Millions of protestors gathered across the US on Saturday across thousands of events to protest against Donald Trump’s administration in a planned series of events called “No Kings”.

Organized by a coalition of groups, the demonstrations were largely peaceful, though they occurred on the same day Minnesota lawmakers were shot, and one killed, in political violence, and just a week after the federal government ordered military to descend on Los Angeles streets to quell protests there.

The Guardian spoke to dozens of protesters across the country about the mass demonstrations. Here is what they said.

“Other people have the right to work hard and make a life for themselves when they come from a country where they can’t do that or are facing political oppression or are desperate,” he said.  “This is supposed to be the land of opportunity and a land built on immigrants.” 

“It’s a perverse show of power, unnecessarily,” he said of Trump’s military parade in Washington. “For the most part, the administration is pushing forth an agenda and people have been asleep at the wheel.”

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Tens of thousands of lefty “No Kings” protesters took to the streets of New York City and across the country Saturday in a “day of defiance” against President Trump as the US Army held its 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, DC.

There were no indications of significant violence or arrests in the Big Apple, where demonstrations began at around noon time in Queens and later in Brooklyn and Manhattan — where 50,000 showed up, police sources said. “No Kings” organizers claimed that “millions participated nationally,” though The Post couldn’t independently verify that stat.” There were some eight arrests, sources said.

“I just came out because I see a lot of things happening in the country that are really scary,” Lisa Doula, 53, who lives in Jersey City, told The Post from Bryant Park.

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