Demonstrators in San Jose will join counterparts at more than 2,000 “No Kings” events nationwide and in Western Europe Saturday to “reject the authoritarianism” of the Trump Administration.
The protest event at St. James Park in San Jose is scheduled for noon to 2pm, which coincides with a 7-kilometer ‘No Kings’ walk from Palo Alto to Sunnyvale along El Camino Real.
Mayor Matt Mahan
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan – in his first comments about the turmoil in Los Angeles and the unprecedented actions by President Donalt Trump sending the military to California’s biggest city – issued a statement Friday evening on social media expressing support for Saturday’s “No Kings” demonstrations, while making a strong plea for a peaceful protest.
“Tomorrow at the No Kings protest, many of our neighbors will come together downtown to speak out,” the mayor said. “To reaffirm that here in San Jose, we strongly support the First Amendment, separation of powers and due process rights, and the diverse immigrant communities that make our city stronger.”
“City Hall stands with you,” said Mahan.
“At the same time, I want to remind everyone that we must stay peaceful,” he pleaded. “Violence undermines our ability to keep everyone safe. It distracts from the message. It shrinks rather than builds a coalition. And it will invite an outsized response from those who want to make an example out of Californians and our values.”
“So please – speak out. Stand together. Demand Justice. But do so in a way that lifts up our shared humanity,” the mayor cautioned. “That shows the world what justice and compassion look like in action. That honors the dignity of every person in our community – no matter where they come from, or how they got here.”
Also in Santa Clara County, a “We the People Democracy Fair” will be held in Rinconada Cultural Park in Palo Alto from 2 to 3pm. Bay Area native Joan Baez told local media she intends to speak at the Palo Alto event.
“NO KINGS” banners are to be unfurled over Highway 101 in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Belmont.
In San Francisco, a “No Kings Day” march will be held from Dolores Park to the Civic Center Plaza, beginning at 11:30am.
Demonstrations are to occur at 58 sites in the Bay Area.
The biggest demonstrations nationally are set for Phoenix, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta, Charlotte and Washington D.C. as well as the major capitals in Western Europe.
Saturday is also Flag Day, and will feature an unprecedented and controversial military parade in downtown Washington, D.C., to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. June 14 also is President Donald Trump’s birthday.
The protest organizers called for "a nationwide day of defiance...to reject authoritarianism."
On the No Kings website, nokings.org, organizers said: "They've defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights and slashed our services."
"The corruption has gone too far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.”
Who banned people from attending churches and going to the beach? Who insisted on experimental jabs to keep your job? Those are the authoritarians.
And a large plurality of Democrats (in a 2022 Rasmussen poll) said those who didn’t comply with such edicts should be put in concentration camps and have their children taken from them.
The projection and hypocrisy of everyone involved in these performative protests.
Thank you to those who served in our military and to those who continue to serve in our military.
Happy Birthday to you…. Mr. President Trump.
Fly your American flags proudly, in honor of the greatest country on the planet.
God Bless America!