Thousands of Southern Californians are expected to take part in a second “No Kings Day” protest on Saturday, Oct. 18 to speak out against “authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration,” while prominent Republicans have criticized the planned event as anti-American.

“The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty,” protest organizers wrote in a statement on the No Kings website.

Large crowds in Southern California took to the streets during the first No Kings protest in June to protest President Donald Trump’s policies, an event that fell on his 79th birthday.

The June 18 protests were mostly peaceful until protesters and local law enforcement officers clashed in downtown

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