And it will be a dissatisfaction day event, primarily, as PiPress reports Friday, for the Saturday June 14 event:
Local organizers expect 20,000 or more Minnesotans will be joining a nationwide No Kings movement to protest President Donald Trump’s policies on Saturday.
Protesters will be rallying at the Minnesota Capitol for the event, which is part of a web of demonstrations around the country to counter Trump’s $25 million to $45 million military parade planned for the same day. [...]
Demonstrators will assemble at 11 a.m. at St. Paul College and begin marching to the Minnesota Capitol at noon, according to organizers including Indivisible Twin Cities, MN50501, Women’s March Minnesota and MN AFL-CIO labor unions.
Lisa Erbes is the co-leader of Indivisible Twin Cities. Erbes said the No Kings organizers want to bring awareness to Trump’s actions that they believe are unconstitutional and authoritarian. Speakers at the event will cover topics such as Medicaid cuts, racial justice, immigration concerns and ICE raids.
“Our goal is to send the message loud and clear that Americans do not want to live under a king or under fascism or a dictatorship,” Erbes said.
Forty other No Kings events will be happening Saturday in Minnesota, according to Ann Treacy, Women’s March Minnesota board member.
“We’re trying to get large numbers, we’re trying to get a place where we can all feel solidarity together, as well as show people this is how we feel,” Treacy said. “What we do want to see is more of the Constitution being held to, more of due process, more transparency, more democracy.”
[...] Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Attorney General Keith Ellison and civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong will speak at the event.
There is a DFL leaning of the event, although dissatisfied Republicans and independents will be welcome, if decently behaved. It is not a confrontational style planned, although clearly a confrontational statement is intended. Look at the title. Look at the Constitution. No Kings.