‘No Kings’ Rally To Return To Morristown

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Once again, protestors are headed to Morristown to participate in the ‘No Kings Rallies,’ a national movement against “authoritarian policies” of President Donald Trump, according to organizers.

The rally is set for Saturday at the Morristown Municipal Building from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Morristown’s first ‘No Kings Rally,’ held in June, brought more than 4,000 protesters who exercised their First Amendment rights while listening to several speakers, including Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Mikie Sherrill.

No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group Indivisible.

Other protests will be held in Morris County this weekend, with rallies planned in Denville and Madison. Click here to see rallies near you.

At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.

A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who told Fox News Friday that although he is “a very patient guy,” he has “had it with these people.”

He called the Saturday protest a “Hate America rally” staged by “all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.”

“They’re all coming out,” Johnson said.

Protestors’ ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won’t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.

The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to join No Kings protests as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.

“The protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,” the union said in an Oct. 6 statement. “Shutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.”

No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families, congressional map gerrymandering, health care, and higher costs of living.