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Around the country today, massive crowds of protesters filled the streets,

taking part in the no-kings rally against President Trump, including in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Organizers say more than 2,000 pro-democracy rallies were planned,

condemning a president, they say, is acting like a king.

A No King's rally was also held in June.

That overwhelmingly peaceful protest was in response to a military

parade held on the Army's 250th anniversary that coincided with Trump's 79th birthday. Meanwhile,

some of the protesters tried to keep the mood light and wore inflatable costumes. And here's

Frank Langford spoke with people in the nation's capital dressed as a penguin,

a koala, and a shark. Scott Rohrbach, an optical engineer at NASA, came as a unicorn. Taking the

lead from demonstrators in Portland, he said he was countering Republican narratives that the protesters

are angry, violent people who hate America. You wouldn't believe the number of people that have asked me for a selfie or to high-five

their kids today.

This brings joy and hope to people who are in a situation right now that is frightening.

Roerbach and others say they came out because they fear America's becoming an autocracy

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