ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor’s “No Kings” protest on Saturday largely took aim at President Donald Trump, but two of the event’s speakers went off script with a different message.

The ‘No Kings’ protest rally in Elgin Saturday drew a huge crowd to Kimball Street armed with signs bearing messages like, “Rejecting Kings since 1776,” and chanting in opposition to

From immigration policies to tariffs to government finances, handmade signs showed how people feel about a wide range of causes.

Between activism, election results and protest turnout, the prevailing political winds suggest the backlash to the president is real.

Millions protested against President Donald Trump's policies. Trump responded by ordering ICE to conduct mass deportations. The order targets cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. Trump claims these cities use undocumented immigrants to boost Democratic power.

Police are investigating a shooting at a protest in Salt Lake City, in which a bystander was killed. A man was charged after driving through a crowd in Culpeper, Va.

A 33-mile trip from one protest in Annapolis, Md., to the parade grandstand in front of the White House was like a journey between two different countries.

The protest on Saturday was on the same day as a military parade in Washington, D.C marking the Army's 250th anniversary.

Organizers had said that they hoped the rallies in more than 2,000 cities — dubbed “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” — would be peaceful and free of confrontation. Yet the day was marred by the news of deadly violence overnight in Minneapolis,