Kaua‘i communities to gather for No Kings/No Dictators protest on Saturday

Once again, groups across the United States will gather to peacefully protest on Saturday for a No Kings protest, including on Kaua‘i.

The protests, led by Indivisible Hawai’i Statewide Network, have branded the statewide protest “No Dictators,” out of respect for Hawaiʻi’s history of aliʻi (chiefs and kings). Supporters of the event say President Donald Trump is violating rights as outlined in both the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution, according to a news release from Indivisible Hilo One.

Two protests are scheduled on Kaua‘i in the following locations:

• Princeville Library, 4343 Emmalani Dr., on the grassy area along Kūhiō Highway from 9 to 11 a.m.

• Kukui Grove Mall in Līhu‘e, Kaumuali‘i Highway, Suite 1710, on the sidewalks facing the highway from 3 to 5 p.m.

“Indivisible is running a marathon strategy to train a million activists; this is one element,” said Terry McDonald, Indivisible Hilo One facilitator and event organizer on the Big Island. “Pushback works. That’s what we’re doing. Standing together with like-minded people creates solidarity and gives the message ‘We’re not afraid.’”

In June, more than five million people across all 50 states joined the No Kings movement. It was the largest single-day protest yet against Trump. The Saturday event is meant to build on that momentum and “channel it into another peaceful day of resistance.”

The Indivisible group is speaking out against several things, but specifically, the slashing of Medicaid, Social Security, and education funding.

“His (Trump) administration has defied courts, deported U.S. citizens, disappeared people off the streets, and orchestrated massive giveaways to billionaire allies,” the release states. He openly boasts of running for a third term, pushing a vision of America ruled by strongmen.”

The release goes on to say the group rejects the president’s use of tax dollars to fund mass detention, deportation operations, federal force deployments, and police takeovers, while cutting services for families.

For more information, go to www.Indivisible.org or www.IndivisibleHawaii.org.