More than 2,000 people took to the streets of Denver on Monday to protest President Donald Trump’s policies as part of rallies across the U.S. that corresponded with the Presidents Day holiday.

Dubbed “No Kings on Presidents Day” by the “50501 Movement,” a nationwide initiative pushing for 50 protests across 50 states, the latest rally came less than two weeks after a similar event that drew participants in dozens of U.S. cities, including Denver.

Protesters at both events railed against the president and Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency, the unit created to help Trump execute his goal of shrinking the size and scope of the federal government.

Colorado’s protest Monday drew 2,500 people, according to the State Patrol.

The rally on the state Capitol steps was coordinated by the Common Ground People’s Collective.

“We’re joining people in every state in the country,” said Sonya Lunder, a Common Ground organizer.

Protests also took place at noon in cities across the U.S., including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC.

Protesters filled the west lawn marched down Colfax Avenue and the Denver police had blocked roads to vehicle traffic, allowing the crowd to march down 15th Street, past the Denver Pavilions and up 14th Street and back to the Capitol.

‘He’s our president’

Protesters — including 9-year-old Piper, a fourth grader at Centennial Elementary School — chanted “Hey hey, ho ho, Trump and Musk have got to go” and “Trans rights are human rights.”

Piper said her mom talked her into joining the protest.

“I think Donald Trump is a really bad president,” she said.

Her mom, Kim, said the rally was a way to help channel her kid’s feelings.

Activists clashed with a small contingent of counter-protesters, who carried Trump campaign flag.

“It’s President’s Day,” said Karen Rubin, of Denver. “He’s our president.”

Her husband, Ron Rubin, said some protesters had pushed the couple. Others yelled obscenities at them from a megaphone.

“It’s antagonistic,” Kris Harman, of Littleton, said of the counter-protesters.

Protesters carried hand-made signs that read, “Stop Elon’s hostile takeover,” “Congress do your job,” “Stop the coup” and “So bad even introverts are here.”

Others brought their children.

“I’m expecting my first great grandchild and I want them to grow up in a democracy,” said Kathie Cochran, who was wrapped in a rainbow flag, the LGBTQ+ symbol.

Cochran, who is 75, first hit the streets in protest during the Vietnam War.

“I think this is much worse for our democracy than what we were doing back then,” Cochran said.

‘We’re targeting criminal aliens’

Monday’s event marked the second nationwide protest by these groups this month.

On Feb. 5, roughly 2,000 people also filled the west lawn at the Capitol in Denver following a slew of immigration enforcement raids.

Federal officials have offered very little information about those raids.

Officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said they were targeting members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). The Drug Enforcement Agency said they had warrants for “wanted drug traffickers.”

Residents at the Cedar Run Apartments in southeast Denver have said that federal agents were looking for drugs. They did not provide a copy of warrants, some residents said.

“They didn’t show nothing,” Fernando Martinez said previously. “They just let themselves in.”

At least three units showed evidence that federal agents had used a battering ram to break into apartments.

DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen Pullen told The Denver Gazette that drug activity at Cedar Run was the reason for the raid. He said that in one apartment, 12 people were pulled out who were “zombies” because of being up all night smoking fentanyl.

He said one agent met a grandmother who told him she was concerned for her safety because she had been robbed twice in that building. Her car had also been stolen there. Pullen said the agents didn’t ask for records of her citizenship because that’s not who they were there for.

“There are people in these communities who are so happy to see law enforcement show up in these apartment buildings,” Pullen said. “In fact, we’ve had other apartment managers calling and asking for help in the past days.”

He continued: “That’s the story media is missing. It’s not taking illegal aliens off the street. We’re targeting criminal aliens.”

Since taking office last month, Trump issued several executive orders, ranging from U.S. foreign aid and trade to demographic diversity and immigration. A number of these orders are being challenged in court.