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.

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

"In America, we don't do kings," the No Kings website reads. "They've defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights, and slashed our services. The corruption has gone too. far. [cq] No thrones. No crowns. No kings."

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.

“ No Kings Day of Defiance” protests drew several thousand people around the Inland Empire throughout the day and into the night. At one point on Saturday evening, several hundred protesters present during the Riverside crash had merged with people who attended a large anti-ICE protest, which began earlier that day.

Kevin Krebs, arrested near a "No Kings" protest in West Chester, was allegedly armed with a variety of weapons and ammunition.

The sounds of one of Chicago’s largest protests in recent memory reverberated throughout downtown Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered in a united admonishment of President Trump.