President Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday," No Kings organizers wrote. "A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington.

Party Chairman Chase Lindsey had said the Democratic parties in Roane and Morgan counties had been invited, as well as Third Act Tennessee, the Norris Area Indivisible group and the Indivisible RAM (Roane,