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“We expect this to be the largest protest in American history,” Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the nonprofit Indivisible, told The Associated Press ahead of Wednesday’s announcement.
“No Kings” protests, which are organized by a constellation of groups around the country, have been a focal point for outrage over Trump’s attempts to consolidate and expand his power.
The latest round of protests had been in the works before the crackdown in Minneapolis.
However, he’s more recently signaled a shift in response to bipartisan concern over the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday.
During a second round of protests in October, organizers said demonstrations were held in about 2,700 cities and towns across the country.
On social media, both Trump and the official White House account mocked the protests, posting computer-generated images of the president wearing a crown. »