So here’s the setup: nearly 200 activist groups pool their billions — yes, billions-to — to organize a protest so earth-shattering, so monumental, it was supposed to reignite the Democratic Party’s dying spark and send a chill down Donald Trump’s spine. The result? America yawned.
The No Kings protests on June 14 were hyped as the progressive comeback tour, and ended up looking more like a garage band reunion nobody asked for. Despite all the buzz, over 98% of Americans stayed home, probably opting for brunch or mowing the lawn instead of waving homemade cardboard signs.
Still, the organizers declared victory — because, of course, they did. They claimed about five million showed up, based on what they described as the “unconfirmed best estimates of the American Civil Criminal Liberties Union.”
“Today’s protests are a resounding message that people across the nation will not be intimidated by President Trump’s fear tactics,” said Deirdre Schifeling, an ACLU Chief Political & Advocacy Officer.
Resounding? Sure. Like a polite cough in the middle of a thunderstorm.
Here’s the best part: the No Kings movement set a very public goal. They wanted to mobilize 3.5% of the U.S. population — a number they pulled from an activist theory that says that’s the magic percentage for real political change. But even by their own inflated estimates, they hit just under 1.5%. You’d think a billion-dollar war chest could buy a little better math—or at least more convincing optics.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELOn their website, they proudly explain their game plan:
“We’re inspired by the 3.5% principle: It only takes 3.5% of the population engaging in sustained, strategic protest against authoritarianism to achieve significant political change. Everything we do from here on out is grounded in three core commitments: staying in the fight, taking concrete action today, and investing in the long-term.”
And by “concrete action,” apparently, they mean hosting an underwhelming protest and then immediately jumping on a Zoom call to talk about how underwhelming it was.
Meanwhile, their heavyweight sponsor, the ACLU, called the event “the largest mass mobilization since President Trump’s return to office,” citing 2,100 rallies nationwide. Apparently, rallying 1.5% of the country counts as “mass mobilization” now — if we redefine “mass” to mean “a few friends and an Instagram story.”
And just in case you thought this was spontaneous, in reality, this is all part of a larger act — a clumsy attempt to provoke a reaction because no one on their side seems to care enough to act without one.
What you’re seeing — the senator from California trying to shove past Homeland Security agents, the riots in L.A., the congresswoman allegedly hitting a cop at an ICE facility in New Jersey — none of that is random. It’s all on purpose. They’re trying to provoke a reaction because they can’t get their own people fired up any other way.
And honestly, they’ve got no one to blame but themselves. This time, even their own voters saw through the performance. One of their biggest mistakes was weaponizing the legal system against Trump in such an obvious, over-the-top way that people from all walks of life recognized it, because they’ve lived through that kind of abuse themselves. Their other blunder? Betting everything on open borders and flooding blue cities with tens of thousands of illegal migrants, who are now draining the very resources those communities rely on.
Translation: If they can’t spark a movement with ideas, maybe they can light a fire with chaos and hope someone else overreacts.
I happen to know for a fact that at the Philly protest, they actually hired people to help de-escalate any tension, on both sides of the political aisle. The protesters were trying hard to come off as peaceful. Yeah, a few ANTIFA clowns stirred things up, but overall, it was calm. And that’s exactly what the Democratic Party didn’t want. They were counting on chaos, and they didn’t get it. Too bad. So sad. Bye-bye libnuts.
Now, with the protests barely making a dent, No Kings is moving to phase two: a virtual meeting Monday evening to figure out what went wrong and how to “build a movement.” Step one might be realizing that real movements usually don’t need this many marketing consultants.
They had the money. They had the media. They had the merch. But without a message that resonates — or a crowd that cares — they’re just a very expensive echo chamber with some fancy graphics and an oddly specific obsession with monarchies.
It was so pathetic that the libnuts held a No Kings protest in London, England. You have to wonder how it escaped the organizers of such an event that they were throwing a “No Kings” protest in a country where there is a monarchy. Where there is an actual king to this day.
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