No Kings protests: What to expect at Saturday's marches around the country

"Demonstrators across the U.S. are expected to take to the streets by the millions on Saturday, organizers say, to protest the policies of President Trump. The marches are part of the No Kings movement, which has accused the president of behaving more like a monarch than an elected official. This will be the second massive wave of protests organized by No Kings a network of progressive organizations fighting against Trump's agenda."

""In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice: America has No Kings," the group states on its website. The overwhelmingly peaceful June protests were in response to a military parade held on the Army's 250th anniversary which coincided with Trump's 79th birthday. Critics said Trump had pushed for the extravagant parade not to commemorate the armed forces, but as a display of his own vanity."

""Now, President Trump has doubled down," No Kings states on its website, citing immigration detentions carried out by often-masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, the administration's aggressive slashing of federal education resources and environmental protections, gerrymandering and other concerns. No Kings organizers estimated that more than 5 million people turned out for the June protests. They speculate that Saturday's event could be even bigger."

Demonstrators across the U.S. are expected to take to the streets by the millions on Saturday to protest President Trump's policies. The marches are organized by the No Kings movement, which accuses the president of behaving more like a monarch than an elected official. The event follows a massive June wave of overwhelmingly peaceful protests that organizers say mobilized more than 5 million people in response to an extravagant military parade held on the Army's 250th anniversary. No Kings cites immigration detentions, cuts to federal education and environmental protections, and gerrymandering as grievances. Some Republican leaders have condemned the protests and several governors mobilized their states' National Guards.

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