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Arizonans will host ‘No Kings’ protests across the state as Trump escalates military force in LA [1]
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Date: 2025-06
As President Donald Trump orders the U.S. military into Los Angeles to confront protesters there and more than 100 tanks and other heavy-duty military vehicles are staging to roll through the nation’s capital in an unprecedented parade that the president ordered, thousands of Arizonans are preparing to join pro-democracy rallies planned for Saturday.
Arizona will be home to at least 40 “No Kings” protests, with events planned from Yuma to Page to Douglas and everywhere in between, including 15 in the Phoenix metro area and five in Tucson and the surrounding communities.
The largest event is planned for the state Capitol at 9 a.m., and most are scheduled for the morning, before temperatures climb into the triple digits.
Nationwide, there are more than 2,000 rallies scheduled, and organizers say they expect millions of people to turn out to protest the Trump administration and celebrate American democracy.
“The protests come in response to President Trump’s escalating use of military force in American cities and a federal agenda that would strip health care from 16 million people while expanding ICE raids targeting immigrants and protestors,” the No Kings organization said in a written statement. “Two things remain true in this country: we have no kings, and no president can stop people from peacefully speaking out. On Saturday, millions across the nation will come together to make that message clear.”
“This military escalation only confirms what we’ve known: this government wants to rule by force, not serve the people,” the No Kings coalition added. “From major cities to small towns, we’ll rise together and say: we reject political violence. We reject fear as governance. We reject the myth that only some deserve freedom.”
Groups organizing No Kings protests across the country include Indivisible, American Federation of Teachers, ACLU, Public Citizen, MoveOn, 50501, Stand Up America, Common Defense, Human Rights Campaign, League of Conservation Voters and more than 100 others.
“We’re seeing the damage to our community with local federal workers losing their jobs, and veterans worrying about their access to benefits and services. We’re showing up to say we’re not having it,” said Susan Shapiro, the director of Indivisible Northern AZ, which is sponsoring a No Kings rally in Flagstaff on Saturday afternoon.
Anti-Trump activists previously rallied during the Hands Off! and 50501 protests earlier this year.
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