No Kings protest well attended in Walla Walla

No Kings protesters gathered at the Walla Walla Courthouse at noon, holding signs and raising their voices. The event, hosted by the Walla Walla Activist Network, was spirited and peaceful with minimal counterprotest. After organizers spoke on the steps of the courthouse, the crowd began a procession through downtown Walla Walla. Many drivers passing the procession honked and waved in solidarity.

Lane Gwinn

Marchers on one side of the street cheered as the protesters at the front of the procession neared the end of the 16-block route.

This was one of thousands of "No Kings" protests held nationwide on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Protestors came with a variety of messages in opposition to President Trump's policies, including on immigration, LGBTQ+, DEI, DOGE cuts, Medicare, Medicaid, and social security. The mostly calm marches, organized under the theme that no individual is above the law, coincided with the day Trump presided over a military parade on the streets of the nation's capital.

Jeremy Pressman, the co-director of the Crowd Counting Consortium – a Harvard University and University of Connecticut project that estimates political crowds said, "It will take some time to complete an estimate on the 'No Kings' rallies.

Lane Gwinn

Protesters arrived with a variety of messages on signs, hats, shirts, and even goats.

Estimates by organizers and other sources range between 4 and 8 million people who participated in over 2,000 "No King" rallies.

The protest coincided with the parade the President presided over to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army. Steven Cheung, Trump’s director of communications, unsurprisingly called the protests “a complete and utter failure with miniscule(sic) attendance” on X.