By Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor
Thousands of people hit the streets of New Jersey Saturday to protest President Donald Trump during the third official No Kings protests, a national day of action that mobilized millions around the country to demand change 14 months into his controversial second term.
Trump’s critics had plenty to protest, given all that has happened since the last No Kings protests in October, including a deadly, costly war with Iran, escalating brutality by immigration agents, and the deployment of armed immigration agents to airports.
Louis Cappelli Jr., director of the Camden County commissioners, addressed the crowd from a riverside stage.
“Today, we have a very special message for ICE. ICE, you are no longer permitted on property owned by the County of Camden. Stay out of our county!” Cappelli yelled, prompting cheers from the crowd.
Rep. Donald Norcross, a Democrat, was still so mad about his Republican colleagues’ efforts to balloon ICE funding that he resorted to profanity before Camden’s No Kings crowd.
“I literally just got off the train coming back from Washington, where we were on the floor of the House yesterday, against these folks who are out of their f***ing minds. They’re nuts, sitting there telling us we got to give another $60 billion to ICE,” he said.