Milling, mulling crowd. Not a Trump supporter among them at peaceable No Kings rally. The protesters points made and their anger vented, the assemblage began drifting away as scheduled after about 90 minutes. Images: Nancy Wagner
A slightly muggy afternoon but no rain
WINONA, Minn. – More than 1,000 protesters, perhaps 2,000 by some guesstimates, flooded the one-square block Windom Park to express dissatisfaction and disgust with President Donald Trump. It was Winona’s largest display of public opinion since the Vietnam war. The main focus was Trump’s increasingly monarchial behavior. Most prominent amid many subthemes was “No Kings,” which also was the focus of 2,1000 other demonstrations coast to coast. Amid the exuberance at Windom Park was a somber undertone: The assassination of former Minnesota House leader Melissa Hortman, and her husband overnight 125 miles away at their Brooklyn Park home – and also assassination attempts on Senator John Hoffman and his wife at their home. At Windom Park a moment of silence began a series of speakers because of the shootings, but the event went on anyway. A Democratic candidate for Congress, Jake Johnson of Rochester, who was scheduled to speak, cancelled due to the shootings.
No Kings messaging
Paraphrasing Smoky the Bear.
“You listening, Donald?”
The blur. Stop the aggrandizing.
> Being human is not a crime
> Being locked in cages is not part of the American Dream
> Deport Elon Musk
> Tax Billionaires Now
> Due Process is the Law
> Due Process is America
> Only You can Prevent Fascist Liars
> Would you deport Jesus too?