Speak Up: Protesters line streets along northwest valley roads
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Metro Creative Connection
People from as far away as Tonopah were out in several northwest Valley locations June 14 to protest against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies. Here’s what some readers had to say on social media:
From NextDoor
“It was nice and friendly.” — Laurie Akin
“I was out of town but many of my friends were at the one in Scottsdale and other locations. Fabulous turnout and beautiful people exercising their rights to peaceful protest! Wonderful!” — Lisa H.
“No Kings activists, what an incredible day! We knew No Kings day would be huge, but we never imagined just how big it would be. We turned out over 5 million people (and still counting) across 2,169 events in countries all around the globe. This is what real democracy looks like. The people drive the policy, not the other way around. And when the wealthy try to buy their way into unchecked power, we stand up and loudly remind them who runs this country.” — Tamara Archuletta
“This was done to take attention away from the military celebration! You should be ashamed of yourself for disrespecting our military! I'm not surprised to see bunch of weak Democrats following corrupt organizations.” — Ione Arcadia
“People protesting that don't have all the facts and no idea what they are protesting about. Probably most of them didn't even vote, or they voted for the guy they are protesting.” — David R.
“Some of us were busy working and don't have time for this nonsense.” — David Richert
“It changed absolutely nothing.” — Rob Porter
“Every legal immigrant I know, and it is quite a few, Russian, Sicilian and Mexican, are firmly in DJT's camp when it comes to immigration. They had to come here by waiting, filing, and dealing with all of the legal hoops to jump through. They do not appreciate those who take shortcuts. And the especially do not appreciate criminals who give immigrants a bad reputation. This virtue signaling nonsense is just that: nonsense. Why are you supporting people who break the laws of your country and who cost us taxpayers billions?” — Bobbi Shapiro
“Total nonsense. Glad it was peaceful as they have a right to protest, but seriously people this makes no sense to waste time on such activities.” — BKQ
“100% with you!” — Denise Re
“The rest of us? Our protest was on November 5!” — Mark Franklin
“These are the same people who leave a place because taxes are too high, food and gas prices are too high, their downtowns look like third-world countries and hate the govt running them into the ground yet move and continue to vote the same way…” — Tammy B
“The Biden administration respected democracy! This is tyranny!” — Summer E
“Protesting is achieving nothing ...the Ice raids go on daily and will continue as long as the lawbreakers are in the country. Federal law supercedes anything else, and also has the Constitution behind it. Protests will eventually die out, and Ice raids will slow down, it will all be behind us ... just like the tariffs complaints, the stock market disaster and the free Air Force One plane...” — Travis Bickle
From Facebook
“Northwest Valley Indivisible and other grassroots groups put together 8 protests in the northwest valley on Saturday, June 14th. The thousands who protested and the countless others who honked in support now know that they are not alone.” — Northwest Valley Indivisible
