ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara gave an impassioned speech to protesters at the No Kings No Troops Rally amid rumors of potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity on September 6.

The mayor compared President Donald Trump to 1930s dictators and called him a sexual predator during his speech.

"I'm pretty angry that I have to be here. Last eight months, I think, for so many of us have been so difficult. But I'm here to tell you that I really do believe that the next several weeks are going to test us here in the city of Rockford," McNamara said.

The mayor told protesters that President Trump is trying to divide the public and compared him to a dictator.

"You can look back not that far... to the 1930s, when there was another dictator in another country

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