A spokesperson for the Security Community Network told JNS on Friday that “there is currently no credible or specific threat to the Jewish community” on Saturday.
“No King’s Day” protests are slated to occur nationwide on June 14 to counter the immigration policies of U.S. President Donald Trump, the date of which is also the president’s 79th birthday, Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, with a military parade scheduled to take place in the early evening in Washington, D.C.
Nevertheless, “SCN’s Duty Desk is closely monitoring several planned mass gatherings,” its spokesperson told JNS. “Since 10/7, violent extremists and politically motivated actors have increasingly exploited protests and global developments to justify threats and violence against Jewish individuals and institutions, often under the pretext of grievances tied to the Israel-Hamas conflict and related military or political developments.”
Ezra Levin, co-executive director of Indivisible, which is part of the coalition behind the protests, told ABC News that “No Kings Day” is expected to be “the largest single-day, peaceful protest in recent American history, made up of millions of normal, everyday Americans who are showing up in more than 2,000 communities around the country to say, ‘we don’t do kings in America.’”
He also said that no related protests are planned for D.C.
Levin told USA Today that “we have no reason to believe these will be anything but peaceful.”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, posted on X that he is deploying the National Guard in response to the protests.
“Peaceful protest is legal,” he wrote on Tuesday. “Harming a person or property is illegal & will lead to arrest. @TexasGuard will use every tool & strategy to help law enforcement maintain order.”
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, a Republican, also plans to deploy the National Guard.
As for Trump, he has responded to the upcoming protests by stating, “I don’t feel like a king. I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” reported ABC.