Saturday was a beautiful fall day. It was one of those days where you might want to take a walk around your neighborhood or your city. Some of the older generation in America decided it was a good day to hold a “No King” protest. When you look at the age of the protesters and their professionally made signs, you begin to wonder what this protest was actually about. I suspect many of the protesters were simply living the memory of the good old days when they protested the government, the war in Vietnam, the military draft, etc., with their handmade signs. But what are they protesting today–there is no draft, President Trump has ended a number of wars, and the government hasn’t really changed and President Trump hasn’t been in office very long? There were younger protesters, and their answers as to what they were protesting were very interesting. I wonder what we are teaching our children.
On Monday, The Daily Wire posted an article about the protest. Their reporter asked the protesters what they were protesting.
The article reports:
The Daily Wire team joined throngs of marchers who took to the streets of the nation’s capital Saturday for the 2025 “No Kings” protest.
The Washington, D.C., rally was the focal point of similar events nationwide, meant to counter the “authoritarian threats” posed by President Donald Trump and his administration.
Protesters came prepared with posters and costumes. Many of them had gone through media training and learned chants, songs, and dances to perform. But for all that preparation, many of the protesters The Daily Wire encountered couldn’t answer what we thought was a simple question: “If Trump was elected, how is he a king?”
Responses ranged from blank stares to Kamala Harris-style word salads and vague references to “checks and balances.” Deep in a hole, a self-identified “he/she” claimed that Trump was taking away women’s right to vote. When pressed for information, he/she said “Trump has said that in interviews everywhere.”
[Editor’s note: he hasn’t].
Please follow the link to the article and watch the video of the young people who were asked why they were protesting.
The article notes:
“No Kings” is part of the Indivisible Project, itself part of George Soros’s Open Society Action Fund. The project was created to “support the grantee’s social welfare activities.” The Indivisible Project was awarded multiple grants, most recently they received $3 million from the Open Society Foundations.
High-profile Democratic leaders including Harris and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer encouraged participating on social media and in official statements.