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Nashville 'No Kings' protest draws thousands
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Several protests are shaping up in Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky on Saturday, the same day as President Donald's Trump birthday and his military parade.
Memphians gathered in the Bluff City on Saturday, June 14, at Poplar and Highland for a protest organized by Indivisible Tennessee.
The protests are part of a nationwide demonstration against President Donald Trump. The flagship “No Kings” march and rally are planned in Philadelphia, but no events are scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C., where amilitary parade will take place for Trump’s birthday.
Demonstrators are expected to gather at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of the national No Kings protest movement.
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Thousands protest against Trump in Tennessee, calling out authoritarian tendencies during the 'No Kings' movement.
The Republican supermajority has passed multiple measures related to protests, they say, to protect the public.
The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), the immigrant advocacy organization, CASA, priests, labor unions, and civil rights organizations held a press conference on the steps of the First Lutheran Church Friday morning. The purpose is to oppose all the immigration enforcement operations ordered by the Trump administration.