As thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., for a lavish anniversary parade for the U.S. Army on Saturday — which also happened to be President Trump’s 79th birthday — thousands of others collected in the streets of San Luis Obispo to protest what they see as his administration’s federal overreach. The rally was joined by two others in SLO County — in Atascadero and Cambria — and more across the country in a coordinated effort called “No Kings Day.”... Among the crowd were local representatives Assemblymember Dawn Addis, California Senator John Laird and county supervisors Bruce Gibson and Jimmy Paulding.

During his speech, Laird said that when California Senator Alex Padilla was handcuffed and forcibly removed from a Department of Homeland Security news conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, “we were attacked. The Constitution was attacked.” He said Saturday’s protest was just the start. “Don’t walk away. It is not one demonstration, this is the long haul,” he said. “We’re going to have to be in the streets the next four years. We’re going to have to make sure that the Constitution is enforced.”

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