St. Paul to be 'national flagship' for anti-Trump rallies across US

Alex Derosier, Pioneer Press on Mar 19, 2026

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Another round of “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump is scheduled for Saturday, March 28, with organizers describing a rally at the Minnesota Capitol as a “national flagship” for more than 3,000 events across the U.S.

At noon that day, they plan to march from three separate locations in St. Paul and converge at the Capitol grounds to protest “against the Trump administration’s authoritarianism and corruption.”

Folk singer and activist Joan Baez and actress Jane Fonda are slated to appear during a 2 p.m. rally, as are local Democratic leaders, including Attorney General Keith Ellison, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is running for U.S. Senate this year.

“Minnesotans take care of each other. When Donald Trump sent thousands of ICE agents into our communities to try to divide us, he underestimated who we are,” Flanagan said in a news release announcing she’d be speaking at the event. “We showed up for our neighbors. We stood shoulder to shoulder. And we made it clear that if you come for one of us, you come for all of us.”

Rallies planned for the end of March are the third round of No Kings protests since the second Trump administration started in 2025. They come in the wake of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, where thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol Agents were sent to the Twin Cities.

The massive expansion of enforcement operations drew local resistance from activists, leading to clashes with federal agents and the deaths of two residents during confrontations with ICE and Border Patrol.

For nearly two months, the Twin Cities were at the center of pushback to the Trump administration’s policies. On March 28, St. Paul will succeed Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia as the main No Kings event.

St. Paul marches feeding into the main rally are scheduled to start at 12 p.m. in three locations: Harriet Island Regional Park, 110 Harriet Island Road, St. Paul College, 235 Marshall Ave., and Western Sculpture Park, 387 Marion St.

Thousands of No Kings events took place across the U.S. during the first round last June, with organizers claiming millions in attendance.

Tens of thousands of people attended the first protest at the Minnesota Capitol on June 14, the same day of the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and the shootings of state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

The Minnesota State Patrol said around 25,000 people attended, while organizers claimed 80,000. That turnout came even as dozens of “No Kings” events were canceled in Minnesota amid an ongoing manhunt for the man suspected of shooting two lawmakers and their spouses.

A subsequent rally near U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis last October saw 100,000 attend, according to organizers. It’s unclear how many are expected to attend the late March protests, but organizers said they believe it will be the “largest yet.”

In addition to Minneapolis, No Kings rallies were held in St. Paul and other cities across Minnesota in October, including Duluth, Rochester, and St. Cloud. Organizers with Indivisible Twin Cities said separate events are also planned for Greater Minnesota and the Twin Cities in late March.

In October, Republican leaders called the events “Hate America” rallies. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, a Republican representing Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, said the purpose of No Kings rallies was for Democrats to “score political points with the terrorist wing of their party.”

Local DFL leaders described his comments as “out of line,” with state Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy calling them “careless and inflammatory” in the wake of recent political violence.