From Dubuque to Sioux City and Shenandoah to Burlington, thousands of Iowans in over 50 cities and towns participated in Saturday’s nationwide “No Kings” protests. The first series of nationwide rallies against the Trump Administration and its actions was held in June and this was the third round of “No Kings” gatherings. Kim Van Es is one of the organizers of this weekend’s event in Sioux Center.
“No Kings is a resistence movement,” Van Es said, “a resistence to a president and an administration that we believe is abusing their power and is making decisions that is threatening democracy.
The White House called the protests Trump Derangement Therapy Sessions. Adam Steen, one of the Republicans running for governor, used the phrase “No Brains Protest” in a social media post and said in any country actually ruled by a king, these kinds of protests wouldn’t be allowed.
