SEATTLE — The Seattle Police Department estimated the No Kings march stretched more than a mile long Saturday. Organizers with Seattle Indivisible reported preliminary counts of nearly 90,000 people taking part.

The demonstration began beneath the Space Needle and poured into downtown streets, part of what organizers call the largest coordinated protest in U.S. history. The “No Kings” movement has grown from a few thousand participants just months ago to millions nationwide — unified in opposition to what demonstrators describe as President Trump’s slide toward authoritarianism.

Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal addressed a crowd that filled Seattle Center, invoking a warning from Benjamin Franklin during the nation’s founding.

“He famously answered, ‘A republic, if you can keep it,’” Jay

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