State legislators Assm. Selena La Rue Hatch (D-Reno), Assm. Erica Roth (D-Reno) and Assm. Natha Anderson (D-Sparks) were also at the Northern Nevada events, with LaRue Hatch condemning the murder of a Democratic state legislato r yesterday in Minnesota.

A separate protest in Carson City also drew thousands. Reno’s protest was organized by Indivisible Northern Nevada, Blue Band Alliance, the Northern Nevada Central Labor Council and Third Act. The groups said the crowd was as high as 9,

Millions of people across the country are expected to join in protest this weekend against Donald Trump’s administration, a movement intended to coincide with the president’s planned military parade in Washington — and the commander-in-chief’s 79th birthday.