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Zorro

(17,555 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 07:36 PM Sunday

'No Kings' organizers say protests drew large crowds: Here are their estimates

Organizers of the "No Kings" rallies that swept across the nation June 14 said the protests drew large crowds that marched against the Trump administration.

The American Civil Liberties Union, a part of the coalition that put on the demonstrations, said in a late Saturday, June 14 statement that more than five million people participated in over 2,100 rallies and protests.

Political organizing group Move On, who was a partner in the "No Kings" rallies, echoed the 5 million person estimate in a fundraising email.

Jeremy Pressman, the co-director of the Crowd Counting Consortium – a Harvard University and University of Connecticut project that estimates political crowds – told USA TODAY June 15 that it will take "some time" to complete an estimate on the "No Kings" rallies.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/15/how-many-people-attended-no-kings/84219725007/

An estimate of over 5 million people at the demonstrations and the NYT chose not to report it.

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'No Kings' organizers say protests drew large crowds: Here are their estimates (Original Post) Zorro Sunday OP
Do you expect them to? Metaphorical Sunday #1
Increase that number by 30%-50%. BigmanPigman Yesterday #2
FIVE MILLION.... Jack Valentino Yesterday #3

Metaphorical

(2,436 posts)
1. Do you expect them to?
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 07:52 PM
Sunday

NYT has become an active propaganda provider for the coup. They will do everything they can to bury the lede.

BigmanPigman

(53,204 posts)
2. Increase that number by 30%-50%.
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:01 AM
Yesterday

That is a more accurate estimate. I have been "doing the math" for over 2 weeks.

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