At the corner of Randolph and Fairview avenues in St. Paul on Saturday afternoon, dozens of people lined the streets, spilling into the intersection holding American flags and signs like the one that read, “This sign is not big enough for all the reasons I’m out here,” as part of the “No Kings” protests across the nation.
A steady cacophony of honking horns from motorists passing through the intersection was accompanied by cheers from people who gathered to protest the Trump administration. People beat on drums and toddlers banged on kitchen pans with utensils.
Some people dressed head-to-toe in costumes; others wore capes and crowns. Some, like Sarah Wilmer’s 11-year-old son, let his sign do the talking: “Kids Against Kings.”
Wilmer and Sarah Kathol, who brought her 8-year-old son, sai