Anti-Trump protests in Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill take on festive atmosphere

by Tony Hicks, Bay City News June 14, 2025June 14, 2025

Susie Symons, center, marches during a protest in Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek on Saturday, June 14, 2025. During the protest local singer-songwriters performed and there were readings of significant sections of the U.S. Constitution. Protesters also made oaths to uphold the Constitution. More than 2,000 "No Kings" rallies were organized across the nation on Saturday, including in the Bay Area, to protest the policies of the Trump administration. (Autumn DeGrazia/Bay City News)

DOWNTOWN WALNUT CREEK on Saturday looked like the Oakland Coliseum during one of the old Day on the Green concerts.

The biggest difference from a concert was the hundreds of signs with blue-state themes that ripped President Donald Trump, his immigration policies, his cabinet, his health care policies, his staff (White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller wasn’t very popular) … just about anything to do with the current administration.

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