From New York to San Francisco, from Chicago to Atlanta, millions of protesters will take to the streets across the United States on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump's policies and "defend democracy," in response to a call from the No Kings movement.
This will be the second day of nationwide protests since mid-June, when this coalition of nearly 100 organizations organized a day of protests attended by millions of people.
It was the largest protest movement against Trump since he returned to the White House in January.
Four months after the first protest, organizers expect "more than 2,600" rallies, "with millions of people expected to participate."
During a video press conference, Deirdre Scheffling, a leader with the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights organization, said that millions of Americans will peacefully protest on Saturday to "tell the Trump administration that we are a country of equals, a country where the laws apply to everyone, a country of law and democracy."
She added, "In the face of the abuses of power by Donald Trump and his allies... we will not be silenced."
Leah Greenberg, co-founder of Indivisible, recounted the abuses, saying, "They're sending the National Guard into American cities. They're terrorizing our immigrant friends and neighbors. They're prosecuting their political opponents."
She described this as "classic authoritarian tactics: threatening, defaming, lying, and intimidating people into submission. But we will not be intimidated. We will not be fooled. We will not kneel."
In addition to major cities, rally points are planned across the country, and even in neighboring Canada, in Toronto, Vancouver, and Ottawa.
Anti-Trump protesters demonstrate across the United States on Saturday.
