Thousands of people gathered in Philadelphia by midday on June 14, for one of the several “No Kings” protests scheduled in cities across the country, protesting President Donald Trump’s agenda on his 79th birthday.
On a stage set at the base of the Philadelphia Art Museum’s iconic “Rocky” steps, speakers, including Mayland’s democratic congressman Jamie Raskin, Martin Luther King III, and Andrea King Waters, stood up to speak to the crowd.
“We gather at a crossroads, one that asks us once again, is this America?” Waters said. “Is this America, when flash bombs fall on peaceful protesters, but not on injustice? Is this America, when the First Amendment is honored in print but punished in practice? Let me be clear, this is not patriotism. This is performance. This is not leadership. This is illusion.”…