Republikaner sollten Angst haben – schauen Sie sich nur an, wer sich den No-Kings-Protesten angeschlossen hat
https://newrepublic.com/article/201970/republicans-afraid-who-joined-no-kings-protests
Republikaner sollten Angst haben – schauen Sie sich nur an, wer sich den No-Kings-Protesten angeschlossen hat
https://newrepublic.com/article/201970/republicans-afraid-who-joined-no-kings-protests
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„Listening to anyone from the Trump administration talk about the No Kings protest would have had you expecting complete anarchy. Masked men with Molotov cocktails, smoke in the air, American flags burning, police and National Guard in full riot gear—something more akin to January 6.“
“We call it the ‘Hate America’ Rally that’ll happen Saturday,” Speaker Mike Johnson said that same day. “Let’s see who shows up for that. I bet you you see pro-Hamas supporters, I bet you you’ll see antifa types, I bet you you’ll see Marxists in full display, the people who don’t want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic. And we do.”
„But perhaps equally upsetting for Republicans: The 200,000 people who are estimated to have shown up in D.C.—of the roughly seven million protesters nationwide—represented an expansive contingent of Americans. Many of them seemed to care quite a bit about those “foundational truths” Johnson pretended to be so worried about. “
„It took maybe about five minutes among this solidly liberal, “protest the right way” No Kings crowd to completely shatter the Republican facade. These were retirees, public school teachers, college students, and quite a few former government workers who’d been fired or took the buy out in the DOGE culling. “
„It’s obvious that Republican proselytizing and fearmongering about violence and agitators at this rally was strategic, but it’s even more obvious that it was a piss poor strategy. You can’t plug your ears and yell “antifa” while hundreds of thousands of Americans march through the streets. It’s laughable that an event co-signed by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris would even serve as a sleeper cell for antifa, and yet Republicans told that lie over, and over, and over again, even as their policies—and their president—become increasingly less popular. “
“It’s the ultimate gaslighting of America that this administration is trying to pull. Antifa are the people he doesn’t like,” Epps told me. “It’s gaslighting, and it’s coming from the absolute highest levels of U.S. government.”
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“We have video and photos of pretty violent rhetoric, calling out the president, saying fascists must die and all the rest,” Johnson said on ABC’s This Week. “I mean, I don’t think that’s loving speech. I don’t think that’s friendly speech. And I don’t think it’s pro-American to say those kinds of things.”
It’s telling that for Johnson, being anti-fascist is anti-American.
„Perhaps the most telling of part of the right’s reaction to the protests is the deafening silence coming from the vast majority of prominent conservatives, especially those who fear-mongered about the rallies, calling participants “terrorists” and “anti-American” in the week before the events.“
[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-right-reactions-no-kings-protests-1235450106/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-right-reactions-no-kings-protests-1235450106/)
I don’t think they should be afraid, but they should reconsider what they are supporting.
>I bet you you’ll see Marxists in full display
-Mike Johnson
Lol what does this even *mean*? Is there some sort of traditional garb worn by „““Marxists“““?
Trumpers have been spinning the truth so long … they are disconnected from reality.
Stop taking bribes and extorting money from foreign governments .
do the jobs defined in our constitution…or resign!
The thing that surprises me the most is that after a solid week of talking about how terrible and violent these protests would be, I haven’t seen one instance of government brownshirts starting anything, even in places like Chicago where government brownshirts are out in force already.
How chickenshit are these people, that they can’t even get one latter day Umbrella Man? ([Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police – ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-helped-ignite-george-floyd-riots-identified-white/story?id=72051536))
Me!
For the most part Americans are a bunch of lazy apathetic self serving individuals who don’t react until even the most basic of rights get disappeared. That is where we are at. So when Trump manages to get people rilled up and off the couch for two hours, that is a big ask so yes…..he should be very afraid. He finally managed to piss us off.
George Soros has funded Scott Bessent throughout his life, but that isn’t a problem for Trump or other Republicans.
In my suburb of a large city, there were about 2,000 protesters: elderly people, families with small children, people brought their dogs, there was a high school aged jazz band duo practicing their keyboard and saxophone songs. So scary, chilled to the bone terrifying lol.
We need to start posting up outside the headquarters of the media giants.
The sheer fact that the speaker called a massive organized peaceful protest un-American should have everyone up in arms. It won’t, but it should. Some of the quotes in the article were great especially the one that basically said we should 3 branches of government with balance and right now we don’t. This is a fact and also should be something everyone can agree on.
The interesting part is how little the rank and file right-wing reacted, and I don’t think its some restraint, some new found respect for the law and decency, it sounds more like apathy. The fact that there was not counter protest does not bode well for the enthusiasm of MAGA right now, sure you still get the screaming howler monkey keyboard warriors, but when it comes to actually doing something, they cant seam to be bothered.
F the journalist for calling people opposed to genocide in Gaza „far left.“ You are part of the problem.
