{"id":1056597,"date":"2025-10-20T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056597"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:31:22","slug":"americans-are-fed-up-with-donald-trump-millions-join-nationwide-no-kings-protests-to-make-it-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/americans-are-fed-up-with-donald-trump-millions-join-nationwide-no-kings-protests-to-make-it-known\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Are Fed Up With Donald Trump \u2014 Millions Join Nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d Protests To Make It Known"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/poll-economy-trump-inflation-electricity-costs-hiring-jobs-ffa4a9de69db090f47f968ba656d694b\">polling<\/a> from the Associated Press showed that nearly <strong>70% of adults describe the economy as \u201cpoor\u201d<\/strong> under Donald Trump, including over 40% of Republicans and 80% of Independents. Only <strong>1 in 10 Americans believes they are getting ahead<\/strong> in Trump\u2019s economy. Despite Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fact-checking-trumps-recent-claims-about-the-economy\/\">insistence<\/a> that \u201cinflation has been defeated\u201d and \u201cgrocery prices are down,\u201d over half of adults indicate that the price of groceries is a major source of stress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Americans are seeing Trump\u2019s presidency for what it is \u2014 an attempt to consolidate power for himself and his wealthy donors while throwing everyday Americans under the bus. This weekend, more than 7 million people participated in over 2,700 \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests in all 50 states and D.C. to stand up against Trump\u2019s attempt to crown himself king.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the economy with his unhinged trade war and disastrous policies \u2014 and working families are paying the price. Trump can repeat his baseless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fact-checking-trumps-recent-claims-about-the-economy\/\">claims<\/a> that prices are down, but the evidence is clear as day: Costs on everything from groceries to electricity have increased, and good-paying jobs have become nearly impossible to find. He\u2019s sold out working Americans in order to line the pockets of the rich and powerful \u2014 while attempting to tighten his grip on power. That\u2019s why millions marched this weekend: to say loud and clear that Americans will not stand by as Trump turns our democracy into a monarchy that serves only Trump and his friends.\u201d\u00a0<br><br>Trump claims that he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=90379082c3d9e6a03baf3f677&amp;id=8186dc1484&amp;e=ef4bf3dfb2\">built<\/a> \u201cthe best economy we\u2019ve ever had\u201d \u2014 but only for billionaires. Working families are struggling to make ends meet, prices are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/consumers\/grocery-price-inflation-customer-reactions-346487f7?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqffPQYhiu633ESVdN2q85ZvnGFCu47aHLz3A0fJLxpLkgxnktrGeuKgKp3fNqo%3D&amp;gaa_ts=68f6418d&amp;gaa_sig=mARXigEruepmi5IsMQvSAvBfZ7zLpJEBXE81wYdzh5aGhHCwds5eLTKitsZaGjZ0m0w3afR9RaNzFpi1rXYTzg%3D%3D\">skyrocketing<\/a>, and job growth has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/job-market-layoffs-firing-hiring-slowdown-recession-job-listings-2025-10\">ground<\/a> to a halt. To make matters worse, Trump is doubling down on his refusal to reopen the government as Republicans let health care costs skyrocket for over 22 million Americans by an average of 114%, all while he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-trump-hosts-dinner-for-donors-to-250-million-white-house-ballroom-project\">throws<\/a> lavish fundraisers and lines his pockets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New polling from the Associated Press showed that nearly 70% of adults describe the economy as \u201cpoor\u201d under Donald Trump, including over 40% of Republicans and 80% of Independents. Only 1 in 10 Americans believes they are getting ahead in Trump\u2019s economy. Despite Trump\u2019s insistence that \u201cinflation has been defeated\u201d and \u201cgrocery prices are down,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Americans Are Fed Up With Donald Trump \u2014 Millions Join Nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d Protests To Make It Known - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/americans-are-fed-up-with-donald-trump-millions-join-nationwide-no-kings-protests-to-make-it-known\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T16:31:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jared Carmeli\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jared Carmeli\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/americans-are-fed-up-with-donald-trump-millions-join-nationwide-no-kings-protests-to-make-it-known\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/americans-are-fed-up-with-donald-trump-millions-join-nationwide-no-kings-protests-to-make-it-known\/\",\"name\":\"Americans Are Fed Up With Donald Trump \u2014 Millions Join Nationwide \u201cNo Kings\u201d Protests To Make It Known - 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