest one-day protest in modern American history.
The protests are meant as a celebration of free speech, the right to assemble and the First Amendment broadly, according to organizers. They say they also want to push back against recent moves by the Trump administration, including ramped-up immigration enforcement, sending troops into a handful of Democrat-controlled cities, making massive changes to American health care and eroding First Amendment rights, organizers say.
I’m curious to see the estimated turnout
People I spoke to who were at the local one in June (I was out of town) said our local one today was noticeably bigger. So there’s that at least.
That’s good. To work it has to hit that magical 3.5%, so that’s roughly 12,000,000 or an average of 4,800 people per location…
Maybe. All we have of any protest throughout history are estimates.
Someone said 5m, so I dunno but that’s not enough people to make change. Next year?!
I saw a 7m number somewhere.
Oooo even better!
I’m sure No Kings will provide an estimate - but probably more than 5 million.
No Kings organizers estimated that more than 5 million people turned out for the June protests. They speculated that Saturday’s event could be even bigger. - Source
12m is the breaking point. Maybe next year.
Tbf, that is the guaranteed tipping point. Definitely possible to enact change sub-12m.
According to No Kings, over 7 million.
