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Nearly 7 million demonstrators in small towns and cities across the country showed up for No Kings protests to rally against Donald Trump’s presidency, according to organizers.

The president declared he was “not a king” on Fox News on Friday, but that didn’t stop millions of rally-goers in more than 2,500 locations across the United States from protesting the second Trump administration.

Saturday’s event marked the third mass mobilization since Trump reclaimed the White House and one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, surpassing the more than 5 million demonstrators who turned up to the first iteration of No Kings protests in June, organizers said.

“Today, millions of people showed that we, the people, will not be silenced,” Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer for the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement.

Protesters at rallies across the country shouted a common refrain:“Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!” Inflatable suits, Revolutionary War references, and posters depicting Trump in a crown were ubiquitous.

open image in gallery Demonstrators rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. ( AP )

open image in gallery More than 100,000 demonstrators participate in New York City’s ‘No Kings’ protests, where police say no arrests were made ( AFP via Getty Images )

Organizers called the protests “overwhelmingly peaceful,” though ther