Over 7 Million Americans Protested Against Trump

What A Day

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🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Millions of Americans were in the streets over the weekend, rallying against President Donald Trump and his administration's latest authoritarian escalations. Organizers for the 'No Kings' protests said more than 7 million people turned out to more than 2,700 pro-democracy rallies across the country. Republicans tried their best to demonize the protesters saying the "hate America" demonstrations would be filled with radicals and violence. But, as it turns out, the protests were almost entirely peaceful. Chicago, Illinois, a focal point for the administration's crackdown on immigration, was just one of the cities that saw people gather in solidarity against Trump. So to talk more about the latest regarding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the back and forth on National Guard deployment, and what's really happening on the ground there, we spoke with Monica Eng. She covers Chicago for Axios. And in headlines, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire faces its first major test, Trump says he's ending financial aid to one of the country's closest Latin America allies, and the government shutdown stretches into a new week.

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0:00.0	It's Monday, October 20th.
0:05.0	I'm Todd Zwellick, in for Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, the show where continues to inflict pain on everyday Americans.
0:35.6	As leverage and is still ongoing government shutdown. Israel and
0:39.3	Hamas exchange deadly fire in Gaza threatening the ceasefire. President Donald Trump accuses the
0:45.3	President of Colombia of being a drug dealer while he continues to unilaterally kill people on
0:50.9	boats in the Caribbean. And Ukraine steps up attacks inside Russia as
0:55.6	Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky waits for an answer on American cruise missiles.
1:00.9	But let's start with the massive turnout at Saturday's anti-Trump rallies.
1:05.7	Millions of Americans took to the streets over the weekend for the No King's protests,
1:11.7	demonstrating against Donald Trump and his authoritarian vibes. Organizers said that more than 7 million people turned
1:17.6	out to more than 2,700 pro-democracy rallies in rural towns and major cities all across America.
1:23.4	It was the second wave of protests organized by the No King's Network of Progressive Organizations.
1:30.6	The protests were almost completely peaceful.
1:34.4	And that's not the framing Republicans we're looking for.
1:37.3	Last week on Capitol Hill, GOP lawmakers predicted hate America demonstrations,
1:42.9	filled with pro-Hamas radicals.
1:46.0	In New York City, where more than 100,000 people demonstrated, the NYPD reported zero arrests.
1:53.6	Here's how Speaker Mike Johnson reacting to the peaceful nature of the protests on ABC on Sunday morning.
2:00.0	I've never called anybody an enemy, but we call out... The America rally or, you know, Antifa, pro Hamas, that sounds, those are enemies. Well, there were a lot of hateful messages yesterday. I mean, we have video and photos of pretty violent rhetoric, calling out the president, saying fascists must die and all the rest. I mean, I don't think that's loving speech. I don't think that's friendly speech.
2:18.1	And I don't think it's pro-American to see those kinds of things.
2:21.1	Trump also responded to accusations of being called a king on Fox News.
2:26.6	A king.
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