“As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the No Kings nonviolent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people,” the group wrote in a press release.

The group said the goal of Saturday’s rallies is to send a “clear and unmistakable message” that “we are a nation of equals, and our country will not be ruled by fear or force.”

Flagship rallies are set for U.S. cities such as San Francisco, Bozeman, Kansas City, New Orleans, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston. National Guard troops will likely still be stationed in Washington, D.C., and Chicago during the protests.

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Groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Teachers, Common Defense, 50501, and Indivisible gathered to organize the “No Kings” movement, which mobilized during President Donald Trump’s second term. “No Kings” previously held rallies on Flag Day and Presidents’ Day.

Conservatives have rebuked the “No Kings” movement.

“I don’t feel like a king, I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” Trump told reporters ahead of the June 14 protest.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called the Washington, D.C., protest planned for Saturday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. a “hate America rally” and suggested Democrats are keeping the government shut down partly because of it.

“It’s all the pro-Hamas wing and all the antifa people, they’re all coming out. Some of the House Democrats are selling t-shirts for the event. It’s being told to us that they won’t be able to reopen the government until after that rally because they can’t face their rabid base. I mean, this is serious business hurting real people,” Johnson said.

Johnson was likely referring to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-CA) collaboration on a “No Kings Here” T-shirt line. The “No Kings” group slammed Johnson’s assertion in a statement.

“Speaker Johnson is running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down. Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he’s attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings,” the group said.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also denounced Johnson’s statement.

“No, Speaker Johnson. The No Kings Rally on October 18 is not a ‘hate America’ rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary. It’s a ‘love America’ rally. It’s a rally of millions of people all over this country who believe in our constitution, who believe in American freedom, and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian society,” Sanders said.