Organizers say they are expecting millions of people to attend the events, and that there is at least one event planned in every state.
Crowds began to hit the streets Saturday in cities and towns across the country to vent their anger over President Trump’s policies in so-called “No Kings” protests, which Republicans have slammed as “Hate America” rallies.
More than 2,700 demonstrations are planned coast to coast and even near Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, where he is spending the weekend. Organizers say they are expecting millions to attend the events, and that there is at least one event planned in every state.
Those numbers would match the massive turnout at similar events on June 14, which was Mr. Trump’s birthday and the day of a giant military parade in the U.S. capital. Protestors said they were outraged over the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented migrants and its deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
Since then, Mr. Trump — who returned to the White House in January — has ordered National Guard troops into Washington, D.C. and Memphis. Planned deployments to Chicago and Portland, Oregon have so far been blocked in the courts.
Demonstrators are also upset over Mr. Trump’s attacks on the media, prosecutions of his political opponents and a host of other actions they see as authoritarian.
On its website, “No Kings” organizers say, “The president thinks his rule is absolute.
