According to protest organizers, the “No Kings” movement “is a direct response to Donald Trump’s self-aggrandizing $100 million military parade and birthday celebration, an event funded by taxpayers while millions are told there’s no money for Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid, or public schools.”

This comparison does a disservice to the difference in scale between the two. Though estimating crowd size is tricky and subject to bias, it seems clear that the anti-Trump “No Kings” protests drew millions of attendees in the U.S. while the Army/Trump parade enticed thousands.

Multiple protests are planned to take place in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina on Saturday. The protests, also known as the “No Kings” protest, is nationwide, with multiple expected in our region,

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The goal is to pull attention from a military parade in Washington, D.C., and instead bring attention to the joy of using Americans' right to protest,

St. Paul Police Department says it will be working to "ensure everyone is safe" at what is expected to be the largest protest in Minnesota on Saturday.

"That is the context in which Donald Trump rolled ... Organizers of the protests are cognizant of the “No Kings” protests coming amid the White House’s crackdown on protests in Los Angeles ...

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Mayor @QuintonLucasKC says on 95.7FM @kcmotalkradio that he will NOT be participating in any of the ‘No Kings’ protests this weekend. Check the full interview via www.TonysKansasCity.com embed . . .