'Resist Fascism': Thousands Rally In 'No Kings' Protests Against Trump Across US

People carrying signs with slogans such as "Nothing is more patriotic than protesting" or "Resist Fascism" packed into New York City's Times Square

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00:00Huge crowds took to the streets in all 50 US states at No Kings protests on

00:09Saturday, venting anger over President Donald Trump's hardline policies, while

00:14Republicans ridiculed them as Hate America rallies. Organizers said 7

00:21million people marched in protests spanning New York to Los Angeles with

00:25demonstrations popping up in small cities across the US heartland and even

00:29near Trump's home in Florida. This is what democracy looks like, chanted

00:34thousands in Washington near the US Capitol where the federal government was

00:38shut down for a third week because of a legislative deadlock. Colorful signs called

00:44on people to protect democracy while others demanded the country abolish the

00:48Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency at the center of Trump's anti-immigrant

00:53crackdown. Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets between Times Square

00:59and 14th Street in Manhattan, New York, as they rally in the anti-Trump protest.

01:05Demonstrators slammed what they called the Republican billionaires' strong-arm tactics,

01:10including attacks on the media, political opponents and undocumented immigrants.

01:16We do not even recognize our country anymore. Everything that makes this country great is

01:23disappearing. Our rights are disappearing. As I said in my sign, freedom of speech is

01:30disappearing. Separation of powers is disappearing. Freedom of the press. These are all the

01:34things that make America great for real, not by Trump's definition. And we need him out of here.

01:40I want Trump out of office. I want ice off the streets. I want immigrants feeling safe.

01:45I want brown people feeling safe. And I want Palestine free. And the Congo.

01:51It was not possible to independently verify the organizers' attendance figures. In New York,

01:58authorities said more than 100,000 gathered at one of the largest protests, while in Washington,

02:04crowds were estimated at between 8,000 and 10,000 people. Trump's response to Saturday's events

02:12was typically aggressive, with the U.S. President posting a series of AI-generated videos to his

02:18Truth Social platform, depicting him as a king. In one, he is shown wearing a crown and piloting

02:25a fighter jet that drops what appears to be faeces on anti-Trump protesters. His surrogates were in

02:31fighting form, too, with House Speaker Mike Johnson deriding the rallies as being Hate America

02:37protests.

02:38Obviously, tomorrow, nothing is going to change from what happened today. That's not how it

02:44works. But it helps to help strengthen each other, you know.

02:49It's just the oppression, how what he's doing to the immigrants of this country, what he's

02:55doing to the regular business company, to... It's just what he's doing. It's just the... I feel

03:07it through the people that I meet on a daily basis. They're scared. They're afraid. They don't

03:14know what to do. That is why I'm here today. I'm here for what... I'm here to represent those

03:20who are afraid to come out and exercise their right.

03:26While protests earlier this year against Elon Musk's cuts and Trump's military parade drew

03:31crowds, organizers say this one is uniting the opposition. Top Democrats, such as Senate

03:37Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, are joining what organizers

03:43view as an antidote to Trump's actions, from the administration's clampdown on free speech

03:48to its military-style immigration raids. More than 2,600 rallies were planned on Saturday,

03:55organizers said. The national march against Trump and Musk this spring had 1,300 registered

04:01locations, while the first No King's Day in June registered, 2,100.