WATCH: 'No Kings' protesters at massive NYC rally reveal motivation for taking to the streets: 'Disgusting'
NEW YORK N Y At least people descended upon New York City s Times Square on Saturday for the No Kings protest and Fox News Digital spoke to more than half a dozen of them about why they took to the streets to rally against President Trump Because I'm an American and I learned from history unlike a lot of other people in this country History repeats itself a man named Ed communicated Fox News Digital when requested why he came to the rally People don't seem to understand that and we're going down a slippery slope ostensibly halfway down there already and if we don't stand up and protest and expand our message across America we'll be just another one of what Trump called the s hole countries That's where he's leading us The rally was peaceful as protesters gathered in Times Square and marched down th Avenue holding a variety of signs chosen more inflammatory than others REPUBLICANS TORCH ANTI-TRUMP 'NO KINGS' PROTESTS SAY DEMS FEAR ANGERING LEFTISTS IN SHUTDOWN FIGHT No fuhrers one sign commented along with a crossed-out swastika Another sign read ICE melts faster under pressure a reference to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement an agency where agents have faced a -fold increase in violence against them over the past meager months We have a fascist regime in America abetted by a fascist media a man named Brad stated Fox News Digital And people need to have their voices be heard There's this idea that somehow that Trump stands for America He stands for nothing like that he stands for hate he stands for everything against the Constitution everything our values are built upon and he stands for himself and his friends and not for the great American people A woman named Nicole communicated Fox News Digital part of her motivation for attending is that she is recovering from cancer and her husband was not long ago diagnosed with cancer and says she received a notice their vitality insurance would be canceled in July SOROS FOUNDATIONS HELPING FUND ANTI-TRUMP 'NO KINGS' PROTESTS NATIONWIDE So we can bomb random boats off the coast of Venezuela spend all this money on ICE terrorizing people so we can take food and wellbeing care away from families Nicole revealed It's disgusting Laura who reported she is from Seattle but was on vacation in New York City and decided it was key to come to the rally informed Fox News Digital of her belief that if people don t collectively get the message of disapproval out then we re going to just give up We just might as well bend over Laura revealed adding that she is married to a woman and is concerned that under Trump that marriage might not be valid anymore That s f bull Laura declared Fox News Digital watched as a man dressed in yellow placed an Antifa sticker onto a street sign as protesters walked by Several users on social media posted signs mentioning Antifa which Trump designated as a domestic terrorist organization earlier this year Several of the signs at the protest used the term fascist to describe Trump and several labeled Trump and members of his administration as Nazis When questioned if it's fair to call Trump a fascist Laura reported I mean he's doing s that is outside of what our Constitution has noted He circumvented so countless of our government's checks and balances That I mean it's just it is ridiculous Not to mention making everyone who's in his cabinet they have no experience no intelligence no like consistency They re just a joke so yeah A man named Edgar communicated Fox News Digital that democracy is at stake while another man Lenny referred to Trump as a fool and a clown Large crowds gathered in major cities all across the United States on Saturday with anti-Trump protesters attempting to make the development that Trump is a king who has overstepped his authority The No Kings movement first gained national attention in June when similar demonstrations were held in response to the Army s th anniversary military parade Trump along with Republicans in Congress in latest days have pushed back on the king label They say they re referring to me as a king I m not a king Trump narrated Fox News on Friday Requested about the protests and whether National Guard units would deploy to manage crowds White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson explained Fox News Digital Who cares
