Fremont protesters gathered for the second No Kings demonstration of the year on October 18, expressing criticism against the current presidential administration along Walnut Avenue and Paseo Padre Parkway. The demonstration was assembled by a coalition of organizations that included advocacy organization Indivisible Fremont. Hundreds held countle
ss handmade picket signs of crossed out crowns as drivers passing by blared their car horns in support.
The Fremont rally was part of the wider No Kings movement, which organized more than 2,700 protests on the same day in opposition to the Trump administration. In addition to Fremont, protests were held in almost all major Bay Area cities including Alameda, San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, and San Jose. “We have to stop what’s going on in Washington. We know we’re afraid that people are going to come to our city as well. Who’s going to send the National Guard or troops? We can’t have that,” attendee Joseph Magdalena said.
While protest attendees all expressed broad disapproval of Trump’s policies and the direction of the government, they were motivated by different particular reasons to attend the protest: Proposition 50, immigration, and budget cuts. Some advocated for Proposition 50, which would redesign California’s congressional maps to grant the Democratic party up to five more seats in the House of Representatives, a response to Republican redistricting and power-grabbing efforts earlier this year in Texas…