In the late morning of Oct. 18, groups of Georgetown undergraduates gathered at the McDonough Bus turnaround. While some students carried signs, others just brought themselves, preparing to shuttle into downtown D.C. and make their way to one of the biggest protests organized yet: “No Kings.”
These students joined the near-200,000 protesters gathered around the National Mall as one of over 2,700 nationwide protests, organizing a reported seven million people against the Trump administration. Comparing President Donald Trump to a king, the event follows an earlier national protest against the current administration on June 14; the birthday of the president.
One group traveling to the rally was the Georgetown University College Democrats (GUCD), led by Director of Advocacy Elinor Clark (CAS ’27).
“In my role as advocacy director, I want to make it as easy as possible for Georgetown students, Georgetown College Democrats to show up,” Clark said. “It can be really easy to get down and feel hopeless, especially as students, as people who aren’t necessarily in positions of power.”…