About 1,300 people showed up in Covington to join nearly 7 million across the nation who attended No Kings day rallies against actions by the Trump administration.
There were about 2,700 peaceful rallies Saturday, Oct. 18 in all 50 states, according to Indivisible, a national organizer of the protests.
Indivisible Covington organized a local rally with people holding many anti-Trump signs from 12 to 2 p.m. along SE 272nd Street and 168th Place SE. The group also displayed banners from the Covington-Sawyer Road Highway 18 overpass between Southeast 272nd Street and Costco.
“Between our two events and various counts we think we had about 1,300 participants which is great,” Connie Compton, one of the organizers, posted on the Indivisible Covington Facebook page. “Covington looked really st