More than 2,600 rallies are planned, including dozens from Los Angeles to the Inland Empire.
Millions of people are expected to gather today in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “No Kings” demonstrations to protest the direction of the country under President Donald Trump — or what the Republican Party is calling “Hate America” rallies.
This is the third mass mobilization and second No Kings Day since Trump’s return to the White House, and it comes against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services, but is testing the core balance of power as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that organizers warn are a slide toward American authoritarianism.
Trump himself is away from Washington at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
“They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” Trump said in a Fox News interview airing early Friday, before he departed for a $1 million-per-plate MAGA Inc. super PAC fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago. Protests are expected nearby Saturday.
More than 2,600 rallies are planned in cities large and small, including dozens in Southern California.
Large crowds took to the streets during the first No Kings protest in June to protest Trump’s policies, an event that fell on his 79th birthday.
The June 14 protests were mostly peaceful until protesters and local law enforcement officers clashed in downtown LA, leading to officers deploying chemical irritants and flash bang grenades at civilians.
