The community is invited to join Snohomish County Indivisible members Saturday, June 14 for a No Kings Day special event from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Old Edmonds Opera House.
Part of a nationwide day of peaceful protest, sponsors describe the event as “a local response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free speech, detained people for their political views, threatened to deport American citizens, and defied the courts. They’ve done this all while continuing to serve and enrich their billionaire allies. We demand that Trump stop the devastating cuts to programs that Snohomish County residents rely on and adhere to court rulings.”
There will be “an old-fashioned sing-in” of community favorites and protest songs, presented by Mary Sherhart, a Seattle-based singer, performer and teacher of Eastern European music. Lyrics will be provided for songs like If I Had a Hammer, This Land is Your Land, We Shall Overcome and others.
Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and attendees are advised to arrive early. The event is produced by New Land Music as a fundraiser for Snohomish County Indivisible. The recommended donation at the door is $20 or give what you can. Volunteers will also be collecting non-perishable food for Edmonds Food Bank.
Taking public transportation or walking to this event is highly encouraged as the event is happening on Edmonds Arts Festival weekend.
The Old Edmonds Opera House is located at 515 Dayton St., Edmonds.
Wow! Remember when all of the conservative people went out and protested Joe Bidens four years of distroying America? Yah me either. Why not spend your time volunteering at a Senior Citizen’s home or just spend time with your family. This town has become such a far left place . I just wish people would get this much involved in missing Children rather than pure hatred for an elected official.
Yes, I remember those protests. They started on January 6, 2021, and went right up until around Election Day, notably locally at the corner of 100th Avenue West and Edmonds Way. I am not sure how you missed them, Carl.
Janice Casper’s, I should have been more specific about my comment. Burning cars ,looting, throwing things at the police, destroying people’s businesses and just all around anti American actions are never a part of any Trump gatherings.
Well…
1. There WERE lots of protests against Biden and Obama, including images of Obama and s noose.
2. Biden wasn’t dismantling the 3 branches of government.
3. Protesting is protected by the 1st amendment and is as American as it gets.
4. Who says people attending this protest, or others, aren’t also volunteering in their communities?
5. A sing-a-long affirming America and one’s allegiance to the flag (NOT to the President) is a fitting tribute on Flag Day.
Sounds like a good time to me.
Storming the capitol and beating a police officer to death? No big deal, I guess.
Carl, do you by any chance remember the vile attack on the American Congress, by insurrectionists trying to overturn an election? That wasn’t the lefties attacking the police officers— it was MAGA.
On the other hand, I don’t recall a whole lot of “Burning cars ,looting, throwing things at the police, destroying people’s businesses and just all around anti American actions” from folks in Edmonds.
Just saying.
Thank you for protesting! I’m looking forward to being there! Solidarity!
Kings and dictators govern by Proclamation and absolute power. Trump is trying to govern with Executive Orders, bypassing laws and allocations of money passed legally by our Congress. Executive Orders are the modern equivalent of Proclamations. Trump is trying to be a King or Dictator and we need to stop him. His cult followers do not know or understand our Constitution or what a President’s proper obligations are. They just assume a President can do whatever he/she wants without question or oversight. That is wrong. See you at the protest.
Executive orders have been around for quite some time, with FDR signing over 2,000 of them. In 8 years, Truman signed 906. In the modern era, all Presidents have signed executive orders, many of which are repeatedly challenged in courts or are reversals of prior executive orders. The executive orders process does not create a King. Disagree with the content of the order (in this case it appears to be immigration policy) but its kind of a moot point to say Obama, Bush, and Clinton (he signed the most in the modern era) are Kings. Unless this is specifically related to opposition spin towards Trump policies. Personally, I believe its a good thing to peacefully protest as a way to defend freedom and democracy, but pretending that other Presidential terms have not leveraged this power is not a fair representation or civics lesson (again, its one thing to disagree with the orders themselves for what they do, but it is fallacy to say it isn’t par for the Presidential course).