‘This is our fight“: Suburbanites embrace anti-Trump resistance ahead of No Kings protests
Allison Posner, an organizer for an upcoming “No Kings” protest poses for a photo on the steps of the town hall in Maplewood, N.J., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 2026-03-26T04:03:43Z MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — A few years ago, Allison Posner was barely involved in politics.
Now the 42-year-old mother of two from Maplewood, New Jersey, hands out food and diapers to immigrant families outside a nearby detention facility.
She waves signs on a highway overpass in between school pickups and orthodontist appointments.
And this weekend, she’ll lead a “No Kings” protest march across this affluent town alongside her husband, her children and thousands of others who are convinced that President Donald Trump represents a direct threat to American democracy. “The people in the suburbs are definitely radicalizing,” said Posner, a freelance actor.
A growing faction of concerned citizens living in suburban communities across the United States — places once known for political moderation or even conservatism — are increasingly positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance.
More than a year into the Republican president’s second term, the so-called “soccer moms” are becoming bona fide activists taking to their well-manicured streets to fight Trump and his allies.
The leftward lurch could cost Republicans control of Congress for the president’s final two years in office.
It could also reshape the Democratic Party by elevating a fresh crop of fiery progressive candidates emboldened to push back against the Trump administration more aggressively than the establishment may prefer.
Indivisible, the activist organization spearheading the third round of No Kings protests this weekend, said roughly two-thirds of more than 3,000 planned demonstrations will be held outside urban areas.
Overall, more than 9 million people are expected to turn out nationwide for what leaders predict will be the largest single day of protesting in U.S. history. “We’re going to be everywhere,” said Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin.
Organizers said sign-ups have been especially enthusiastic in suburban areas with high-profile congressional races like Scottsdale, Arizona; Langhorne, Pennsylvania; East Cobb, Georgia; and here in northern New Jersey’s 11th district, which holds a special election April 7.
Democratic voters last month chose Analilia Mejia, a former political director for Sen.
Bernie Sanders, as their candidate to replace Mikie Sherrill, the more moderat
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