AURORA | What turned out to be clearly the largest of the three No Kings protests in Aurora drew about 1,800 people out to endless cheers and honking horns of passers by in southwest Aurora.
The protest was one of about 70 planned across the state as part of a national protest expected to draw millions to register a catalog of criticisms about President Donald Trump, his administration and the so-called MAGA movement.
“There’s no difference what Trump and his regime are doing than what the Nazis did in Germany and Europe when they came to power,” said Aurora resident Katy Groth. “We can’t just look away from all this.”
Aurora has been a consistently active site for No Kings and other anti-Trump and anti-MAGA protests since even before Trump was re-elected in 2024.
The corner of South Havana Street and Parker Road was packed with protesters Saturday with passers by honking and loudly cheering the boisterous group of mostly senior protesters.
Among the chanting and gray-hair protesters was 91-year-old Jane Outing of Aurora. This has been her second No Kings protest in Aurora. She joing the smaller crowd of about 1,000 protesters in October.
“She’s just like everyone else here,” her daughter Anastasia Harris said. “We have to do something to get the rest of the country to see how we’ve put so much at risk with Trump in the White House. It’s never been this dangerous.”
Protests expanded this year to southeast Aurora at the intersection of East Quincy Avenue and Copperleaf Boulevard.
Some of the dozens of people that trickled into the protest lines after noon had been at that and a protest in Centennial earlier and said the groups there were just as energized and boisterous.
Early reports said thousands of people turned out for a protest at the State Capitol.
Political watchers say the movement shows an evolution of politics in suburbs like Aurora.
A growing faction of concerned citizens living in suburban communities across the United States — places once known for political moderation or even conservatism — are increasingly positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance. More than a year into the Republican president’s second term, the so-called “soccer moms” are becoming bona fide activists taking to their well-manicured streets to fight Trump and his allies.
The leftward lurch could cost Republicans control of Congress for the president’s final two years in office. It could also reshape the Democratic Party by elevating a fresh crop of fiery progressive candidates emboldened to push back against the Trump administration more aggressively than the establishment may prefer.
Indivisible, the activist organization spearheading the third round of No Kings protests this weekend, said roughly two-thirds of more than 3,000 planned demonstrations will be held outside urban areas. Overall, more than 9 million people are expected to turn out nationwide for what leaders predict will be the largest single day of protesting in U.S. history.
“We’re going to be everywhere,” said Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.