‘No Kings’ rallies held across West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — People across the United States gathered on Saturday as part of the nationwide No Kings movement, expressing concerns over the current direction of the country under the Trump administration.

From Morgantown to Washington, D.C. thousands took to the streets as part of the national No Kings rallies, a coordinated wave of demonstrations opposing what participants say is a drift toward authoritarianism under the Donald Trump administration. Here in north central West Virginia, locals joined in on the movement, letting their voices be heard.

Sponsored

class="wp-block-image size-large">

“West Virginia, being as it is a very Republican state, it’s sometimes the noise of the Republicans drowns out the fact that there are many, many, many Democrats in this state, and the No Kings’ is important, so that we can be seen and heard,” Patti Strobl said.

According to the Associated Press, the theme “No Kings” is part of a call by people for Trump to be “dethroned” as they compare his actions to those of a king and not a democratically elected president.

16 different No Kings events took place across West Virginia on Saturday, with five taking place here in north central West Virginia, which were held in Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Elkins and Buckhannon.

These events were just several of the many taking place across the United States to voice their disagreement in regards to recent actions and policies of the Federal Government.

According to Morgantown Indivisible Citizen Action, the Morgantown march and rally focused on the hardships felt by West Virginians of all political persuasions, as the direct result of cuts in federal funding to education, health care, environmental protection and more.

“Basically, it’s fundamentally just to stand against the authoritarianism. We aren’t an oligarchy, we are a democracy, and we’d like our country to remain that way, and we’re very concerned about the state that our country is moving in, and we want to do something about it,” Mindy Holcomb, Interim President of Morgantown Indivisible Citizen Action said.

More than 2,400 similar rallies took place across the country.