Overview
- Organizers continue to claim roughly 7 million participants at about 2,700 events on Oct. 18, while independent projects work to reconcile final crowd counts.
- Reports from cities across the country describe overwhelmingly peaceful gatherings, with New York’s police reporting zero protest‑related arrests despite large turnouts.
- Harvard Kennedy School researchers conclude the movement has become unusually geographically widespread, extending into a larger share of counties than seen since 2017.
- In Utah, local leaders tightened vetting, barred weapons for volunteer security, and canceled a planned march after two recent deadly incidents, and they are pivoting to sustained organizing with another national action predicted next year.
- Trump and Republican leaders derided the movement, with Trump sharing a crude video targeting protesters and House Speaker Mike Johnson labeling the rallies “Hate America.”