PUEBLO — People brought canned goods and election ballots ready to drop off along with their No Kings signs and banners as they gathered Saturday morning on the spacious lawn of the Pueblo County Courthouse.
Hundreds showed up to be part of a nationwide protest against what they called autocratic actions of the Trump administration. They said they came in defense of democracy and the freedoms Americans cherish.
But they also were there to build community, and to show unity in the face of division.
“Look around you now,” Kevin Abernathy, part of the coalition organizing the event in Pueblo, said as he addressed the crowd during opening remarks shortly after 10 a.m. “These are your neighbors. These are your friends. These are your people.”
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