Sen. Mazie Hirono’s ‘No Kings’ post backfires as Republicans push back
Millions of ‘No King’ protesters gather across the country
Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert joins Fox & Friends Weekend to discuss the ‘No to Kings’ protests across the country. He describes the anti-Trump demonstrations as “bad group therapy” resulting from a culture of grievance and an unhealthy obsession with politics.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, intended to hit President Donald Trump during nationwide “No Kings” protests, but Republicans instead argued that her comment acknowledged the flimsy claim.
“Donald Trump is not, never will be, and never has been. #NoKings,” Hirono’s Saturday morning X post read, as leftist protesters marched in various anti-Trump demonstrations.
However, these words were an interpretation rarely approved by those on the right.
“So you agree; you think the ‘no kings’ rallies are stupid…” replied Rep. Chip Roy, R-TexasHe once supported Trump’s 2024 Republican primary challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, was trolled on social media for her ‘no kings’ statement, and the right took notice. (Nathan Posner/Anatolia)
“Understood!” Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, wrote to x.
Social media reacted with wild consensus, even from the right; some stated: November 2024 election This was a “No to Kings” protest, with some referring to Independence Day as America’s true “No to Kings” protest.
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One post even noted the irony of the “no king” protests in London, where the UK actually has a king.
More than 3,200 events were planned in all 50 states after two previous events across the country attracted millions of attendees.
Large rallies were held in New York, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, organizers said, but two-thirds of the “kingless” events took place outside major cities; There has been a nearly 40% increase for small communities since the movement’s initial mobilization last June, organizers said.
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Videos and photos shared on social media showed protesters marching for “no kings” and waving red flags. communist dictatorships.
“These Hate America Rallies are where the far left’s most violent, deranged fantasies take the microphone and House Democrats receive their marching orders,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement Saturday. he wrote.
“Voters will punish Democrats for gleefully standing shoulder to shoulder with radicals who call for assassinations and violence.”
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Trump has long rebuked the “no kings” protest mantra.
“I’m not a king — I’m doing my best to make America great,” Trump said during congressional recess protests last October. “That’s the difference.”
Trump denounced the protests as “petty, crazy, and completely unrelated to real Americans.”
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Hirono wasn’t the only Democratic figure trolling on social media on Saturday. RNC Research X account D-Minn. He shared a video of Rep. Ilhan Omar getting emotional during her “no kings” rally speech and berating America as “authoritarianism” and not a beacon of hope.
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who has come under fire for alleged immigration law violations, became emotional as she chastised the “authoritarianism” in America that gave her her freedom and voted for Congress. (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)
Omar and Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Tim Walz have been under fire for allegations of fraud among their state’s Somali community, and last week Vice President J.D. Vance claimed he had evidence that Omar had violated immigration law.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, responded to a Fox News investigation that found the ‘No to Kings’ protests were supported by a network of 500 organizations, many with ties to socialist and communist groups.
“Left billionaires and communists” Cruz wrote.. “There’s a shock…”
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The first “no kings” event, held last year on June 14, Trump’s birthday, drew an estimated 4 million to 6 million people at about 2,100 sites across the country. The second campaign in October drew an estimated 7 million participants in more than 2,700 cities, according to crowdsourcing analysis published by leading data journalist G. Elliott Morris.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