If truth were an issue they would be concerned
The No Kings Protest is standing up against the destruction of democracy. Trump and the republican administration are destroying the services that hold up communities and promote teamwork. We are the united states and united we are, like the song says this land was made for you and me, but Trump and the republican administration wants to put their foot on the majority of people and hold them down, whether they are part of the LGBTQ+ community, the low waged, the disabled, or moved here from another country.
Ted Cruz „You look at this No Kings rally-there’s considerable evidence that George Soros and his network is behind funding these rallies, which may well turn into riots.“ He also said that „there are many groups supporting the rioting and violence.“ So, what did we have, the arrested a woman in an inflatable dick and balls costume and a dozen or so MAGA instigators. So Raphael, where was all this violence like there was on J6, that we saw none of with over 7 million protesters in 2600 cities?
Afraid of what? They control all three branches of government and have wiped their ass with the constitution with zero consequences.
I need to know how many of these 7 million people voted for trump and down ballot Republicans, and how many plan on changing their votes in the future accordingly. Otherwise it’s just the same group of us muttering the same warnings of the last 10 years.
Classic “Don’t Look Up” kinda stuff. It only takes one step to look outside the echo chamber.
Like magats even care about the truth, they gonna sing their same old tunes
To think we are still less than one year into Drumpf’s term. Imagine the protests yet to come.
And Joakim Noah showed up and he’s about 7’ tall
They don’t care. 70 million people could have shown up and it still would be that the other half of the country loves what he is doing. Sad.
Does that one sign say “Make America Goon Again”?
Awesome. No republican is reading this paper. How did Fox News report it?
The only way they’d be afraid is if five current SCOTUS members joined
We literally allow a small group of rich assholes to control how we all live. Thats what capitalism is. It does not work if you actually care about other people.
They ARE afraid… that’s why they are doing everything they can to rig elections.
Trumpers are twisting the narrative now about this
I saw young people, but a lot of elderly/older white people. Take a guess what is one of the biggest voting blocks in the country.
„The Right’s Most Unhinged Reactions to the Historic ‘No Kings’ Protests“
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-right-reactions-no-kings-protests-1235450106/
„The award for most ridiculous reaction goes to the president. On Truth Social, Donald Trump shared an apparently AI-generated video in which an AI version of himself pilots a military fighter jet, while wearing a crown, over a crowd of protesters. In the video, AI Trump then dumps shit on people participating in the protest. He also reposted multiple images depicting himself as a king.“
„Vice President J.D. Vance and The White House social media accounts joined in. Vance posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) of Trump donning a crown and wielding a sword over Democrats, using footage from when Democratic lawmakers kneeled in the Capitol to honor George Floyd. The White House account meanwhile shared an image of Trump and Vance in crowns sitting on a throne above an offensive, doctored image of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wearing sombreros.“
„Those memes seem to contradict the president’s remarks on Friday, when he told Fox News: “They say they’re referring to me as a king. I’m not a king.”
“We have video and photos of pretty violent rhetoric, calling out the president, saying fascists must die and all the rest,” Johnson said on ABC’s This Week. “I mean, I don’t think that’s loving speech. I don’t think that’s friendly speech. And I don’t think it’s pro-American to say those kinds of things.”
„It’s telling that for Johnson, being anti-fascist is anti-American.“
„Perhaps the most telling of part of the right’s reaction to the protests is the deafening silence coming from the vast majority of prominent conservatives, especially those who fear-mongered about the rallies, calling participants “terrorists” and “anti-American” in the week before the events.“
„This messaging is all part of Trump and the right’s attempts to erase the well-documented history of right-wing violence by claiming left-wing violence is one of the greatest threats America faces, even if the data fails to bear that out. As the Brennan Center’s Faiza Patel pointed out, by targeting left-wing organizing, Trump is attempting to criminalize those who oppose him.“
Why? Why should he be afraid?
We did nothing, cleaned the streets, danced in stupid costumes, and went home.
He is kidnapping people off the street, blowing up boats, and making entire camps of people disappear.
He’s trying to send armed forces into cities and has a plan to cancel the midterms.
What the hell does he have to be afraid of if he can do all THAT and THIS is the best we have?
Y’all got any of them Soros checks I keep hearing about?
I know, it’s just projection from them because THEY pay people to show up to things.
Man if votes ever count again, these guys are in a pickle.
They are. That’s why they’re lobbying the Supreme Court to repeal Voting Rights Act
Yet some how some way the Democrats will find a way to drop the ball as has become tradition now. Nominating Clinton and then Harris when they could’ve had an honest nomination process and nominated a strong charismatic candidate.
from the article:
… ‘One of those people was a 49-year-old woman wearing a massive inflatable costume of a bald eagle dressed as Uncle Sam. “It’s absurd. This is everyday Americans who are looking at … every day there’s something new that is illegal or anti-constitutional,” the eagle said when I asked her about the GOP’s antifa and Hamas allegations. “The most American thing I think we can do is vote, and then the second most American thing you can do is peaceful protest…. I am proud to be an American, and I am proud to be part of this country, and I am an incredible supporter of the United States Constitution.” ‘