Across the state, Wyomingites protest war in Iran, immigration policies, other grievances

CHEYENNE — Saturday afternoon, hundreds of people gathered at the Wyoming Capitol. Their signs displayed the breadth of their concerns: “You can’t bomb your way out of the Epstein files”; “ICE out of Cheyenne”; “Keep the immigrants deport the racists”; “This is USA not Russia”; “No Kings No ICE No War.”

The crowd thronged around the Capitol steps with signs, bullhorns and camping chairs. Flags of Mexico, Ukraine, Canada and Greenland waved along the sidewalk. A woman with a bullhorn chanted “Tell me what democracy looks like!” Two men, one in a tall Uncle Sam hat, followed her beating a rhythm on snare drums. The crowd responded “This is what democracy looks like!”

The same day, millions across the country participated in similar “No Kings” protests. Elsewhere in Wyoming, from Cody and Casper to Douglas and Torrington, people gathered to protest a growing list of grievances against President Trump, from the Epstein files to immigration policies to the war in Iran.

An ex-Marine who had served on both coasts and overseas said he was particularly upset about the war in Iran. “Whenever he does something wrong, he does something else to take the spotlight off of that,” he said. “He doesn’t care how many people die in Iran or what he costs the country as long as he can blame someone else for it.”

Kellie Seaman, a cake decorator and single mother with blue and purple hair, arrived at the protest with her son. She carried a black U.S. flag symbolizing “the death of America.” Rising gas prices stemming from the war have hit her hard. “There’s always going to be some inflation, but gas going $1 higher in a month is ridiculous for someone’s little fake war that they’re now bored with.”