Posted on 10/19/2025 11:20:37 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Republican voices were mostly silent as No Kings rallies and marches against Trump administration policies unfurled on Saturday, many in the spirit of a street party that countered the “hate America” depiction advanced by senior members of the party.
Instead of provocation, there were marching bands, huge banners with “we the people” references to the US constitution, and protesters wearing inflatable costumes, particularly frogs, which have emerged as a sign of resistance.
It was the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and came against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services but is testing the core balance of power, as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that protest organizers warn are a slide toward authoritarianism.
In comments Friday, Donald Trump opposed the protest organizers’ characterization of him as a would-be monarch.
“They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king,” Trump said in a Fox News interview.
Later Friday, a Trump campaign social media account mocked the protests by posting a computer-generated video of the president clothed like a monarch, wearing a crown and waving from a balcony.
At a White House event on Wednesday, Trump tried to downplay the No Kings events. “I hear very few people [are] going to be there, by the way, but they have their day coming up and they want to have their day in the sun,” he said. Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.
In a counter-programming move, JD Vance and defense secretary Pete Hegseth were attending a live-fire amphibious capabilities demonstration at Camp Pendleton in California to commemorate the US Marine Corps’ 250th birthday.
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That was this weekend??
Mostly silent because it was a nothing burger.
The attendance was so bad MSNBC cheated and substituted rally video from 2017 to report large crowd sizes instead of actual footage.
How does MSNBC still have an FCC broadcasting license?
Millions? What an absolute lie!
LOLOL!!
Some POS Brit propagandist from The Grauniad, lying about No Kings, while avoiding reporting on UK Paki grooming gangs and getting more Ukies killed by lying about how The Ukraine is “winning”.
Wasn't anything to do with the Soros-sponsored stuff.
The placards read, "stop abortion." They are out around town regularly, and next time I'll stop and congratulate them.
The whole thing only proved the point that there is not a dictator or a king and democrats are in a state of mass psychosis.
Bull💩💩! 😁 makes me smile.
I wasn’t silent. I was laughing.
Yeah. Not a great. Tactical move by the Democrats. They need to call a "time-out" and regroup for the Midterms in 2026. Instead they are reminding Trump's base (low-propensity voters) to show up in 2026.
37 trillion in debt. That’s real pressure. A bunch of yahoos screaming at the sky bc they lost an election (and control of the budget) is barely a blip.
Soviet level lying.
America oblivious as 300,000 aged hippies, Karens and AWFULs cosplay for dollars.
More than 75 amillions of Americans voted for Harris in 2024. So, about 10% of them turned out on Saturday. Where were the rest? As most observers said, “why are mostly old, White, and retirees?” Nothing wrong with being in that demographic, of course... but in a city like Atlanta, where 47% are Blacks, what does it say about the prostests? Andd the same thing happened in DC, Boston, and other places...
Marching bands? Who saw marching bands? Just a bunch of people on drugs and Antifa terrorists in inflatable costumes.
Bull💩💩! 😁 makes me smile.
As to whether we would have a king, this was decided a long time ago.
When he left the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was asked what kind of government had been devised. He replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Was all over this weekend. Never saw a single nut.
How about we call this one the old hippies who hate Trump protest. Yeah, i’m speachless.
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