More than 2,500 locations are being listed for a country-spanning No Kings demonstration on Saturday. Close to 90 of those locations are in Florida with about a dozen spread throughout Southwest Florida from Bradenton to Naples and Sanibel to Sebring.
The events are being called a response to what has been termed as actions that resemble authoritarianism carried out by the Trump Administration.
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"Thousands of us are uniting to support events on October 18, where millions of us will join together to make clear to President Trump that we don't do dictators or kings in America," said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, a non-profit consumer advocacy organization with over 1 million members and supporters