(NewsNation) — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy believes "No Kings" protesters hate the United States and rejected suggestions President Donald Trump is a tyrannical leader.

Demonstrators are once again taking to the streets for a nationwide series of protests against the Trump administration on Oct. 18.

According to a post from the Indivisible project, around 2,000 protests are scheduled.

"[It's] actually a hate America protest," Duffy told "Batya!" Donald Trump, king? He won the seven swing states, he won the popular vote, and then everything he's doing, he actually ran on during the campaign trail. He told everybody he was going to do this, and the majority of Americans voted for him.

"This is just disenfranchised Democrats. But also George Soros is funding it. The socialists of

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