Speakers at No Kings rallies across the country Saturday drew comparisons between their own efforts to mobilize with those of the Founding Fathers during the American Revolution.

Speaking on the main stage at the Washington rally, television scientist Bill Nye directly compared President Donald Trump to King George III, called his followers “confederates,” and cast No Kings attendees as heirs to the revolution of 1776. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also directly compared the crowd at No Kings with the Founding Fathers, casting Trump as a would-be monarch.