A reported 3,000 people marched across the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge on Saturday as part of a cross-state “No Kings” demonstration that protested the policies of President Donald Trump’s administration.
The march began Ely Field in the City of Lambertville, New Jersey, and proceeded across the bridge to New Hope Borough.
The event was one of 2,500 “No Kings” rallies planned nationwide to “object to the disruptive and damaging policies” of the current administration, according to organizers.
Marchers in Lambertville carried signs with messages including “RIP to Trust and Honesty,” “No Kings, No Hate,” “Real Patriots Defend Freedom,” and “We Shall Overcome.”
“We the people still hold the power,” one speaker told the large assembly.
The national protest website for the movement stated its mission: “No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people.”
A large crowd gathered outside Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s office along the Newtown Bypass in Middletown Township.
Credit: Carol Robidoux
Attendees waved American flags and carried signs that read “Only You Can Prevent Facists,” “No Kings – Protect Democracy,” and “This Is Our Moral Moment – Stand Up.”
Middletown Township police provided security for the event and officers were positioned on rooftops.
In Morrisville Borough, speakers at the Indivisible Bucks County protest included State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, who chairs the Bucks County Democratic Committee; Bucks County Commissioner Chairperson Bob Harvie, a Democratic congressional candidate; Danny Ceisler, the Democratic sheriff candidate; Joe Khan, the Democratic candidate for district attorney; and Donna Petrecco, the Democratic prothonotary candidate.
Harvie stated that democracy is “about serving the many.”
“When leaders act like they’re above the law or above the people they serve, they weaken the very foundation of this country,” Harvie said. “‘No Kings’ means remembering that no one — not presidents, politicians, not billionaires – is beyond accountability.”
Bucks County Clerk of Courts Eileen Hartnet Albillar, a Democrat, also spoke and stressed that the country was founded on the idea that “the will of the people comes before power.”
“For decades our country was a beacon of hope and inspiration,” Albillar said. “We used to lead the world in human rights. This administration is not leadership — it is tyranny in disguise. We are standing up together to defend what so many fought and died for … Our dissent is our duty.”
Karen Rodriguez, a Bristol Borough resident who helped plan the rally, criticized President Donald Trump’s administration and its impacts.
“We know what [Trump] has done to the government – he has wrecked full departments,” Rodriguez said. “He is trying to take health care from people. He is imposing tariffs that are making things expensive in this country.”
Nancy Sherlock, a longtime leader with the Morrisville Democrat Committee, said holding the protest was important.
“Everyone should wake up to the brisk walk into authoritarianism that’s happening — get involved and reach out,” Sherlock said.
Other No Kings rallies were held in Doylestown Borough and along Constitution Avenue in Perkasie Borough.
Trump told pool reporters over the weekend that the protesters did not represent America. He said his administration was “checking it out” to see who organized the events.
“I’m not a king,” Trump said. “I work my ass off to make our country great.”
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