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Americans Protest Against Trump Policies

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MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Politics, News, Versant Media, Weekend News, News Commentary, Ms Now, Ali Velshi, Versant, Government

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Editor-in-Chief of The Contrarian Jennifer Rubin; MS NOW Contributor Inzamam Rashid; Host of SiriusXM’s ‘The Dean Obeidallah Show’ Dean Obeidallah; Journalist David Cay Johnson

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0:00.0

Good morning. It is Sunday, March the 29th. The final count is not in, but estimates show that more than 8 million people participated in one of the thousands of No King's events around the world yesterday.

0:18.6

According to organizers of the movement, that exceeds the turnout

0:21.2

for both of the previous two No King's protests, drawing out roughly one million more people

0:27.1

than the last one in October. Organizers also noted that more than 200,000 people came out

0:33.1

in St. Paul, Minnesota, the city chosen by organizers to host the flagship event this time around

0:38.5

because its Twin City, Minneapolis, was the primary target of Trump's brutal and violent immigration crackdown.

0:44.4

The rock legend Bruce Springsteen performed Streets of Minneapolis, a song he wrote earlier this year

0:49.5

in response to the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both citizens and both from Minneapolis, who were shot

0:56.0

dead by federal immigration agents.

0:59.6

Oh, Minneapolis, I hear your voice singing

1:05.1

through the bloody mist.

1:08.6

We'll take our stand for this land and the stranger in our midst.

1:17.3

Here at home they killed and roamed in the winter of 26.

1:26.3

We'll remember the names of those who died

1:29.9

On the streets of Minneapolis

1:33.2

There are also large turnouts in big cities like Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Austin

1:39.9

But there was also a sizable turnout in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a Republican district,

1:44.4

and a Republican-led state. People also marched in West Palm Beach, Florida, near Mar-a-Lago,

1:49.4

where Donald Trump spent the weekend golfing. The No King's movement has spread far and wide to

1:53.8

rural towns and densely populated cities and even as far north as the Arctic Circle.

1:59.4

Check this out. These photos were shared by Lacey Bailey,

2:02.3

Tiffany V. Battle, and Pastor Jenny Shaw, who joined the No King's protest from Ukiavik,

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