A protest against the Trump administration will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Kerr County Courthouse, part of what organizers say will be one of the largest demonstrations in modern American history.

The Kerrville event is among more than 2,000 protests planned nationwide and across Texas, including rallies in Boerne, Fredericksburg, Johnson City, Hondo and Marble Falls, with major demonstrations scheduled for Austin and San Antonio.

The “No Kings” movement, organized by a coalition of more than 200 groups including Indivisible, the American Civil Liberties Union and labor unions, is protesting what organizers describe as President Donald Trump’s authoritarian policies, particularly his deployment of National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities and his administration’s immigration enforcement tactics.

“Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and bigger,” according to the No Kings website. “‘NO KINGS’ is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon.”

The protests come amid sharply divided political rhetoric. Republican congressional leaders have characterized the demonstrations in harsh terms, with House Speaker Mike Johnson calling them a “hate-America rally” on Fox News.

“It’s all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people, they’re all coming out,” Johnson said.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer went further, calling the protests a gathering of “the terrorist wing” of the Democratic Party.

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Newsmax the progressive event will feature “agitators” and said he wanted National Guard troops deployed for the Washington protest.

Austin City Council Member Chito Vela, whose office proposed waiving fees for that city’s protest, responded to Trump’s criticism of the measure by stating: “Unlike President Trump, I fully support the First Amendment and the people’s right to peaceably assemble.”

The Saturday protests follow a previous “No Kings” day of action on June 14 that drew an estimated 5 million to 6 million people across more than 2,100 cities and towns, according to organizers and the ACLU. Those demonstrations, which coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday and a military parade in Washington, were described as largely peaceful despite advance concerns.

The current mobilization comes as Trump has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops to nearly a dozen cities since taking office, including Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago and Memphis. In just four months, Trump has suggested or ordered federal intervention to cities run by Democratic mayors in states mostly run by Democratic governors, according to NPR.

U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut temporarily blocked National Guard deployment to Portland, noting in her order that protests there were “largely sedate” with fewer than 30 people in some cases, describing Trump’s claims of a “war ravaged” city as exaggerated.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said the Trump administration gave him an “ultimatum” to deploy troops or have them federalized, calling it “absolutely outrageous and un-American.”

The Trump administration has defended the deployments as necessary to protect federal property and personnel during what officials characterize as violent protests, particularly around Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities.

Organizers have emphasized their commitment to nonviolent protest. “A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action,” according to organizing materials. Weapons are banned even if legally permitted, and volunteers receive de-escalation training.

Actor Robert De Niro released a video Thursday supporting the protests, referring to the American Revolution as the “original No Kings.”

“We’ve had two and a half centuries of democracy since then, often challenging, sometimes messy, always essential,” De Niro said. “And we fought in two world wars to preserve it. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away.”

The June protests in Charleston, South Carolina, were declared “overwhelmingly peaceful” by local police, according to ABC News 4, though isolated confrontations occurred in some cities.

Saturday’s demonstrations are scheduled to take place in all 50 states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.