A massive military parade to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, requested by President Donald Trump to coincide with his 79th birthday, rolled through Washington D.C. on Saturday, as opponents of the president’s agenda rallied in hundreds of cities nationwide for “No Kings” protests.

“The most threatening sound to an oligarch is laughter.”

The Houston demonstration is one of several planned in the region throughout the day and is expected to draw thousands of protesters.

A flood of lefty “No Kings” protesters took to the streets of New York City and across the country in a “day of defiance” against President Trump on his 79th birthday as

Police in Los Angeles, where protests over federal immigration enforcement raids erupted a week earlier and sparked demonstrations across the country, used tear gas and crowd-control munitions to clear out protesters on Saturday.

Thousands of people protested on June 15 in cities across the country against President Donald Trump’s policies.