Hundreds turn out in Blaine to participate in nationwide No Kings protests
Blaine-based Indivisible 4th Corner led roughly 300 participants in a peaceful “No Kings” protest Saturday morning at the G Street Plaza in Blaine, across the street from the Chevron Station.
Organizers describe No Kings Day as a “commitment to nonviolent action.”
Several political organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Indivisible on MoveOn, joined forces for nationwide protests Saturday.
“Each time we show up, we disrupt President Trump’s attempts to rule through repression and remind the country, and the world, that people power is our path to a truly free America,” No Kings organizers said.
In 2025, millions of people across the country participated in what organizers called “morally grounded, nonviolent direct actions,” with events held in June and October.
Blaine’s division of Indivisible was founded in October and has participated in a number of local No Kings events since its inception, according to Rene Durazzo, a 4th Corner founder and protest organizer.
At the time of creation, Durazzo wasn’t sure if the Blaine residents would be interested in a local Indivisible organization; to his surprise, 30 people showed up to its first meeting in October in the Blaine Public Library.
“Having these indivisible groups in small towns across America, I think that’s what’s going to make a difference,” Durazzo told The Bellingham Herald. “People see this happening in rural areas, non-urban areas, and then you have a much greater sense that there is something really important in terms of people’s unhappiness and anger about what’s going on, as long as confined to urban areas, people expect that, but when you look at where these groups have sprung up, they’re in order in Everson, and further. I think that’s what really people have to see, that this is not confined to left leaning urban areas. This is now spread out.”
To prepare for Saturday’s protest, the organization hosted sign-making parties where anyone could come, listen to music and make a sign or two, according to Durazzo.
The organization then took the signs and laid them on benches of the plaza; those who didn’t make signs for the protest were encouraged to take one.
As people filed into the plaza, showing off their various signs, all were fueled with the same fire that brought them together.
“I fear for this country and the situation we’re in right now,” Maggi Breckenridge, a protest participant, said. “Our democracy is at great risk, our voting rights are at great risk.”
“What we’re seeing from our current administration, [the] abuse against their own people, the way that they throw away felons and give people bad names, and if you did something wrong, [they] can [be] released. It’s just not who we are,” Joe Hudson, a protest participant said. “Then the wars that we’re going into right now, they’re not our wars. They’re his wars.”
The protest featured three speakers, all sharing messages of urgency, resilience and empowerment. They concluded by gathering together and singing “This land is your land.”
Once the crowd dispersed, the group spread out on the corners of G Street to continue chanting and hold signs.
This story was originally published March 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM.