The "No Kings" day protests were planned before riots erupted in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids. Trump called in the California National Guard and a few days later ordered Marines to the city. California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit over the president’s move to deploy members of the Guard without Newsom’s authorization.

As a lavish military parade rolls through the streets of Washington, D.C., Saturday, millions of Americans in nearly 2,000 cities will be rallying against President Trump on his 79th birthday. No Kings Day of Defiance demonstrations will be held nationwide to reject authoritarianism and the militarization of America’s democracy,