"No Kings" Protests Planned In Central And Lower Bucks Co.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Newtown, Morrisville, Doylestown, and Lambertville-New Hope will be joining 3,000 communities across the nation on Saturday in a national "No Kings Day Of Nonviolent Action."

The nationwide mobilization - billed as the largest single-day protest in U.S. history - is being organized across the nation to protest President Trump as a tyrant and authoritarian.

"Just months ago, millions of people took to the streets across thousands of events to say no to Trump's abuses of power, and today that movement is only growing. With every ICE raid, every escalation abroad, and every abuse of power at home, Americans are rising up in opposition to Trump's attempt to rule through force and fear," said Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible. "That is why people across the country are organizing, showing up for their neighbors, and making one thing unmistakably clear: we are done with the corruption, the cruelty, and the authoritarianism. This No Kings will be the largest protest in American history."

According to the website, NoKings.org, the national protest is being organized by the ACLU, the American Federation of Teachers, Common Defense, 55010, Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible, League of Conservation Voters, MoveOn, National Education Association, National Nurses United, Public Citizen, SEIU, United We Dream, among others.

Locally, in Central and Lower Bucks, protests are planned for Saturday, March 28, in the following communities:

• Newtown-Langhorne - No Kings protest from 12 to 2 p.m. at Route 413 and the Newtown Bypass (Route 332) in front of the Summit Square Shopping Center.

• Morrisville Borough - No Kings Rally organized by Bucks County Indivisible takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. at Williamson Park. Speakers include: Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania State Rep. and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair; Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie; Bucks County Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia; Bryan Allen, a community leader in Bensalem; Kristin Egan, Neshaminy School Board member; James Delos Reyes, Co-Field Director, API-PA (Asian Pacific Islanders Political Alliance); and Josh Blakesley, Executive Director of The Welcome Project PA.

• In Doylestown Borough, a No Kings protest is planned from 3 to 5 p.m. in the courtyard of the Bucks County Administration building at Court and Main.

• A New Hope-Lambertville No Kings protest is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The rally begins at 10 a.m. at South Union and Bridge streets and then marches across the river to New Hope. Streets will be closed for the march. The theme will be "Courage Over Kings."