No Kings Protest

Rallies urging people to vote early are being planned across the United States this Saturday as the Nov. 3 General Election draws closer.

The DeSantis Administration made an end run around its own law, circumventing public input.

"Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment" — an evening of music, community, and action — will be hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment in Fort Myers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

It was a show of protest, frustration, disaffection and concern and it was shared by thousands Saturday in various Southwest Florida sites, other parts of the state and across the United States and the world. The No Kings III event was billed as a protest rally and drew people of many different political affiliations who said they had concerns with how the current administration in Washington run by President Donald Trump was handling things.

No Kings III events in Southwest Florida make up some of the more than 3,100 rallies and related gatherings across the United States and other parts of the world planned to be held on Saturday.

On October 18th, approximately 7-million people united in cities and towns across the country for No King’s Day. Organizers called the event a “non-violence defiance of authoritarianism”.

Nearly 600 people attended the No Kings rally in Sebring.

No Kings rally brought out thousands all over Southwest Florida on Oct. 18.

The No Kings protest in Port Charlotte brought out a large crowd along a busy roadway. Demonstrators showed up an hour before the scheduled start time, and proceeded to wave anti-Trump signs at passing vehicles.

Millions packed sidewalks and spilled into the streets for the No Kings rallies. But in Okeechobee, there was just one grandmother with a sign