No Kings Rally Coming To Mercer County. Here's What to Know

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — The No Kings movement returns to New Jersey March 28, with a noon rally at the State House in Trenton anchoring 54 planned protests across the state as part of a third national mobilization against the Trump administration.

The Trenton rally, scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. at 125 W. State St., is one of 54 protests planned across New Jersey and more than 1,000 planned nationwide. The event is billed as "No Kings, No War with Iran" and will include speakers focused on opposing potential U.S. military action against Iran.

The Rev. Robert Moore, executive director of the Coalition for Peace Action, is among the scheduled speakers. The Princeton-based organization, which co-sponsored previous No Kings rallies in the area, said it is organizing around opposition to what it describes as an unnecessary and illegal war.

Organizers of the broader No Kings movement say their goal is to reach 12 million attendees nationwide — roughly 3.5 percent of the American population — a threshold they say signals enough public momentum to effect political change.

The No Kings protests are organized by a large coalition of groups, including the American Federation of Teachers, Public Citizen, Indivisible, MoveOn and the American Civil Liberties Union. The movement's name reflects the position that the United States is a democracy and not a monarchy.

This will be the third round of No Kings protests during Trump's second term. Five million people turned out for the first No Kings rally in June 2025, and seven million participated in the second round in October 2025. An estimated 5,000 attendees packed Princeton's Monument Park for the October rally.

The protests have drawn sharp criticism from Republican officials. In an interview with Fox News, House Speaker Mike Johnson called the rallies a "Hate America" rally and said he expected pro-Hamas supporters, antifa and Marxists to attend. Trump himself has not held back, posting an AI-generated video of himself wearing a crown and appearing to drop excrement from a fighter jet onto protesters below.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said participants and the Democratic Party's main constituents were "made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

Protest organizers have stressed that the demonstrations are nonviolent. The ACLU held virtual safety trainings ahead of the March 28 rallies, covering participants' constitutional rights and best practices for attending protests.

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