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Scott Rohrbach, a senior optical engineer at NASA, came to the Oct. 18 No Kings rally in Washington, D.C., dressed as a unicorn. He said he wanted to counteract the Republican narrative that protesters like him are hate-filled, anti-American radicals. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption
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