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Photos: ‘No Kings’ draws thousands in rally, march against Trump in Albuquerque

“No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Pictured is Carrie Chavez dressed as Lady Liberty waiting for the march to arrive near the corner of Montgomery and Louisiana. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper City Councilors Tammy Fiebelkorn (holding sign) and NIchole Rogers, to her left, were front and center at No Kings in Albuquerque / Kevin Hendricks for The Paper. “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Pictured is Carrie Chavez dressed as Lady Liberty waiting for the march to arrive near the corner of Montgomery and Louisiana. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico ATTORNEY General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico ATTORNEY General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Pictured is Valerie Wells stapling signs on a post nearby. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Pictured is Randolph Serrano, dancing during the gathering. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper Deb Halland, candidate for governor, greets attendees at “No Kings” in Albuquerque / Kevin Hendricks for The Paper. “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams pictured here. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico ATTORNEY General Raul Torrez, pictured here and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. 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Scenes from No Kings in Albuquerque / Kevin Hendricks for The Paper. “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Pictured is Randolph Serrano, dancing during the gathering. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper By Kevin Hendricks, Rodd Cayton, Roberto Rosales & Julian Paras, The Paper. — Organizers behind Albuquerque’s “No Kings” rally on Sat. Mar. 28 said they hoped to exceed the 37,000 estimated attendees from the previous event last year – and they may have done it. Official crowd sizes are not available from organizers or city officials but a march following the rally in Montgomery Park stretched for over half-a-mile along two and a half city blocks along Montgomery Blvd. from Marla Dr. to San Mateo Blvd. with protestors squeezed side-by-side. “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper The event was one of more than a dozen planned around New Mexico with at least 300 others registered around the country as of Friday night. During the rally organized by Indivisible Albuquerque and others, speakers including New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torreź, who has joined other attorneys general in suing to stop Trump administration funding cuts impacting state food, health and education programs, and voing rights activist Stacey Abrams, a former candidate for governor in Georgia who is widely discussed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, warned of the demise of basic democratic institutions and the consolidation of executive power by President Donald Trump. Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury was originally scheduled to speak but was delayed in Washington, D.C. because of late votes overnight, a spokesman told The Paper. Deb Haaland, former interior secretary under President Joe Biden and a current candidate for governor, also made an appearance to greet the crowd. The Paper. noted the attendance of many local politicians including City Councilors Tammy Fiebelkorn and Nichole Rogers and Rio Rancho mayoral candidate Alexandra Piland. Westside Democrats Dorothy Wilkinson and Laurie Gould spoke with The Paper. about their concerns for the decline of democratic institutions in Washington, D.C. Follow The Paper. on YouTube Other attendees carried piñatas of Trump, complete with a flapping red tie. Follow The Paper. on YouTube Others, like Carrie Chavez who appeared as lady liberty, wore elaborate costumes promoting symbols of democracy. “No Kings Day” in Albuquerque refers to a large, ongoing peaceful protest rallies aimed at opposing the Trump administration and defending democracy. Thousands gathered at Montgomery Park in NE Albuquerque to march and listen to invited speakers such as New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez, and American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, Stacey Abrams. Pictured is Carrie Chavez dressed as Lady Liberty waiting for the march to arrive near the corner of Montgomery and Louisiana. Roberto E. Rosales for the The Paper A slideshow of the event is included at the top of this post. Share this story and start a conversation The post Photos: ‘No Kings’ draws thousands in rally, march against Trump in Albuquerque appeared first on The Paper..