American flags — some inverted — waved beside Palestinian and Mexican flags as thousands protested the Trump administration Saturday at a park on Albuquerque’s West Side.

Protests happened across New Mexico as people express their disagreements with policies being enacted by President Donald Trump. A local lawmaker and opposing political party reacted to the demonstrations happening in their area and around the state.

President Trump was asked Thursday to respond to planned counterprotests that will coincide with a military parade in the nation’s capital to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday. When asked to respond to the anti-Trump “No Kings” demonstrations expected around the country, Trump quipped: “I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through…