Milford Draws Large and Vocal No Kings Crowd
Opposition to Trump was animated in Milford Borough
Some participants estimated that several hundred people marched, chanted, sang or played ukelele at the No Kings protest in Milford Borough on Saturday. They came from Milford and elsewhere in Pike County, New Jersey and New York, bringing consternation and signs and wearing expressive tee-shirts.
James and Phoebe were visiting from Lake George, where he does wetland and water regulation enforcement and she is a physician’s assistant. Asked what compelled them to protest, he said, “Let me list the ways.”
She said, “the $45 million army parade while cutting Medicaid,” used by many patients she sees.
James added, “It’s the sentiment that presumes hate is okay.”
They declined to give their last names. John, from Tafton,who similarly declined, noted, “He has us afraid of saying who we are.
“I disagree with all he’s doing,” said Emma Klein, who works as a doctor’s receptionist in Montague, “Families shouldn’t be torn apart.”
She carried a sign, “Only you can prevent fascist liars.”
Helen, from Greeley, said, “I have an overwhelming concern about democracy. Trump’s selling contracts to companies to cut down forests, defunding Medicaid and hurting immigrants.”
A couple stood glumly with their dog watching on Broad St.
“It’s all lies,” the man said. “It’ s a shame the country’s come to this. Biden ruined the country.”
Asked where he got his news information, he said, “NewsMax and Fox.”
The couple declined to give their names or allow their photo to be taken. They live nearby, they said.
Another pro-Trump couple watched for about an hour from the Milford Diner parking lot.
A man identifying himself only as Aaron said, “I served in the Marines and swore an oath to the Constitution. The administration is not abiding by their oath. The power is with the people, not leaders looking for wealth. I’m not giving my last name, considering the targeting of dissenters.”
“I’ ve been worried from beginning. The agenda is wrong,” said Isabel Hodges Smith, from Shohola, a retired cyber security auditor for Johnson and Johnson with a sign about parasites. “But I love this unity. We need more.”
Susan, who brought her ukelele, said she is “upset about no due process, children terrorized by ICE, immigrants or not.”
Nevert
Definitely more than 300. Great energy.
I was told there were one thousand in Milford.