Hundreds of grandparents and elders crowded an intersection in Oakland during Saturday’s No Kings Oakland Elder’s Rally. A few miles to the west, pedestrian bridges over Interstate Highway 80 were filled with protesters waving to the drivers who honked their horns in a constant chorus of support.
They were just some of the thousands of No Kings Day protests happening nationwide and abroad in opposition to President Donald Trump’s methods and policies. The protests were timed to counter Trump’s military parade in Washington D.C. to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army. It was also the president’s birthday.
Wheelchairs filled the sidewalk outside the Merrill Gardens Senior Living facility, across from the Wendy’s on Broadway and Coronado Avenue in Oakland. Signs opposing cuts to Medicaid were displayed alongside dazzling artistic placards created in craft therapy class. Mostly in their 70s and 80s, ralliers joined family members and waved at drivers, as drivers waved back and shouted, “No Kings!”…