WASHINGTON — Eric Poole walked down Washington's iconic Pennsylvania Avenue wearing a bright red shirt with the words: "Dear Canada, we hate him too."
He was among huge crowds of people who filled the streets near the U.S. Capitol for a "No Kings" rally in Washington on Saturday to protest what demonstrators say is the overreach of the Trump administration.
People held signs, others were dressed as dinosaurs, frogs and unicorns. One group broke out into a dance party to a musical mix of the Gloria Gaynor classic "I Will Survive" in front of the Department of Labor — which has been adorned with a giant banner of U.S. President Donald Trump's face.
While the rally gave off a party atmosphere it is taking place amid a drawn-out government shutdown and the Trump administration's efforts to