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Massive crowds march in St. Paul for No Kings rally
Thousands of people are marching to the Minnesota State Capitol for the No Kings flagship rally in St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - The flagship No Kings protest in St. Paul had hundreds of thousands in attendance Saturday.
No Kings attendance numbers
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Community gathers for No Kings protest
Thousands of people gathered a the Minnesota State Capitol for the No Kings protest Saturday. FOX 9's Leon Purvis has more.
By the numbers:
Organizers of the No Kings protests say that over 200,000 people attended the St. Paul rally, while the Minnesota State Patrol said about 100,000 attended.
Across the nation, over 3,300 No Kings events were held with at least 8 million people in attendance.
Local perspective:
Many attendees said they felt compelled to show up after Operation Metro Surge, described as the largest immigration crackdown in U.S. history.
"You know, we've had neighbors loved, neighbors shot and killed, all sorts of our immigrant neighbors who we love and value, their lives disrupted," said Bruce Elliott of St. Paul.
"We're not going to let democracy go away," said Carla Januska of Minneapolis. Max Gonzalez, a Cuban refugee from Woodbury, said, "I’m tired of this injustice, and I am tired of the not treating everybody equal. And this is America, the land of the dream."
The backstory:
The St. Paul rally had a large lineup of speakers including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, actor and activist Jane Fonda, Sen. Bernie Sanders, singer and activist Joan Baez, Rep. Ilhan Omar and more.
Dozens of No Kings rallies were also held across Minnesota.