A lively, good-humored, non-violent crowd of several thousand Gig Harbor-area residents clogged the sidewalks of one of the town’s major crossroads Saturday afternoon, a local expression of the day’s nationwide “No Kings” protests.
Many if not most participants carried protest signs ranging from the profound to the profane and touching on a smorgasbord of topics. Most of the shoulder-hoisted, hand lettered messages derided Trump administration policies the protesters say they regard as anti-democratic authoritarianism.
While protesters carried an array of American flags, one flew his upside down, a recognized signal of distress or danger.
Asked why, Kevin Hodack, of Port Orchard replied: “Because Donald Trump is taking our democracy from us and the country in the process.”…