Americans wake up to another orchestrated spectacle of outrage this weekend as the so-called “No Kings” protests descend on more than 2,600 cities nationwide on October 18, 2025 — a coordinated, political theater exercise masquerading as spontaneous patriotism. Organizers hope to make this the biggest one-day protest in modern memory, but make no mistake: this is not grassroots dissent so much as a left-wing mobilization designed to undermine the will of the voters and delegitimize an elected president.
This movement didn’t spring up overnight; it’s the product of national activist networks and professional organizers who have already marshaled millions to the streets once before. Groups like Indivisible and a host of allied advocacy outfits have been central to planning and promoting these events, turning civic protest into a nationalized political operation aimed squarely at one man and the movement that elected him.
Remember June’s “No Kings Day” when leftist groups boasted of millions in the streets and the mainstream press treated it like moral high ground? That first round set the template — loud, spectacle-driven rallies with dubious claims of spontaneity and a media willing to hype turnout numbers while glossing over the real agenda: persistent, organized efforts to shut down conservative governance. Americans who believe in elections, rule of law, and orderly transfer of power should be wary of movements that traffic in chaos and constant delegitimization.
Conservative leaders have rightly sounded the alarm; governors and law enforcement in several states have taken precautions, and there have even been National Guard postures in places fearing unrest — not because patriots plotted violence, but because professional agitators and their enablers want to manufacture confrontation and then blame the right. Labeling lawful criticism of government overreach as “patriotism” while baiting conflict is a cynical tactic that erodes trust and stability.
President Trump, for his part, pushed back with a blunt line — “I’m not a king” — reminding the country that his authority comes from ballots, not barricades, and that protesting is one thing while openly aiming to overturn or cripple duly elected governance is another. Conservative commentators like Tom Basile on Newsmax have called this movement what it is: an assault on American norms dressed up as virtue-signaling, and many patriots see it as anti-Americanism in plain sight.
Hardworking Americans crushed by job losses, border chaos, and the cost-of-living crisis don’t need more performative street theater; they need results and respect for democratic processes. If these rallies truly believe in the Constitution they claim to defend, they would direct their energy into elections, civic engagement, and debate at the ballot box instead of mass demonstrations aimed at delegitimizing the other side.
To my fellow patriots: stand firm for liberty, for law, and for the peaceful, constitutional tools our founders trusted. Call out the hypocrisy when the left weaponizes protest and the press cheers it on, but do it with the professionalism and resolve that actually preserves America — by voting, organizing locally, and defending our institutions against partisan mobs.
